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Opposites Attract

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When I first arrived at MIT, armed with a suitcase full of dreams and a head full of ambitions, I never expected that one of my greatest lessons would come not from a lecture hall, but from the person I’d be sharing a tiny dorm room with for the next two years.

Navigating the PhD vs. MD Dilemma

4 minute read

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As I bike across town to work, alone with my thoughts, I can’t help but feel the weight of an impending decision.

Unfolding the Origami of AI

3 minute read

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This past month at my internship, I found myself increasingly fascinated by the world of geometric deep learning.

Out With the Old, In With the New

1 minute read

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It’s been a few years since I read Atomic Habits and since then, I haven’t really incorporated many of its insights into my day to day living.

Give Don’t Take

6 minute read

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“The club will never look like this ever again.” - Master Dan Chuang, during debrief of the last official practice of the semester.

20 Things Before 20

2 minute read

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I’m turning 20 next month, so inspired by several blogs of a similar nature, here’s 20 things I learned before 20 in no particular order.

Camp Kesem 2023

8 minute read

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  • Please refrain from reading this if you are a new counselor or otherwise have not experience camp yet but will in the future!
  • If you are someone affiliated with CK in any respect, I’d love to chat - shoot me an email!

Imposter Syndrome

2 minute read

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The dinner I had with my friend was two months ago.

Homework for Life

1 minute read

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I’ve been a fan of Ali Abdaal’s content since not long after he started posting on YouTube, and recently I came across one of his videos where he shared a way of capturing invented by Matthew Dicks called Homework for Life.

On Hoarding

1 minute read

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Growing up in a frugal Asian immigrant household, I was instilled the values of never wasting.

Getting Good Advice

less than 1 minute read

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I recently stumbled upon Ben Kuhn’s blogroll.

Decisions Until Habits

1 minute read

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As I’m brainstorming for my senior portrait for English class, I’m pondering the question of how I got to be the way I am today.

Meeting New People in New Places!

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  • “Hi! Do you want to trade pins?”
  • “What’s your name?”
  • “Where are you from?” “Oh wow Ohio? That’s so cool!”
  • “What category are you in” “Me too!”
  • “ISEF right?”
  • “What’s your insta?”
  • “Good luck!”
  • “It was so nice meeting you! See you :)”

Road to ISEF 2022: A Once in a Lifetime Experience

5 minute read

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When I was an ambitious sophomore, I looked with an unhealthy amount of admiration, envy, and awe at the LinkedIn profiles of successful graduating seniors, YouTube videos highlighting Regeneron’s latest STS winners, and the bios of previous year’s USABO Finalists among other publicly available online relics of achievement.

Merits of Going Home Alone

1 minute read

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Today I took the train home from school alone for the first time in maybe a month.

Deciding My Next Four Years

12 minute read

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This is what I wrote for a question about something I changed my mind about recently (Atlas Fellowship Stage 2):

Visiting Colleges

less than 1 minute read

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It’s April, the time of the year when all the anxious high school seniors flock to visit the place they’ll be spending the next four years of their lives.

Dancing, Studios, Clubs, and Friends!

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I dance. Specifically, I do a style of performing arts called Flow where we essentially swing lights on tethers (and other such props) in the dark to create elegant patterns and choreography.

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publications

Paper Title Number 4

Published in GitHub Journal of Bugs, 2024

This paper is about fixing template issue #693.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
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teaching

Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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