Holy crap this semester is going by fast! I can’t believe I’m over halfway done with it already; I ain’t quite out of the woods yet for now though. I still got a lot on my plate: just finished a finance prelim last night (let’s not discuss that anymore :/ …), have [...]
Looking over my previous posts, I can’t believe that I haven’t talked more about being a Resident Advisor on North Campus; it takes up so much time and is such a big part of my Cornell life here in the Ithaca tundra, that I think it would be somewhat of a travesty if I didn’t [...]
This semester — even though it’s a little bit more rare for a sophomore — I decided to start pledging a fraternity on campus. Delta Phi (commonly called Llenroc around Cornell) is a great organization with some really great guys. The one thing that amazed me about the frat was how involved all of the [...]
So I’ve had quite a while now to lounge and relax in recovery from this past semester; the rest was very necessary, and I still can’t get off the shnide of sleeping for a modest 11 hours a day. Motivation and productivity definitely take a back seat over my winter breaks.
Reflecting back, I think that [...]
So, I made it through the last couple of weeks — they were pretty rough work-wise with group projects, readings, interviews, and such; but, now that I’m through it, I was able to actually go out and have some fun on a Friday night. And this past Friday was Halloween! How convenient =D
Since I got [...]
Many of you probably don’t know this, but newbies to the Hotel School are actually mailed a little sheet with survival tips for being at the Hotel School — “Tips for New Hotelies: Or, The Things We Wish We Knew Then.” Yes, not only have the jokes on campus led to some periodic [...]
My summer internship search is now up and running — in the past week, I’ve submitted my resume to seven different companies like Union Square Hospitality Group, Hyatt Hotels, PM Hospitality Strategies, and Vail Resorts among others. Most of the decisions still aren’t in yet (keepin’ the fingers crossed for good news) except for one [...]
Academic integrity is a funny thing — you know, that little threatening warning in italicized letters on every test that goes a little something like this…
A Cornell student’s submission of work for academic credit indicates that the work is the student’s own. All outside assistance should be acknowledged, and the student’s academic position truthfully reported [...]
Culinary labs are in full swing now (and I swear I’m going to the hit next Bio major that smirks at this with a saute pan), and I’m already exhausted. In case you don’t know, Culinary Theory and Practice (a right of passage in the Hotel School) is a required class that I’m taking this [...]
I’m telling you there’s a lot of things at Cornell that break people — the 90 mph winds, the 18 feet of snow we get every winter, the never-ending study weeks, the constant barrage of C-’s on prelims (trust me), the mountains between Collegetown and North Campus, and I could go on and on — [...]