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A senior approaching graduation, Ruby Zhou '24 reflects on her time at Davidson College in this letter to her past high school self on making the college decision and anticipating all to come as a member of the Wildcat community. 

About the Author

Ruby Zhou ’24 (she/her) is an English major on the pre-dental track from Houston, Texas. Outside of the classroom, she works as the Lead Senior Admissions Fellow, serves as Cats Excursion Chair for the Union Board, and conducts polymer chemistry research in Dr. El-Zaatari’s lab. She is also involved with Student Government Association as the Chancellor, the Activity Tax Council, Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow, Rusk Eating House, Davidson Research Initiative and Davidson Research Network. 

Open the envelope for a special letter from Ruby to her past self...