为什么火博体育? 早期的决定.

I'd be lying if I didn't say that I found the early stages of the college process 有压力的. Happily, I found relief when I chose to apply 早期的决定. 我知道我 was headed to Skidmore in December, making it easy to relax and enjoy the rest of 我的大四. 

That said, choosing to apply 早期的决定 is a big deal. I landed on it after a campus visit and learning about opportunities to do independent, hands-on 研究 with faculty I admire. 

我的故事 ...

"My name is Jacques Klapisch. I’m a history major with a political science minor, and I’m a junior, Class of 2021.

My stepmom actually is an alumna, Class of 1989. I did a tour, and I fell in love with the College. I came back and did an interview and that’s when I decided — “你 know what, I’m going to apply 早期的决定,” — and that’s how I got here. 

Probably my favorite experience has been my Scribner Seminar, which was a mix of sociology, history, political science and gender studies.

History is very systematic and can be very dry. 你 get a question, you read a book, you answer the question … end of story. But at Skidmore, and in my college experience, I can formulate my own 研究 questions, and I can do my 研究 independently.

What I really appreciate is you’re not limited, necessarily, to the questions. 你 can always go talk to a professor and say, “I have this really great idea for a paper, for how I can expand upon the question.” Nine times out of 10, they will agree with you, and starting as early as your second semester your first year you can start doing 研究.

That means you’ll be with a professor, be with a group of professors or other students, get your name on that paper, get your name on that book, go to conferences and more.

I feel like at a lot of bigger institutions you feel like you kind of have to wait your turn to get to know your professor or get close enough to them to ask to do 研究. But here you can do it pretty much the second you walk in."