20 Things Before 20
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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.
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advice
Getting Good Advice
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I recently stumbled upon Ben Kuhn’s blogroll.
best of the blogs
i thought i knew who you were
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There’s a particular kind of loneliness that comes from realizing you never really knew someone at all—especially someone who once felt essential to your survival. The funny thing about crisis friendships is how real they feel in the moment. When someone shows up for you during your worst week, it’s easy to mistake their timing for destiny.
Give Don’t Take
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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.
Camp Kesem 2023
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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!
Road to ISEF 2022: A Once in a Lifetime Experience
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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.
Deciding My Next Four Years
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This is what I wrote for a question about something I changed my mind about recently (Atlas Fellowship Stage 2):
college
Deciding My Next Four Years
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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
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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.
dance
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.
decision-making
Out With the Old, In With the New
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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.
Decisions Until Habits
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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.
final project
Structural Token Language Modeling of Proteins for Controllable Generation
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Final blog post for 6.S978 Deep Generative Models
friendship
Give Don’t Take
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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.
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 :)”
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.
Spending Time with Friends
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Spending time with friends isn’t valued the same by everyone.
research
Road to ISEF 2022: A Once in a Lifetime Experience
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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.