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One down, three to go
Apr. 21, 2014—Today was my last day of class as a Vanderbilt first year student, and while I still have finals to get through, I can’t help but take a quick glimpse back at this year. I have enjoyed every minute of everyday even when it was hard, even when I stayed up late working on an...
Life Changing Spring Break
Mar. 19, 2014—When I first learned that I will be going on the Homelessness and poverty site in Washington DC with ASB, I was excited. This is one of the most popular and most influential sites and I was incredibly excited to go on it. The experiences that I had on that site were much more than...
Just got your admission letter? What’s next?
Mar. 9, 2014—Congratulations to the members of the class of 2018 who already know that Vandy is going to be their home for the next four years! I applied Regular Decision myself last year, and around this time I was compulsively checking my email every 5 minutes. I fished out my admissions letter recently and it was...
Faith in Art
Jan. 31, 2014—One of the greatest debates I had with myself when I got in was about how religious this university is, and whether it will be awkward not to be religious on campus. Vanderbilt is a secular university, not affiliated with any religion or denomination. On campus, we have complete freedom to participate in any religious...
Blair Audition Day!
Jan. 24, 2014—I just came back from my Friday class at Blair, and the school is crowded with musicians today. Today is the first day for auditions for the Blair class of 2018. I can already tell that it is going to be a great class. There were people playing music everywhere, in the hallways, stairwell and...
Surprise in Music Literature class
Jan. 18, 2014—After a long day I got to listen to a wonderful band in my American Popular Music class.
AWB and candy canes for my first winter break
Dec. 26, 2013—Unlike many other students, I have been dreading winter break for quite some time. For most students Winter Break means spending time with family. For me it meant staying on campus for three cold weeks. That I couldn’t do, so I planned ahead of time and applied for Alternative Winter Break. That was one decision...
First Semester… First Steps
Dec. 14, 2013—I was going through some of my old family photos that I brought from Syria and I came across one that documents my first steps. Now that my first semester at Vanderbilt is over, this inspired me to look back at all the thing I did for the first time in the past three months.
Why Vanderbilt?
Nov. 29, 2013—I perfectly remember this time of year last year. It was November and I was almost ready to submit my college applications, but was I really? In fact, I didn’t submit Anything until 3 hours before the deadline, which was stupid, I know, but I needed all the time I could have to revise and...
I Relayed for life
Nov. 13, 2013—After months of hard work raising money for Vanderbilt Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society, our big Relay even finally took place on the outdoor track at the Recreation Center. After months of anticipation, Relay for Life was everything I had expected and more. Vanderbilt Relay For Life is a student-run organization on...