{"id":2859,"date":"2012-02-27T17:42:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T22:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2012-02-27T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T22:43:08","slug":"looking-back-on-the-start-of-the-second-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2012\/02\/27\/looking-back-on-the-start-of-the-second-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back on the Start of the Second Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone!\u00a0 I haven’t written in a few weeks because I’ve been hard at work for something for you guys, and I can’t wait to show you.\u00a0 So stay tuned!\u00a0 In the meantime, now that we’re several weeks into the semester, here are some of the cool things that happened when I got back to campus.<\/p>\n

While my second term at Harvard officially started in early February, I’ve been on campus since middle of January. The tennis team has been in full practice swing since January 15th in order to get ready for our spring season.\u00a0 Since classes didn’t start until January 23rd, the Friends of Harvard Tennis Committee had been kind enough to set-up a lot of events after our practices.<\/p>\n

First, the freshmen tennis class had the privilege of having lunch with the Dean of Freshmen, Tom Dingman. We ate at Grafton Street Restaurant and had a great time. Also, there were several alumni events later in the week. At these alumni events, former members of the Harvard Tennis Teams came and talked about their life experiences after graduating from college. It was extremely interesting to hear the kind of jobs they have now and how their experiences as student athletes at Harvard helped shape their journey in the real world. While all of the events were really helpful, the most memorable event was the Harvard Tennis Spring Kick-off Banquet, which was held at the Harvard Club in Boston.\u00a0 Here, Alex Seaver and Debbie Goldfine (both Co-Chairs of Friends of Harvard Tennis), hosted a remarkable event which included guest speakers, captains’ presentations, and a spectacular dinner.<\/p>\n

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Freshmen Men's Tennis Class of 2015 having lunch with Dean Dingman<\/p><\/div>\n

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Harvard Men's Tennis Team at the Harvard Club of Boston<\/p><\/div>\n

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The last week of January, classes officially began. This semester, I’m taking Statistics 104, Science of the Physical Universe, Economics 10, and Sociology 43. Compared to last semester, these classes are structured a little differently, as I tried to branch out and pick topics that I haven’t had to chance to explore yet.\u00a0 Of all my classes this semester, I’m really interested in Sociology 43, as the class has real life applications and the readings are extremely riveting. In addition to classes starting, I had my nineteenth birthday last week.\u00a0 A group of friends and I went out to a local restaurant, Border Cafe, to celebrate.<\/p>\n

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Celebrating my 19th birthday at Border Cafe<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sterling, Kerry, and I are having a high school reunion dinner in Harvard Square.<\/p><\/div>\n

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In late January, the Men’s Tennis team hosted their first dual matches of the season. We hosted Drake, DePaul, and Denver University. In each one of the matches, the team plays three doubles matches and six singles matches. That Friday, we played Denver, and then we played a double header on Saturday against Drake and DePaul. Our team played extremely well throughout out the weekend, and we were able to win all three dual matches, respectively, 4-0, 4-1, 4-0.<\/p>\n

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Coach Fish conducting a team meeting before our match<\/p><\/div>\n

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That’s it for this post, thanks for reading. Next, I’ll be posting something special, so be sure to keep an eye out for my next blog!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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