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Letter from the Yale Quest Liaison

Welcome, and thank you for taking interest in the Yale Quest Scholars page. You've definitely come to the right place. My name is Christine Jun, and I am the Quest Scholar Liaison for Yale University. I was a part of the first class of Yale Quest Scholars, and four years later, my "quest" has come full circle. I am now a senior in Davenport College (JK Rowling once compared D'Port to Slytherin. I GUESS you could say my residential college is the best!) majoring in Environmental Engineering. I originally came in undecided/anthropology/pre-med/pre-law/economics/English, but then after having had a taste of everything, I realized that I am most excited when I get to build or engineer things. Hence, engineering. In my spare time, I am also senior editor of Sage Magazine, researcher at Yale's Urban Ecology Design Laboratory, and a painting student. I love every moment I am at Yale and refuse to believe that our Northern neighbor (Harv-what?) is more fun and exciting than us Bulldogs.

My relationship with the Quest Scholars Program began a little over four years ago when, as a clueless junior in high school, I stumbled upon a postcard QuestBridge had sent encouraging me to apply to their National College Match program. From time to time, I wonder what would have happened had Quest not reached out to me with their little postcard. Nonetheless, in the past four years, Yale has become my home. I can't imagine having lived without the opportunity to get to know some seriously talented future leaders, hang out with my favorite (world-renowned) professors, or have unlimited access to all the resources I have now. I encourage you, future Quest Scholar, to consider my life as your own, and dream big.

Just remember the unofficial Yale motto: Harvard works hard and plays hard. We work hard and play harder.

Boola boola!
Christine Jun, Yale '12