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Studying Abroad in Rio de Janeiro
This spring semester I won't be in California for school. Instead, I'll be studying in Rio de Janeiro. I boarded my plane a day after it starting snowing in Chicago and arrived in a jungle. There's so much green here. The weather waters my skin every moment of the day...
Plan Your Summers and Other Aspirations in Advance
It’s funny how you need to start planning your next summer from one year in advance. High school used to be different, at least for me. So this past winter break, I spent most of the time planning what I wanted to do this upcoming summer as well as other future...
The Phenomenon of Scromping
Scromp (v) – succumbing oneself to the act of devouring I know, I know. Scromp isn’t actually a real word. But growing up, my friends and I used it constantly. We didn’t even have to explain it to each other. The way you emphasize the word—by really adding texture to...
Work Hard, Play Hard
Happy New Year everyone! It's that time of the year again where life takes a whole new fresh start. Well at least, we want it to. There are several new year resolutions and goals we want to achieve, however we should take it one step at a time. That is why, I take...
Leadership Development Programs
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that everyone’s year is off to a great start and we are all getting ready for the new semester to start! I wanted to write a blog post about something a little different this month; an opportunity usually offered at colleges that some...
The Last Semester
School is about to start again and getting back into the mindset of school is always hard, especially this semester because it is my last semester of college and I am ready to graduate. I get a month off of school for winter break so I completely check out and go into...
Necessary Courses Out the Way!!!
Hello, guys! Happy New Year! I hope that this year is full of blessings for each and every one of you reading this blog. As a senior, I am writing this blog to you so that you guys can make sure to take all of the courses that you actually NEED during your freshman,...
Get ready for the travel!
This time around, college students are 90{53c6eff5ce19621f7316832cfedf08caab022021f1679c62c3f44b8900ceaf72} of the airport population! I'm sitting in the airport at this moment (Denver!) and looking around at the stuffed backingpacking routines and carry on luggage...
The Lowdown on Finals
Reed during finals week becomes a raw, ugly version of itself- a version we all dreaded would appear after it waited simmering silently for a semester, subdued by the distracting stress brought upon by quotidian college life: tests, periodical essays, and social life...
The Beauty of CS
Perhaps the most inspiring aspect of computer science for myself is its versatility and accessibility. Whereas other fields require an extensive array of complex machinery and materials to cultivate innovation and exploratory development, computer science requires...