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Dear Freshman Gabrielle, How are you? At this point in time, you have just started your first semester at Hopkins, and I can imagine you're feeling excited and anxious. Are you walking down the brick pathway by the Rec? Didn't the patch of trees seem like a huge forest? I recall how large Hopkins felt and at the time thought, "Would this place ever feel like home?" As you start your freshman year, you're going to face many things - both good and bad. There are times when you're going to be studying for days prepping for a single exam only to get a failing grade. Other times, you're going to feel lonely as you listen to your peers talk about all the fun activities they did over the weekend. When those moments arise and you feel out of place or slow, take a step back to steady yourself. I want to remind you that you do fit in at Hopkins among your peers. There is a reason you attended, and I know you will do your best to make the most of it. One lesson you will learn about yourself is that you are, in fact, a people person. I know in high school you thought of yourself as an introvert, but that is not the case - you were only shy. There's a moment in the fall semester when you want to meet more of your peers outside of class, and so you reach out to your Resident Advisor. Your RA would recommend you join an organization called Alpha Phi Omega , where you begin to connect with people outside your major and volunteer all around Baltimore. You're going to spend the majority of your college career in this organization, and it's going to feel rewarding because it gives you an opportunity to break out of the Hopkins bubble. You get to learn more about the city you live in, and it makes you feel appreciative of humanity. I know that sounds dramatic, but I loved seeing how many non-profit organizations exist to simply help one another. Other than volunteering, by your spring semester, you're going to become a go-getter. You started Hopkins with the intention of conducting research, and you made it a reality! I find it amusing because you found the opportunity by simply asking your professor after class. Since then, you've had the chance to learn from amazing researchers and even publish an article! In addition to learning from people in the lab, you've also made close friends. Some of the people you meet throughout the year become your closest friends in your senior year. You're going to get to explore Baltimore, D.C., New York and even Hawaii with them! The trip to New York is one of your favorite trips because it was the first time you went on vacation with your friends. It was wonderful walking down the streets of New York, visiting pizza joints and attending a Broadway show. The best part of the trip is when you visited your roommate at her family home, bought ice cream and watched The Hangover . This is one of the many experiences that you will have that will make you feel like you've found your home away from home. Gabrielle, it may seem intimidating at first, but I want you to realize that you're going to have a great time at Hopkins - volunteering in the community, conducting research and making bonds with people that are going to last a long time. Sincerely, Senior Gabrielle Gabrielle Chavez is a senior from El Paso, Texas graduating with a degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Management.
Joining the Model United Nations (Model UN) was nowhere in my plans when I came to Hopkins. I did Mock Trial in high school and wanted to continue it in college, but as I was waiting in line for the thrift shop at the end of my freshman orientation week, a girl behind me started chatting and we got onto the topic of HopMUN. She talked about her experience on the Hopkins Model UN (HopMUN) team, hooking me with the perk of free travel. Despite not knowing a thing about what students do in Model UN, I decided to give it a try. I went to their jeopardy information session, where I was overwhelmed with a peculiar mix of students from the STEM, humanities and interdisciplinary fields. But what was shared across this group was a clear sense of community and "hyperactivity" that both intimidated and excited me. Soon, after a unique interview process and a funny welcome to the club, I found myself at weekly trainings with other new freshmen, learning the ins and outs of conferences, General Assembly committees and crisis arcs. By the time my first conference arrived over Halloweekend, I still had no idea what I was getting into, but I was enthusiastic to figure it out. I was lucky enough to be in a committee paired with another first-year HopMUN member, Arusa, who would soon become one of the defining people of my college experience at Hopkins. The conference was a blast. From then on, I grew closer to the team's upperclassmen, bonded with my fellow first-year "NIC" class and traveled to so many places I'd never expected: D.C., Montreal, Chicago, Boston, Williamsburg and Philadelphia throughout my four years. I simultaneously developed skills with each training and conference that helped me grow in other areas of my life, including public speaking, presenting, improvisation and networking. As a sophomore, I became a Training Director for the team, where I got to connect with our club members on a closer level and eventually joined Arusa as an Exec member our junior year! Through the years, I've been so lucky to meet and welcome so many special people to HopMUN who have made our team feel like a home. Each conference leaves me with countless fond memories and funny stories that remind me how much I love our community and the support we have for one another. Whether I'm newly connecting with a member on the team I haven't had the chance to talk with before or going on my fourth conference trip with a fellow HopMUN veteran, I'm always learning new things about everyone. Spending four days traveling and bunking together at a conference hotel is undeniably a bonding experience! One of my favorite memories was attending Boston University's Boston Area Model United Nations Conference in the fall of my sophomore year, where our delegation was just a small group of four. We spent the weekend both working hard on the committee and going on side quests to explore the cafes, markets and Boston's food culture. When any worries came up, we called our team's President and Treasurer for advice, staying on the phone together to chat about how the conference was going. Being in Model UN for four years has felt like an accumulation of all these small yet significant, wholesome moments that fill my life with novelty, adventure and chosen family. Model UN became so much more to me than learning how to delegate and write resolutions at a conference. It became a family I looked forward to seeing and training with every week. It became a group of people with so many different backgrounds, stories and futures who I loved traveling with. It became the first community I tell people about when describing my Hopkins experience. And for all the people on our HopMUN team who gave me such a loving community at this university, I'd like to make a motion of thanks. You made Hopkins a home for me. Kayla Rabey is a senior graduating with a degree in English and Environmental Science from Sacramento, Calif.
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