We are a group of ten juniors and two sophomores who are lucky to have been accepted to be members of the Ivy League Connection (ILC). The ILC gives West Contra Costa Unified School District students the opportunity to attend summer enrichment programs at Ivy League universities.
Through the ILC, the students in our group will be taking courses on either Women and Leadership, International Financial Markets and Investments, or Techniques in DNA-Based Biotechnology at Brown University in the summer of 2010.
Our participation in this program will help prepare us for the rigors of life at selective universities while making us better leaders on our campuses and in our communities.
As we prepare for this adventure, throughout our time at Brown and even after we return we’ll be sharing our experiences and our thoughts through this blog. We hope you can join us and share what we’re going through and learning. Your thoughts and comments will always be welcome and we invite you to add to this blog.
Note: the images used in the above slideshow are from
http://brown.edu/Administration/Photos/photos2.html
and used with the permission of Scott Turner, Director of Web Communications at Brown University.
Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteYou wrote this last night before this morning's departure but I'm writing after your plane has already taken off.
I'm not sure one of your comments is entirely accurate, though. While your comment about packing your bags may be true for your cohorts, remember that it was I who weighed your bags before boarding the shuttle so I KNOW that you couldn't have spent much time packing your own bags. The weight limit was 50 lbs per bag but your main bag only weighed 21 lbs. Just my aloha shirts by themselves would have weighed that much! Are you sure you didn't leave a few things behind? You remember, don't you, that you're going to be gone for nearly three and a half weeks?
You're a bright gal, though, and you certainly don't need packing tips from me. Of course, at this point it's all academic--whatever you packed will have to suffice unless you're going to add a trip to the mall a high priority.
I'm looking forward, Stephanie, to reading your blogs. And, of course, to seeing all of the fine photos you'll be taking.