{"id":1032,"date":"2011-10-06T23:55:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T03:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2011-10-06T23:55:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T03:55:29","slug":"the-grucket-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/10\/06\/the-grucket-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Grucket” List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of you have probably heard of a “bucket list” – it’s like a wish list of things you want to before you die. Well, based off of that idea, my roommates and I recently decided to start a “Grucket List”, or a graduation bucket list. In fact, the chalkboard in our room has now been converted into a grucket list so that we can share ideas. I’m going to share a bit of my personal “grucket” list here! (if something’s crossed off, it means I’ve already gotten around to doing it!)<\/p>\n

1. Invite a professor to faculty dinner.<\/p>\n

2. Go see my blockmate and her improv comedy troupe perform.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Eat at Mike’s Pastries<\/a> in the North End<\/del>.<\/p>\n

4. Go sailing on the Charles River.<\/p>\n

5. Spend a summer in Cambridge.<\/del><\/p>\n

6. Go visit Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum<\/a>, which is the oldest public arboretum in North America!<\/p>\n

7. Go to a Bruins, Red Sox<\/del>, and Patriots game with friends.<\/p>\n

8. Get together with my freshman year entryway at least once per semester. (so far, so good!)<\/p>\n

9. Look at rare books in Harvard’s Houghton Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

10. Write a senior thesis.<\/p>\n

11. Row crew for Dunster Intramurals.<\/p>\n

12. Ice skate at Frog Pond on Boston Common.<\/p>\n

13. Attend more varsity sports games – and make sure I make it to the Harvard-Yale game every year!<\/p>\n

14. Visit Walden Pond<\/del>.<\/p>\n

15. Attend morning prayer services at Memorial Church. It’s the longest running service in the country!<\/p>\n

16. Learn to navigate the Harvard observatory by taking the introductory telescope class<\/a>.<\/p>\n

17. Take a class with fewer than five people<\/del>.<\/p>\n

18. Take a freshman seminar<\/del>.<\/p>\n

19. Visit the beautiful Mt. Auburn cemetery.<\/p>\n

20. Visit four other Boston-area colleges. (I’m getting there – BU, Tufts, BC down)<\/p>\n

21. See Yo-Yo Ma (’76) play in person. <– This should be happening next weekend, at Harvard’s 375th celebration!<\/p>\n

22. Learn about the stained glass in Memorial Hall – each pane was donated by a graduating class and has its own story.<\/p>\n

23. Jump off the Weeks Bridge.<\/p>\n

24. Explore Harvard’s Natural History Museum and see the glass flowers <\/a>exhibit.<\/p>\n

25. Write for the Crimson<\/del>. This half happened – I comped for a week and wrote this<\/a> one spectacular article on an obscure indie band. That counts, right?<\/p>\n

26. Attend Convocation each year. Admittedly, it’s for freshman, but it’s SUCH an exciting way to start a new school year. So much Harvard pride! Here’s the article<\/a> from my freshman year – we were the first class to be officially welcomed to Harvard with Convocation.<\/p>\n

27. Watch the sun rise from the Weeks Bridge.<\/p>\n

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28. Give a tour to a foreign dignitary<\/del>. Already gave one to the Pakistani Foreign Minister last year!<\/p>\n

29. Have a snowball fight in the Yard.<\/p>\n

30. Graduate! Think this one’s pretty important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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