Amber V. '24
- Undeclared
- [email protected]

Biography
My mom named me Amber after the stop codon in DNA.
I come from Tucson, Arizona, where cacti take the place of trees, and your feet blister on the pavement. Because of this I like green plants, rivers that flow all year round, and the sky before it rains.
Some things about me --
I went on a gap year with a huge backpack in Europe. Some of that year was spent at a writing retreat with a goat called Buttercup, where I milked about 2 quarts each day, which adds up to a lot of milk.
I like chemistry and physics, black coffee and Mexican fast food. I get excited about history and how Italian coffeemakers work, old art, cafes, the Killers, musicals, math, being in new places, and, for some reason, the French Revolution. I accumulate stacks of books I will never read, though I will always intend to. I run.
Also, I write. Fantasy novels, mostly, though I like short stories too.
I want to be a writer, and every writer needs a day job, and a slew of odd experiences to draw from. I think MIT will help with those.
Let's see how this adventure unfolds.
Recent Posts
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like a freight train a schedule post
- by Amber V. '24
- March 19, 2021
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The River Freezes Over and other nifty things about being on campus
- by Amber V. '24
- February 19, 2021
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Vicennial wikipedia says this means 20th
- by Amber V. '24
- February 9, 2021
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As the City Slumbers thoughts while walking in a park
- by Amber V. '24
- January 21, 2021
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Fixing a trapeze! then hanging upside-down on it
- by Amber V. '24
- December 29, 2020
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Academic Things I’ve Learned no life lessons, promise
- by Amber V. '24
- December 26, 2020
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“I’m vegetarian now!” Two months, twenty-four days, and goin’ strong
- by Amber V. '24
- November 25, 2020
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Books I did read this semester I am literate if not literary
- by Amber V. '24
- November 21, 2020
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fake it ’til you make it what is a healthy way to be happy?
- by Amber V. '24
- November 7, 2020
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My Gap Year Part One: The good, the great, and the very, very dumb.
- by Amber V. '24
- October 4, 2020
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Eating Too Much Cake Just kidding, this post is about physics
- by Amber V. '24
- September 25, 2020
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1.1 miles as the crow flies and it takes me forever to run there
- by Amber V. '24
- September 17, 2020