“A Package has arrived for you in the mailroom,” the long-awaited email read. I was thrilled; I rushed to the mailroom and opened the box as soon as I could. Before me, I beheld 400 copies of the latest issue of the SCHOOLNEWSPAPERNAME: the bold, crisp official student-run newspaper at my school. As I flipped through the pages, pride for my team’s hard and impressive work swelled within me, and I immediately started distributing the copies. I first started writing...

After watching hours of vlogs and reflections from Dartmouth student YouTubers, I fell in love with Dartmouth’s proud, spirited, connected community. I’m excited to build relationships with my peers during traditions such as Sophomore Summer and Homecoming. As I learn more about Dartmouth, I also look forward to joining subcommunities like the DALI Lab, where I can bond, collaborate, and innovate with peers as a software engineer. Dartmouth also complements my love for adventure; in addition to exploring...

Creation is an adventure to me. It’s a medium through which I apply what I have learned in the classroom to the exciting, real world. After exploring machine learning (ML) and data science at Beaver Works in 2019, I wanted to pursue new projects in this field. In one study I read, researchers scraped data from Twitter and, using natural language processing and ML, accurately predicted the number of flu cases. The transformation of otherwise idle data into meaningful predictions...

I gasp for breath, my sides cramping. There is a burning in my calves, and my foot arches feel like they are on the verge of snapping. But I keep running, trying to speed up with each stride. I see my teammate Justine ahead of me slow her run to a walk. My cross country team focuses on growth. At a race during my freshman year, I had fallen twice, and despite the blood dripping down my knees, I set...

I haven’t been able to visit Ann Arbor, but after watching hours of vlogs and reflections from UMich student YouTubers, I know the University of Michigan is the school for me. From the proud, connected, collaborative community to the rigorous academic environment of the College of Engineering, the University of Michigan perfectly aligns with my goals and academic interests. I first realized my passion for computer science two years ago when I learned about machine learning (ML) and data...

When I attended my first hackathon, my team and I decided to address mental health issues by creating an app that allows users to track and reflect on emotions. Although none of us had experience in app development, we set out to learn, with each of us researching and building a different app process. By the end of the day, we created a prototype. CS students share this willingness to independently learn, a trait that is especially important for understanding...

I got my first hands-on experience in business when I conducted a Product-Market Fit survey as a part of my internship at Recover Athletics, a start-up that aims to provide physical therapy advice to athletes through an app. During this project, I researched the best methods for conducting a Product-Market fit survey, created and sent a form to users to gather information, called users to learn more about their usage of the app, and applied my findings to offer insight...

I am excited about the potential that reverse-engineering the brain has in saving lives through its applications in both biotechnology and computer science. This research has already led to the usage of electrode simulation to treat Parkinson’s disease and, as more discoveries are being made, can offer solutions to other widespread brain- related afflictions such as Alzheimer’s disease. Reverse-engineering the brain can provide medical solutions through AI as well. Currently, AI is created without significant study of the...