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>> I'm Tyler [inaudible] from Dallas, Texas.
>> My name is Michael Cooper, and I'm from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
>> I'm Shawn [inaudible].
I'm Indian from [inaudible].
>> I'm Hannah Baranis, [phonetic] and I am from Washington D.C.
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>> After Dartmouth I will be doing a presidency fellowship in the office of the President
where I'll kind of be doing kind of an administrative fellowship position in Parkhurst,
and it will be interesting being an administrator at Dartmouth instead of a student.
The transition will be interesting and I'm really excited for the opportunity.
>> Starting in September I'm doing AmeriCorps on Cape Cod for a year,
so it's a year of environmental service.
I'll be working with the Army Corps of Engineers on a canal as well
as doing different community outreach and development projects while I'm there, and then,
hopefully, applying to grad school for science for 2013.
>> I'm looking into like a career in like product design or like design.
I recently was kind of inspired by some of the environmental engineering courses I took,
so I'm looking into things like environmentally conscious design products and services.
>> I have a one-way ticket to Beijing, so I'm currently planning to go there,
study for a year, give myself a chance to figure out where I want to go next.
I've thought about maybe perhaps pursuing a job
in the state department or trying to find work in China.
At this point I just want to go back to China for a year.
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>> The summer before my senior year I traveled to Peru with my advisor
in the earth science department to do research around an ice pack,
and then I got to come back here with my own data set, and I also saw my data
in a lab and then do all the background.
It was really neat to sort of like take ownership of a project on that scale.
It was something I had never really done before.
>> My most memorable college experience is probably just recently
when I was a [inaudible] commencement.
I had an opportunity to represent my class as one of the 80 marshals
and it was a phenomenal experience.
>> I just think the experience of being abroad -- experience like a different culture.
Being able to apply what I was studying in class immediately
to daily live is really a rewarding experience.
And I ended up skipping my sophomore summer to go to China,
but I definitely don't have any regrets going.
It was by far the most rewarding and also the most challenging experience I had in college.
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>> Whatever you choose to major in there's a librarian who specializes in knowing how
to access and search for all the resources in your discipline.
They're super friendly and excited to help, so don't hesitate to ask.
There's no reason to ever sit and struggle
for 20 minutes figuring out how to find a paper online.
>> During my final term at Dartmouth I was writing my paper for my seminar,
and I needed to request some articles that I couldn't find online,
and I requested them direct and I had accessed basically any article
that I needed to write the paper.
>> So firstly the library system because we have more than one [inaudible] is pretty huge,
and there's a lot of cool stuff like you can go and listen to music in the music library,
or like sit in the special collections and be like show me this really ancient article,
the first folio, we have the first folio that's cool.
>> The first year students I would definitely say take advantage
of all the resources in the library.
I would say in your first chances to explore, walk around the entire library kind of figure
out good study spots to see what's best for you.
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>> College is probably the best opportunity you're going to have to try new things;
try joining new groups, try different sports and activities.
During my freshman year I decided to join the rowing team without any prior experience rowing,
and it's one of the best experiences I've had in college.
>> Participating in student activities and getting involved in research
with the faculty professors and just taking advantage of the networking
and the personal friendships that you can develop here.
I think those are the things that really --
they really make the Dartmouth experiences that you remember.
>> Take random classes.
There's enough time in Dartmouth to finish a major; finish all the [inaudible]
and take all kinds of fun classes.
Not everyone has to do a double major.
Not everyone has to do like seven different minors.
It's okay to get your major and do all kinds of interesting things.
>> For four years you're going to be surrounded by some
of the most amazing people you'll ever be surrounded by, so don't stop making friends
after you find your first group of friends freshman year.
Really try to get to know the people who sit next to you in class
or who sit next to on graduation day.
Yeah, people are really awesome.
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