One way I wanted to apply my major was by joining the film council I was able
to meet a lot of other people interested in film and film production.
So I am a workshop leader and a multitude of biology classes introductory to biology
introductory to biochemistry molecular biology whatnot and then I also used to
be a laboratory ta for the general chemistry lab courses some of them were
most outstanding councils / organizations that I got involved in
where the philosophy Council the University of Rochester debate union and
the golden key international Honor Society
I spent my weekends skiing with friends Empress troll which is like a resort 30
minutes away from Rochester I'm a part of your Styles actually I turned that
this semester that's our on-campus breakdancing crew I was wanted to do
break dancing dance of its in high school but nothing serious
so I'm actually in a class I'm learning it through the club now one of my
favorite things that happens in Rochester here at the U of R is actually
it happens during the winter it's called the Winter Fest and it's absolutely
wonderful we get free marshmallows and free hot chocolate and usually some sort
of free apparel last time they gave out a scarf it was great I still wear it it
keeps me warm my favorite on-campus spot is actually the buzz cafe which is
located at the Simon School of Business it's a hidden cafe so not many people
know about it that's why I like it some of my favorite places on campus has to
be the stacks in Rush Rhees library because I just become extremely
efficient working there my favorite spot on campus I guess would be the hive I am
a pretty big fan of playing the pool and you know I go there often with my
friends to play pool and it's a nice place you can get food right there in
the in the Commons as well you can play video games on the Xbox there you can
foosball so it's kind of like a place to offload a little bit on campus and it's
really close and I think it's really convenient
my favorite spot on campus is definitely Starbucks the food that I've experienced
in Rochester compared to the food that I've experienced otherwise well I've had
one impression of it and it's that the portions are gigantic you know when
you're in college you're you don't have that much time to make food at home or
you know go to nice restaurants or something and you kind of have to eat in
the morning really fast like cereal or something and then at the University
Dining Center they're all really delicious but it's quite different
experience the food that's offered at Rochester isn't limited to the campus
you know the University of Rochester is essentially right next door to the city
of Rochester and on the city there's a multitude of great restaurants and
cuisines that are offered from Mediterranean food at Aladdin's which is
absolutely delicious to traditional American brunch style at joins and
everyone's gonna prefer a home-cooked meal but I definitely think it's a lot
easier if he had different varieties of food here freshman year when I moved
into a residence hall I was a little bit scared I was put in a triple with two
other roommates and I was I knew that I was the only international one when I
walked into my room there was already one girl there she's from Ukraine and
five minutes later the other girl comes in and she's from America and I thought
to myself oh my god a Russian and an American it's gonna be the Cold War of
course I was completely wrong the three of us are now best friends so when I
came here as a freshman I really didn't know what to expect as far as housing
goes I met a random roommate and we got along great we lived in a double my
freshman year which I enjoyed sophomore year I lived with two females there are
my closest friends from freshman year we had a kitchen it was kind of a pseudo
family type of deal susan b anthony is very convenient in the sense that I
think the camaraderie amongst the halls is very close as well as you know being
on top of hillside which is a campus convenience store or Danforth
which is a Dining Center it really creates a unique culture amongst the
freshman residents one of the things that perhaps distinguishes University of
Rochester is that the faculty are very much involved in research as well as
teaching and I think for students that's a very big advantage because they can
also learn a lot about research and get engaged in research with the faculty the
faculty not only are they passionate about the specific subject that they're
researching here but they do care about the education of their students and they
are passionate about teaching finding out the you know the method that teaches
the most efficiently to all the students that are available as a freshman I was
unsure about which major to pursue but I took a few different courses one of them
being a film course that I actually fell in love with the professor Jason
Middleton steered me in the right direction about actually majoring in
film and finding my true passion as a history major I find that the history
faculty is top-notch creme de la creme they're absolutely amazing a lot of my
favorite professors are the top historians in the world they also have a
lot of experiences whether it be from owning a little piece of actual genuine
chain mail to doing an archaeological expedition in Bermuda