The fact that I just wrote that title is so crazy to me. JUNIOR!? As in more than halfway through. As in, officially an upperclassman. How is that even possible!? I remember like it was yesterday moving in, signing up for my first college classes and meeting my sponsor group for the first time. Now I'm two years away from that!
At 11:00 AM today, I handed my physics pro...
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Author: lkershberg
Registration!
Having to register for classes is a sign that the semester is almost over. This coming week is registration week. For the last two weeks, students have been spending time on the course catalog meticulously planning out next semester. One of my classmates referred to the day that the Fall 2013 classes came out as Christmas morning. It's always so exciting to scroll throug...
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A Fun and Relaxing Weekend
The weekend is always a wonderful thing, but this weekend has been particularly awesome. For one thing, I had a lot of tests and essays last week and am finally done. This alone is reason to celebrate. I can't tell you how great it feels to be able to take that last test on a Friday, knowing that the weekend is just hours away.
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Sanskriti 2013
Tonight I went to Sanskriti, a 5C Asian Cultural Show. It was sponsored by Ekta, Claremont Bollywood Dance Team, and the Hindu Society. It was a two hour long show filled with dancing, singing, comedy, colorful costumes, and even some beat boxing.
What an awesome opportunity it was to witness such amazing and talented dancers and singers perform in front of a thousand pe...
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Passover at Home
Here's the crazy thing about going to college: your life suddenly becomes split between two worlds--college world and home world. When the two worlds collide, it makes for an interesting and exciting experience. I've already talked about when my family invades my Pomona world during times l...
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Thoughts from Spring Break 2013–Almost Halfway Through!
Today is the first official day of spring break 2013. It's crazy to think that in 2 short months, I'll officially be a junior! I'm pretty sure I make a comment about how fast college is going every single time we have a break, but this time it's a lot more unbelievable. My friends studying abroad fall of junior year have heard for sure what countries they'll be going to; th...
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The Pomona College Mentoring Program
While I have yet to officially decide my future career path, I have been leaning more and more towards becoming a neuroscience professor. I've known for a long time that I enjoy teaching others, but it wasn't until I came to Pomona that I realized teaching neuroscience was something I could really see myself making a career out of. When the opportunity came up to become a gen...
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A Typical Meal at the Dining Halls
Meals at Pomona are some of my favorite parts of the day. In fact, it's not rare for me to plan out my next meal before I even leave the dining hall from the previous one. I thought I'd outline a typical meal time since some of my fondest memories at Pomona have taken place within the walls of the dining halls.
Step 1: Swipe in. Not a big deal five days out of the week, b...
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The Benefits of Modern Technology–Skyping Across the Ocean
55-60% of all Pomona students study abroad, usually in their junior year. I thought I'd start this post with this factoid I always tell my groups when I give tours. I think this says a lot about Pomona and the globally engaged community of students that it creates. Pomona makes it easy to study abroad--- with tons of programs in a multitude of countries, even some major spec...
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Family Weekend 2013
This past weekend was Family Weekend at Pomona. From Friday to Sunday, families of students can participate in various activities from attending classes on Friday to enjoying a Jazz Brunch at Frary on Sunday morning. Family Weekend, in my opinion, is one of the cutest parts of the entire school year. I love walking around and watching students show their parents around, over...
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