Required Reading: Reflections on 3.5 Years of College
I attended my college’s commencement ceremony this week. A combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and my school’s lack of emphasis on winter grads (I officially earned my diploma back in […]
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5 Books I’ll Be Thinking of to Get Me Through Finals
It’s getting colder, holiday lights are coming up, and I’m scrolling through gift lists online, which can only mean one thing: finals are coming up. For me, a social science […]
“New York Is On Fire”
It was early April and I was on a Zoom call with my former RA and a few former floormates. Like so many other college students across the world, we […]
Reasons to Visit “The Anti-Museum”
Ah, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Known around the world for its glorious art collection, which features everything from Hellenistic vases to modern-day canvases, The Met–located on a part of Fifth […]
2016.
2016 was an unusual, unexpected year. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. Icons in art, music, and film unexpectedly passed away from the first days of January to […]
Senior Suppositions
This has been year 200th B&B post. Have three years really gone by so fast?
While In California
I’m hurtling toward senior year at breakneck speed and nobody can stop me. Time doesn’t slow down for anyone, and of late I feel like I’ve had to run to keep […]
The End of Brilliant 2-0-1-5
It’s kind of hard to believe that 2015 will be over in just a few short hours. It feels like the kind of year that should have lasted longer, that […]
Not For The Ivy League
Blogging is tough. It’s tough all throughout the year, of course, but it especially gets harder during the school year, when children begin to whistle with anxiety about all the […]
Guest Post | Where Will You Be In Three Years?
Happy 4th of July! Today I have a very special guest post for you, from Morgan Hegarty, who blogs over at Teenage Enthusiasm. I am very excited to have her […]
Summer at Stanford
About a week ago, I was excited to see an email from the internships admissions officer of Stanford Earth Sciences, arrive in my inbox. That is, I’d already received several […]
Books and Bark 