Reflections on My Pre-College Program Course and Students
This summer, I taught fourteen high school students. My course lasted two weeks, and we spent 8:30-11:30 a.m. together in the classroom. I had a variety of students. One young…
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Why the University of Rochester Loves IB
While there are many elements of the International Baccalaureate program that we appreciate, we feel that there are three reasons UR and IB are a great fit for each other:…
How to Have a Successful Orientation Week!
It’s not even my Orientation, and I’m already excited for Orientation Week! As an upperclassman, I am extremely excited to welcome all the new first years and transfer students to…
The Photon Camp: 2013 Edition
Earlier this month, The Institute of Optics organized the first edition of the Photon Camp, a one-week program designed for rising high school seniors to get an overview of the…
Super Orientation!
Faster than a speeding golf cart, able to leap from high school to college in a single bound, and with more programming than meets the eye—it's Orientation! We've been hard…
My Pre-College Experience And Undying Love For Rochester
It has been rumored that if I were to get a cut, I would in fact bleed blue and yellow. People often ask me when my love for University of…
Imagining and Managing Your Future
This July will be my third year teaching "Imagining and Managing Your Future." I am very excited to be once again in the classroom for two weeks with high school students…
A Year in T-Shirts
Now that I’ve been home from college for over a month, I (and my mother) would like to say I’ve fully unpacked. And while it may seem unbelievable that it…
Everything You Need to Know (Summer Edition)
I want to start my blog by first congratulating the incoming Class of 2017 on completing their high school careers. All of you deserve a standing ovation. You are about…
Successes and Failures of my Second Semester
Photo: Me having a blast on Dandelion Day with some of my new friends and brothers! Sorry for the delay with the blogs; it’s been an incredibly hectic second semester.…
A Trip on the “Bee” Train
Dateline: Saturday, May 4, 10:40 p.m. at JFK Airport, New York City: “Now boarding rows 15 and higher…” Thus began the beginning of the end of another spring travel season.…
Relay for Life, Rochester
This past weekend, Colleges Against Cancer at Rochester held their annual Relay for Life. For those of you who aren't familiar with Relay, it is an all-night long campaign with the…