{"id":520,"date":"2011-02-10T13:36:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2011-10-21T17:34:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T21:34:36","slug":"week-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/02\/10\/week-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Week One"},"content":{"rendered":"

I apologize for being a no-show over the last month. \u00a0December brought with it finals, January was winter break… but I\u2019m back in full swing. The first week of classes of Spring Semester is officially over.\u00a0 Shopping week was \u00a0tough ; you know that feeling you get when you walk into a store full of amazing stuff, but you know you can only buy so much\u2026 it\u2019s never enough. That is exactly what shopping week is like\u2026 you get one week to shop any class you want, that is attend the class, see if you like the professor, the material, the kind of crowd it draws, the fit\u2026 the whole shebang. But at the end of the week you can only choose about four (though people can choose to take 3, 5 or 6 classes). With all the courses offered each semester, it can be quite the ordeal choosing four. Overall, I\u2019m quite excited about the four classes that I settled on. I\u2019m taking a Macroeconomics class- it\u2019s the kind of stuff I wanted to learn in\u00a0my \u2018Business Studies\u2019 class in high school. \u00a0I\u2019m also taking Spanish, a writing class and math. I\u2019m particularly jazzed with my Expository Writing class-not necessarily the writing part, but certainly the part where my writing improves.<\/p>\n

\"Shopping<\/a>

Shopping Week- difficult choices<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s also time to make summer plans.\u00a0 It can be frustrating having to come up with a shortlist of things to apply for, completing the applications, applying for funding, etc. But Harvard does make the process easier, for instance you usually have to complete one application for funding irrespective of the summer program you want to apply to. \u00a0This can be very helpful for people who apply to lots of programs. I\u2019ll let you know what programs I finally decide to apply to.<\/p>\n

\"Winter<\/a>

Winter in January<\/p><\/div>\n

For the weather update, it\u2019s February\u2014one more month until the end of winter. Coming from the tropics- where 15C (59F) is considered really cold, dealing with sub-zero temperatures hasn\u2019t been fun I was really scared of the prospect of three months of winter, but I can now safely say it is manageable\u2026 but then again perhaps I speak too soon, I\u2019ll let you know if I feel the same way in a month.<\/p>\n

Watch out for a post on my winter break \u2026 about my travels to Oklahoma City and New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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