Recently by Varun Kapur

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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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...

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I had to opportunity of living in the Little Building (LB) during my freshmen year and man did I have a good time. You must understand that in order to have a good time in the dorms, it's really all about your roommates. I had the luck and privilege of living in a triple with two amazing guys and after three years in Emerson I still live with them off-campus.

Now, put yourself in my position, I am from Peru, so not only am I leaving my parents a...

Continue reading: It's Dorm Time!

Shopping with my parents before college was quite an interesting day. Well, just to remind the reader, I was born in India - but I grew up in Lima, Peru, so going shopping with my parents is an unusual story. First of all my father didn't even fly with my to Boston, I came with my mother. I was clueless regarding places to go or even what to do - my mom saved me! As soon as I got to my new dorm room, I saw an empty bed for the first time, a laundry mach...

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There are many places in Boston in which one would simply fall in love with, but there is one nightclub called Rumor, which stole my heart. Remember that I come from Latin America and going out during the night is pretty much part of our culture.

This club located just beside Emerson is my personal favorite place in Boston due to its diversity. So far it's the only place in the world where I could dance with people from every country and culture...

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I've wanted to be a film director since I was in 8th grade. I made some home movies, acted in a feature length movie back in Peru and took many film summer courses (including at the New York Film Academy), hence I truly thought I was prepared to enter Emerson and become a director in one day.

Now, Emerson College slapped me back to reality and made me realize that we are in one of the toughest business we are in, and if you really want to make i...

Continue reading: Facing Reality - The Film Business

I was sixteen years old when I first visited Emerson to check on my older brother Aman. I flew to New York with my parents to spend some quality time with the family, when suddenly my dad told me to go and see Boston to make up my mind on applying to Emerson. I came alone, stepped down on south station and there he was - my older brother. He, like me, happened to be a film major. He picked me up and took me to lunch to the Emerson dinning hall. Now, her...

Continue reading: Sixteen and Alone at Emerson