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Javier Alejandro Masis: Welcome to Princeton.
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Jean-Philippe Jabre: My favorite class was probably Econ 101.
Solomon Braun: Intro to Psychology.
Rund Abdelfatah: Introduction to Anthropology.
An-Ting Liu: The seminar in Ghana.
Ayomikun Okeowo: Computer science.
Ayomikun Okeowo: I like it because you get to make whatever types
Ayomikun Okeowo: of program you want.
James Thorman: One was a class called "Economics and Public Policy,"
James Thorman: taught by Professor Bogan, and the other one was a "High-Tech
James Thorman: Entrepreneurship" course taught by Ed Zschau.
Neha Goel: Human rights with Professor Gary Bass.
Neha Goel: It was just amazing class.
Rivka Cohen: It's tied between Arabic and philosophy --
Rivka Cohen: "Intro to Metaphysics and Epistemology."
Javier Alejandro Masis: I was in a class called "Music of the Americas."
Nene Umoren: "Japanese Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization."
Sonya Chu: "Physics 105," which is general physics, but it's the
Sonya Chu: advanced, the honors course.
Ukachi Emeruwa: I got to go to Ghana up for my global
Ukachi Emeruwa: health certificate.
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: I got to take a class over the summer abroad in Italy
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: with a small group of people, and it was the best way to
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: learn Italian in a very short amount of time.
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: It was an intensive class in four weeks that took up
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: the spot of one semester. And then the next summer I
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: got to go to Paris for an internship, and then I
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: also was able to research my senior thesis in Italy.
Elizabeth Stevens: I would say one of the best academic experiences I've
Elizabeth Stevens: had here at Princeton is the flexibility in their allowing
Elizabeth Stevens: me to pursue the academics that I want to do.
Elizabeth Stevens: I am an independent major in biological anthropology,
Elizabeth Stevens: which is almost a double major in the anthropology
Elizabeth Stevens: and EEB departments.
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Raphael Frankfurter: I was actually approached by the professor in
Raphael Frankfurter: the second month of the class and told that he would fund me
Raphael Frankfurter: doing an internship anywhere in the country relating
Raphael Frankfurter: to medical anthropology.
Rund Abdelfatah: It was a first anthropology class I've ever
Rund Abdelfatah: taken in my life, but I actually fell in love with it,
Rund Abdelfatah: and I found that I just was really passionate about the
Rund Abdelfatah: subject area, and I've actually decided that I may
Rund Abdelfatah: be an anthropology major because of that class.
Sonya Chu: But overall, I was really happy I did that
Sonya Chu: class because it was the most challenging class
Sonya Chu: I've ever done so far.
Rivka Cohen: Arabic can be a very difficult language, especially
Rivka Cohen: grammatically, and we have a lot of fun in that class.
James Thorman: Merging economics and public policy was a very
James Thorman: interesting exercise that kind of enabled me to think about
James Thorman: applying economics in a way I hadn't thought about before,
James Thorman: and actually became the basis for kind of what
James Thorman: I would study later on.
Neha Goel: We got to learn about just the development of human
Neha Goel: rights as a concept in general, and I learned a lot of things
Neha Goel: that I didn't even expect, like the fact that people disagree
Neha Goel: with the idea of human rights at a very basic level, the
Neha Goel: very validity of the concept.
Jean-Philippe Jabre: I mean, it really helped to understand the recent
Jean-Philippe Jabre: recessions, and now I'm definitely planning on majoring
Jean-Philippe Jabre: in econ just because of that class is a great class, great lecturer.
Nene Umoren: We're talking about themes that are relevant,
Nene Umoren: things that are popping up in our everyday lives, and looking
Nene Umoren: at it from a totally different perspective of seeing how other
Nene Umoren: students view the world around us.
Neha Goel: I definitely found myself opening my eyes and
Neha Goel: learning something completely new.
Rund Abdelfatah: You can find great things in unexpected places.
Sonya Chu: Definitely take challenging courses because
Sonya Chu: they're well worth it.
Rivka Cohen: I felt that I learned how to organize my thoughts in
Rivka Cohen: a completely different way.
Javier Alejandro Masis: It's just much more interesting to see how things
Javier Alejandro Masis: work than to immediately label them as good or bad.
An-Ting Liu: I did not expect it to be such an interesting and
An-Ting Liu: life-changing experience.
Sonya Chu: It's not just about getting the top grades, it's
Sonya Chu: about learning something and challenge yourself.
Javier Alejandro Masis: That's probably the 'aha' moment.
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Ukachi Emeruwa: Besides having an extremely flexible class
Ukachi Emeruwa: schedule such that I have time for basketball, dance, all the
Ukachi Emeruwa: kinds of activities I want to do, Princeton also allows
Ukachi Emeruwa: within your course work for amazing opportunities.
Elizabeth Stevens: Princeton has allowed me to design my own curriculum
Elizabeth Stevens: and combine the courses that Princeton offers, as well as
Elizabeth Stevens: mix my advisors between the departments.
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: For anyone who's interested in languages or
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: studying abroad, I was really impressed with the number of
Hannah McDonald-Moniz: unexpected opportunities that I had here at Princeton.
Nene Umoren: Being able to share in that opportunity, get the broad
Nene Umoren: range of perspectives that Princeton offers is something that
Nene Umoren: has been really phenomenal for me, and something that I
Nene Umoren: wouldn't get anywhere else.
Elizabeth Stevens: It's allowed me to pursue what I've wanted to do basically my whole life.
Sonya Chu: Even if it looks like it's impossible, you try your best
Sonya Chu: and you'd be surprised at what you can achieve.
Ukachi Emeruwa: I'm forever grateful for having that opportunity.
An-Ting Liu: This is really a great place to be.
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