2017-18’s new Student Stories bloggers

It’s always a pleasure for me to get to know students through their writing for the Admissions Blog, and in that spirit, I’m delighted to introduce four new bloggers for this year.  Joining Adi, Mariya, and Pulkit are Akshobh, Gary, Kaitlyn, and Prianka.  Like many of our past bloggers, Akshobh and Kaitlyn are students in the MALD program.  They’ll be writing throughout their two-year experience at Fletcher.  Prianka is the blog’s first LLM writer!  She’ll be at Fletcher for only one year, but she’ll provide a welcome glimpse into LLM life.  And Gary is a new student in the PhD program, and the first who will write consistently about his experience.  Students can enter the PhD program after completing the MALD or MIB, or they can apply after completing a master’s degree at another university.  Gary took the latter route.  We know he’ll be on campus for two years, and I hope he’ll be able to make time for the Admissions Blog throughout both years, but we’ll figure it out as we go.

All of the blog’s writers are volunteers who applied for the opportunity.  Many of our interactions consist of me reminding them over and over to submit a post, followed by them reminding me to publish what they’ve given me.  (They have the better excuse, but I do struggle sometimes to be systematic in my posting.)  They’ve been given assignments and deadlines, but within that structure, I want them to tell the story that best reflects their experience.  Flexibility to build around a core structure is a key aspect of many dimensions of the Fletcher experience.

The first of the posts from our new bloggers will appear tomorrow.  While you’re waiting, feel free to peruse past writing.  The Table of Contents I provided earlier this semester will help you figure out who’s who.