I'm Jill Marucut, a junior at Oxy and a newly declared Politics Major. Although I'm technically enrolled at Oxy as a full-time student, I am currently earning full academic credit by participating in Oxy’s unique program - Campaign Semester.
Campaign Semester, a program active during election years, allows students to work full-time on a campaign while gaining academic credit and being enrolled as a full-time student.
Participating in Campaign Semester is very simple. The student can choose which swing state he or she is interested in working and which congressional candidate or presidential candidate he or she wants to promote. The student is expected to start working on/before the first day of school at Oxy, and is later expected to return to campus to...
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I'm currently undeclared but I am planning on declaring Sociology as my major this spring. I play defense on the women's varsity lacrosse team and write for HerCampus Oxy. I'm usually seen on the turf (playing or cheering on whatever team is there), in Rangeview (my lovely dorm!), or in the comfy green chairs in the Academic Commons.
clue of where to go. Sounds scary, right? RIGHT. Exactly two months ago, that was me... and my mom. My dad decided to let us discover on our own that we needed him to plan out the entire trip for us. Given that my mother and I are both the most stubborn people on this planet, we decide to embark on a fun journey to California on our own. As soon as we stepped out of the airport we felt the warm air and saw the beauty of LA that everyone...
have recently joined a research group. It’s exciting because I am able to get more hands on experience in a lab. Other than that, classes have kept me busy but I’m glad to be back at school. I have also continued to write to HerCampus Oxy and if you all haven’t checked it out yet, click this
(Critical Theories and Social Justice). Some say I’m studying ETCSJCLS, and attempting to formulate the most obscure area of study possible, but my dream is to be a book Editor, and editors need to read a lot! Last semester I studied in Bristol, England, where I re-affirmed my dislike of...
and I am a second year Economics major with a Math minor and an avid interest in Diplomacy and World Affairs. I’m an Indian national, but I was raised in Bangkok, Thailand, before I arrived at Oxy and the United States for the first time in my life. I’m excited for the opportunity to share my experiences at Occidental College through the Admissions Blog. 
entire Oxy career, until the application deadline got closer and I got a little scared of what it would be like to “miss” half of senior year, especially after going abroad fall of my junior year. Yet even during the application and preparation process, while doing my summer reading, and when finding out about my placement at UN Women, the whole thing did not seem real. And to tell you the truth, even though I’m here now, and have been for over a month (OMG!), I still have to pinch myself sometimes to remember that this is actually my life.
In case you are new to reading about my experience at Oxy, I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Ava Martinez, and I am a sophomore Psychology and Art History and the Visual Arts double major from San Francisco, CA. This semester, I am taking Abnormal Psychology, Introduction to Asian Art, Health Psychology, 19th Century Art, and Book Arts: Letterpress. I am also involved in Delta Omicron Tau Sorority, Quidditch, Dance Production (Irish and Swing dancing), and am in the process of starting a new service club called Cupcakes for Children (I'll talk more about that later.). So far, this semester has been busy, but definitely a lot of fun...