What does Lifting look like at Caltech?
What does Lifting look like at Caltech? Growing up, I was never very big. I have always been a skinny kid. I stopped growing in 8th grade, standing at 5’9” and 125 pounds. Those metrics didn’t change all throughout high school. My entire life, I believed that I simply could not put on muscle. I […]
Surviving SURF Summer Part 1: Cooking Japanese Curry
SURF provides you a great research opportunity with renowned professors, but it also challenges you both academically and non-academically. One of the biggest challenges you face is food: now that I only have a $500 declining balance plan instead of Anytime plan, the first alternative option I turned to was cooking. I currently live in […]
Making Friends Through SURF
As a rising sophomore, I decided to take advantage of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program, a 10-week research program, at Caltech. SURF is a great opportunity to work with professors who have expertise in the field, but it also provides you an amazing opportunity to make new friends. According to the Student-Faculty Program […]
