Hello my fellow tour-goers!
Before I start my post this week, I'd like to thank everyone that has talked to me about my blog. It's humbling knowing that we actually get people reading our posts - for me, it makes me feel like my life is actually interesting in some way, shape or form - and I'm thankful for your feedback. From Pomona College employees to interviewees to fello...
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Senior Experience
Justin’s (Unofficial) Tour of Pomona College: Oldenborg
Traditionally, the first stop on the Pomona College tour is in Oldenborg. For those of you who don't know, Oldenborg doubles up as our language residence and dining halls. Pomona offers, on any given year, between six to eight language residence halls for students to live in. Essentially, the program is one to model an immersive experience in a language without leaving sunny So...
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Justin’s (Unofficial) Tour of Pomona College: Introductions
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Pomona College. My name is Justin Gutzwa, and I'm a rising senior at Pomona. I'm originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, and I am an Anthropology major with a minor in Politics. When I'm not giving tours, I'm a senior interviewer in the Pomona Office of Admissions over the summer, an intern during the school year, involved in several clubs, a depart...
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Graduation and Goodbyes
I feel like a bit of a cheater writing this. After all, this is a Pomona student blog, and technically I am no longer a Pomona College student. As of Sunday, I am officially an alum.
That is terrifying. I know I say that a lot (about being a senior, about writing a thesis, about being almost done) but now I really mean it. It has not really sunk in yet. I’m not enti...
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Oh, The Places We’ll Go!
What is next for Pomona College seniors? We’re headed off in all kinds of directions! I want to start with one of my favorite authors, because Dr. Seuss says it best:
Selections from “Oh the places you’ll go!” (read the full text here!)
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away! (more…)
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The End
“I’m spending my Fall 2012 semester in Edinburgh, Scotland. My process in choosing this program may be optimistically described as “holistic” because of what I half-jokingly identify as crippling indecision (I’m at Pomona because a Canadian penny landed on tails, after all. But that worked out well!) And although I have perhaps never been so excited in my entire life ever ev...
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At Last
This week and the one before have for me been full of lasts. Well, technically the whole year has been full of lasts but I’ve tried not to dwell on that. In the past couple of weeks I have had my last orchestra rehearsal and concert, my last a cappella rehearsal and concert, my last tap club rehearsal and concerts tonight and tomorrow (see a pattern?), alongside the more mome...
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A Performance-ful Weekend
As we near the end of the year, all sorts of things are coming to a close. Final papers, last assignments, concerts--all chances to put all the year's hard work on display in various capacities. For me this means a plethora of performances, many of which happened this past weekend. This made the weekend a bit crazy, but also a whirlwind of fun. I guess I like being busy...
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IT IS DONE
For the past several weeks, my thesis has consumed most of my life. It has been present since the beginning of the school year, but as I neared the deadline, it increasingly became the only thing that I could afford to worry about. I gradually gave up evening activities, socializing, and sanity as I sacrificed more and more to the altar of thesis-ness. My thesis also beca...
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47 Day Countdown
There are exactly 47 days between today, April 3, and May 19 (if you count both of those days.) Why does this matter? Well, if you don’t go to Pomona, the 47 aspect won’t make a lot of sense (47 is Pomona’s magic number), and if you’re not a senior, the May 19 part won’t be very significant. But for those of us seniors, this means 47 days until graduation.
That’s crazy. ...
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