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Intersession Bucket List

While some of my friends back home have been enjoying the New England snow for the past two weeks, I’ve been back on the Homewood campus for a unique Hopkins opportunity: Intersession! Intersession gives students the chance to return to campus one, two, or three weeks early to take a class for one or two […]

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How to Procrastinate Like a Pro

If you’re anything like me, than you are the expert at procrastinating. You live and breathe last-minute assignments and you thriveunder the pressure of time crunches. You’ve survived countless essays and reading responses under the most harrowing of circumstances, the most stringent of 11:59’s. And the best (or perhaps, worst) part of it all is that you’re good […]

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Lessons from Pre-Orientation

Hey Hopkins Insider! Welcome to my first blog post! My first semester at Hopkins has absolutely flown by, and I can’t put into words what a wonderful experience it’s been. I’ve met so many incredible people, explored a really cool new city, and of course, learned a ton about myself and the world. However, of […]

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What Should I Eat Today?

The answers to one of life’s most important questions down below. Hello world! Welcome to my first blog post! When applying to Hopkins, I used this blog site to gather research about anything and everything, and I would have liked to see more posts about the food on-campus. I know that the website gives you […]

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Day in the Life | Internship at Malala Fund

Welcome to New York! This summer, I have been busy working as an editorial intern at Malala Fund, an organization founded by student and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai that works for a world where all girls can attend schools K-12. It is a nonprofit organization that invests in local education activists, advocates to hold leaders […]

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Questions That You Might Be Too Afraid to Ask

Let’s set the scene. You’re a rising freshman, and you’ve been added to the group page for your class. In the heat of the summer, you’re sweating. You start sweating even more as your thumb sits a centimeter above the “Post” button. After spending a little over a minute thinking of a way to phrase […]

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A Lit(erary) Internship at Get Lit

This summer, I’m working at Get Lit, a Los Angeles based nonprofit whose mission is to empower youth by teaching them to write and perform slam poetry. Get Lit also supports its students by giving them a platform to express their thoughts, whether it be on stage or on camera. The organization’s impact is life-changing. Prior […]

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My Undergraduate Research Project: (Dis)Ability: A Short Story Anthology

When people think about research, the first thing that usually comes to mind is a scientific study with lots of data and graphs. I have to admit, that’s how I used to think about research too. On the rare occasions when I thought about what a research project focused on the humanities would look like, […]

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An Out of Classroom Experience, Inside the Classroom

College admissions absolutely love buzzwords. In the college search process, our brains become numb to words like “holistic” and “collaborative,” as we hear them on static repeat at every single school without fail. Through the college process, I, too, often tuned out these seemingly empty words. However, the idea of “hands-on experience,” a phrase used equally […]

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A Guide to Boba for the Hopkins Student

I can’t really say I have the complete authority to call the shots when it comes to boba (or bubble tea as they call it on the East coast), but coming from Southern California where it’s an integral part of Asian American culture, I’d say I know something or two about what makes boba good. After all, the […]