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When I was applying to MIT, I thought that was the single application that would determine the entire course of my life. I thought that if the odds of me getting in panned out, and in some wild reality I actually ended up going here, things after that… Read More

From my journal the other night– It’s 2 am, and I should be asleep. I’m listening to SJ Tucker on my headphones that only play in the left ear. I want to bask in this feeling, write it down so that I can read this some… Read More

I am starting this post on Thursday, April 8, 2021, and today, it could be a little bit warmer. I’ve been sitting outside the Stud for about half an hour, eating my lunch, and the wind is getting to me. I could choose to get up… Read More

I was inspired by Ceri’s take on VEDA and partly by my long-time vlogging/blogging influence StephenVlog, who I actually wrote about in my blogger application, to finally take on this vlogging challenge. I will be vlogging every day of April and trying to release videos somewhat on time,… Read More

What happens when your whole life unravels? Well, if you asked me, I’ll tell you I knit. Stitching things as my worldview unravels is perhaps the main thing that has helped through the ends of my world. Whether it was at 14 during that… Read More

It’s never easy to turn people down from MIT. But sometimes, I unexpectedly hear from students to whom we did not offer undergraduate admission in the past, who went on to pursue their ambitions elsewhere, and who write me, years later, to tell me how things worked out for… Read More

i’ve realized i spend most of my time trying to divorce myself from the present, lingering in corners of the past. revisiting things that used to feel like home, dusting off once-beloved keepsakes. these days, i’ve found myself scrolling through old documents and snippets of writing, sometimes amused by who… Read More