Move-in day... exciting, right? What better way to talk about my first day at Pomona than to show you about my first day at Pomona?
After checking in, I needed to get my photo taken for my ID card. These are the people who greeted me "Pomona style."
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Month: August 2012
The First-Years are Coming, The First-Years are Coming!
Things are really getting exciting here on the campus of Pomona College. Those of us who have been here for several days have been anxiously anticipating the arrival of the class of 2016. A mixture of nostalgia and excitement can be felt all across campus. For me, I'm having trouble believing it has been a year since I walked up to the table under the white tent where the Or...
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Advice from Alumni
At the beginning of August, I had the opportunity to attend a Pomona event for alumni, families, and students in the Seattle area. There, I asked alumni about their Pomona experiences, and what advice they have for me. I wanted to know what they consider the most important things to do before I leave in three years. I also didn’t think it would hurt to ask about some favorite P...
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Move-in Day: Then and Now
Two days ago, August 21, I moved back to campus to begin my sophomore year. 365 days earlier on August 21, 2011, I moved to campus for the first time to begin my freshman year. As I began to set up my room two nights ago, I compared my move-in experience to the year before. Have I changed? Has my life changed? How is my August 21st different this year than last year?
For st...
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Pomona?… Oh.
College?!?!?!
Where did the time go?
I'll admit that, since I was a little kid, I had a clear picture of myself attending post-secondary school. It was just natural: Academics were important to my family, and I valued it greatly. But as a child growing up in Ontario, California, the prospect of "college" simply seemed an idea that would take an eternity to take fruit. Sil...
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Big Shirt Wednesday
Though I am home now, I was on Pomona's campus over the summer in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program, or SURP. I was doing physics research in Professor Whitaker's Bose-Einsten Condensate lab (essentially, a lot of lasers). But that's not the point of this post.
The point of this post is to celebrate and remember Big Shirt Wednesday. (more…)
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First Practice for Football
Many students arrive early -- RAs, Orientation Adventure leaders, sponsors, athletes. This week, the football team arrived on Sunday, had a light practice Monday afternoon, and began practicing in earnest today. The volleyball, men's and women's soccer, and men's water polo teams are on campus getting ready for the fall season, too.
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A Senior? Already?
In two weeks time, I will begin my senior year of college.
That just might be the scariest sentence I have ever written. Wait! I’m not ready to be a senior! Don’t you need a license for that or something? In ten years when I have my life all figured out (haha….ha….) this anxiety will probably seem ridiculous. And in truth I’m not thinking about it that much as I’m still...
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Keeping in Touch
Summer is winding down. People here in Georgia are heading back to school. Meanwhile, I still have about two weeks until school starts for me. However, I'm excited to get back to Pomona and to see my friends. Truthfully, I didn't keep in contact with everybody I was supposed to. Before somebody comments on what kind of friend I am, I can explain....
See, if you watch this vi...
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On My Way
After hours spent planning and packing, dozens of lists scrawled on scraps of paper, and piles that took over my room in an attempt at organisation, I was finally on my way. Sitting on the tarmac of Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith Airport, I pulled out my iPod only to discover a slight oversight; in the early hours of that morning, I had decided I should update my iPod’s software befo...
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