Emerson Undergraduate Blog

This is my final blog of the semester (I know you're all so terribly torn up about that, too!), so I am going to try and pass along some words of wisdom about how to best get involved and meet people during your freshman year.

The week between move-in and classes is called Freshman Orientation Week. This is where I met most of my freshman year friends and even my first college boyfriend. As cheesy as some of the activities may sound, try to go t...

Continue reading: To All of the Incoming Freshman Out There...

As I sit here in my room in the Little Building one last time for Senior Week, I can't help think about what I would have done differently if I could do Emerson all over again.

Honestly, not much. I am very happy with the time I spent in Boston, LA, and beyond thanks to Emerson. If there is one major piece of advice I can give you, it is to get involved and do it earlier rather than later. I had my resume filled by the end of my freshman year. I...

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Since so many of us at Emerson are so enthusiastic about the place, precocious prospective students always ask what we don't like about Emerson. My advice to any incoming freshman also answers this question.

At any college, you will invariably find a "bubble" -- a little microsociety, with its own rules and lexicon and boundaries. I think one of the most important things for incoming students to remember is that the bubble -- be it...

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Well, I am an international student from India, but I grew up in Peru. I am a film major and to be perfectly honest with you guys, there are many things that I regret not doing my freshmen year.

As a film major, I joined more student groups in order to have more time on set, but I wish I had been involved much sooner. That applies to any major that you are interested in (Musical theater, Journalism, etc.) because you learn while exposing yoursel...

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Let's not alert the press; everyone knows that. But not everybody is aware (yet) how strong the circle of the Emerson Community is.

After three years of my volunteer involvement at Emerson College, right from my daughter's freshman year through the end of her junior year, I have experienced firsthand what it means to be an Emersonian.

While Nicolette '10 has been finishing her last projects this year, I have returned to Boston for the ...

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What are your plans after graduation? What are you doing this summer? What do you want to be when you grow up? I have answered a variation of these questions for the past three weeks. I am thinking of printing out stock business cards to people and handing them out. It is an appropriate question to ask. But I am not sure how to answer it. I mean in this economy who knows what is in store.

When people usually ask me that question I usually say I ...

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Well, like I told you guys I will be a senior this upcoming fall '09 and leaving to LA spring '10. What some Visual and Media Art students at Emerson do is look for an internship while in the LA program and try to find a job once one is settled in LA. Well - guess what - that's my plan.

I have been in Emerson for three years now, and my older brother also went here. A little background story - I am from India but I grew up in Peru. My future pla...

Continue reading: After College? What? Real life?

There are officially three weeks left in the 2008-2009 school year, but who's counting?

Just like in high school, the end of the semester can be a very stressful time. Final papers, projects, test, etc. - it's enough to drive a person mad! Still, we Emersonians know how to mix the excessive studying and paper writing with fun.

As today is the Boston Marathon, we don't have class. So, to take advantage of this 3-day weekend, those of us o...

Continue reading: End of the Semester Insanity!

Around this time of year, the end of the semester typically makes everyone a little hypertensive. It's that time when all your final projects and final exams and student events are at their busiest. Mostly it's only overwhelming if you haven't budgeted your time well throughout the semester -- if you've put off work or assigned reading -- and of course I know NOTHING about that sort of thing. Ahem.

What I'm doing now is enjoying the steady ...

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My freshman year I was placed in a learning community in Piano Row, one of the newer residence halls on campus. A learning community is sort of Emerson's version of themed living -- they're specific floors where students live who share not necessarily a common major, but a common area of interest. I lived on the 'Writer's Block,' an admittedly awful name, but truly a nice place to live. We held workshops on our floor a few times a week to critique ea...

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