My grandparents’ house is not nearly big enough to fit my entire family on holidays. The air conditioning doesn’t work nearly well enough to combat the heat of Florida in July. The bulkhead isn’t nearly strong enough to keep the St. John’s River from slowly eroding the backyard. My grandparents’ house is not nearly as spectacular, exotic, or luxurious as any number of potential vacations I can imagine, and yet I always opt to return each winter,...

Research, Dance...

Introduction to Astrophysics (8.282): This class was HARD. It's the hardest I've ever worked in a course, and I feel so proud to have finished with a B, especially since I saw such an improvement from...

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Actual, huge "college parties" exist if you seek them out. If you're not a party...

I only interviewed with MIT (it's not as big a thing with UChicago), and my interview was great! We met up at a...