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“Here at Columbia, I learned for the first time how to reach out and grab opportunities. Our university has a tremendous wealth of resources and ways to get ahead, but none of them are going to fall into your lap. I don’t think any other atmosphere could have better prepared me for the real world.”
My Extracurricular Activities:
My Columbia Day:
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9:00 a.m.
Attend Contemporary Civilization. Today we’re discussing Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
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11:30 a.m.
Go to my internship at thebigword Language Services Firm, where I serve as an interpreter in Spanish and Russian. I’ve met a lot of professionals in the field, and while I initially thought I wanted to be an intrepreter, now I’m more interested in the diplomacy field.
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1 p.m.
Pick up a snack at the Doughnut Plant, one of my (many) favorite restaurants throughout the city. There are just so many options to choose from!
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2:40 p.m.
Discuss the role of nationalism in political conflict in my Nationalism seminar, offered by the Political Science department.
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4:10 p.m.
Attend my Gay Culture in Contemporary Spain class with Professor Javier Perez Zapatero. This class has shown me things I never knew about a country where I had studied in high school.
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8 p.m.
Meet with the Columbia Spectator Editorial Board – we write three weekly staff editorials on campus events and university happenings. These editorials allow us to connect with the administration and act as a source of information about University news.