CS 123 Project Complete!
I finally finished writing up my CS 123 (projects in databases) project from this term. I’ve posted about it a few times, but I wanted to share with you the... Read more.
Visit to the Getty Villa
There are a ton of amazing art museums in the Los Angeles area. If you don’t have a car, many of them are difficult to visit from campus. My freshman year,... Read more.
Meeting of the Minds
Two weeks ago, the CMS (Computing and Mathematical Sciences) department held their annual Meeting of the Minds mini-conference. This event is held every year during... Read more.
Take Back the Night
A few weeks ago, the Caltech Feminist Club hosted our third annual Take Back the Night event. Take Back the Night exists to support victims of sexual violence. It... Read more.
Apartment Search
This past week I played hooky from Caltech. I skipped an entire week of classes and flew to the east coast for two major events: my boyfriend’s graduation from... Read more.
The Originalist Play + Discussion
This event counts a little as an on-campus and off-campus adventure. The Pasadena Playhouse, about a mile from campus, is currently running a play called "The... Read more.
March for Science and other events
A few exciting things have happened on and around campus recently that I wanted to share with you 🙂 First, the March for Science on April 20th. There was a large... Read more.
Denim Day and the PFW Club Fair
I hope you all enjoyed Prefrosh Weekend! We love having prefrosh on campus for PFW. One of the highlights for me is always the activities fair, where we get to meet... Read more.
Spring Break Part 2
I wanted to share the rest of my Spring break with you before I forget it all! I was lucky enough to go home for two weeks (a pretty long vacation, as usually Caltech’s... Read more.
Cooking Class
Did you know that Caltech offers a cooking class? It’s called Cooking Basics and it’s taught by Caltech’s Director of Student Activities, Tom Mannion.... Read more.
Spring Break part 1
Spring break was two weeks this year, and I packed a ton of sleeping and reading into those two weeks! I also got off of my butt in order to do a few fun things... Read more.
Food in LA
Before finals last term, I was able to squeeze in a few more off-campus adventures. My boyfriend came to visit (he attends another University), so we rented a Zipcar... Read more.
International Women’s Day
Happy belated International Women’s Day! Ok, very belated. We celebrated on March 8th, but I only just got around to writing a blog post about it 😛 This... Read more.
Fun Home
A few weeks ago, my Aunt and Uncle brought me along on a trip to see Fun Home in Downtown LA. There is a huge complex of theaters at the Performing Arts Center inDTLA,... Read more.
Food food food and special guests
Procrastibaking: baking delicious foods because following instructions to create new products is almost like doing your coding homework, but allows you to put off... Read more.
Activism
Have you heard of the Caltech bubble? It’s a very, very real phenomenon where extremely busy students, splitting their time between homework and lectures and... Read more.
The Politics of Protest Lecture
The Caltech Diversity Center has begun a lecture series on campus called "food for thought," where, as you may have guessed if you know any college students,... Read more.
Tea at the Langham- Treat Yo’ Self
A few of us bloggers (and some other ladies) visited the Langham Hotel in South Pasadena for afternoon tea this Saturday. Oh my goodness it was delicious. And very... Read more.
Food food food!
Ahhh winter. My long-distance partner visited campus this past weekend and while it was pouring rain (honestly this never happens in LA but if it does rain, it’s... Read more.
Jennifer Musto Talk
Two weeks ago, the Caltech Feminist Club was honored to co-host a visiting speaker, Dr. Jennifer Musto, for a talkaboutthe technological methods used to combat sex... Read more.
Pasadena Outings
I’ve headed off campus a few times over the past two weeks, and I am so glad I did! Even with a packed class schedule, it’s really fun exploring the... Read more.
Reading and Writing on Break and on Campus
Reading for pleasure is something I did voraciously from age 5 to age 18. Actually, some time in high school I stopped reading books that weren’t assigned,... Read more.
Women’s March LA
On Saturday, 1/21, I attended the Women’s March in downtown LA. Well, me and 750,000 other people! I traveled there with a large group of graduate students... Read more.
What I did on My Winter Vacation
I know I already posted about the insane number of holiday cookies I baked over winter break, but I’m here with an update, and the update is: my mother and... Read more.
Holiday Cookies!
I’ve only been home from Caltech for two days and I’ve already baked an intense amount. If you’ve read this blog for a little while you’ll have noticed that... Read more.
Napa Weekend
I had the chance this past weekend to visit one of my high school friends in Berkeley, CA. I say I “had the chance” because I took advantage of the “reading... Read more.
Off Campus Adventures
Hello again! I’ve been venturing off campus less and less recently, bogged down with work and job applications. This weekend, though, I was given two fantastic... Read more.
Coffee adventures on and off campus
It’s probably no surprise that Caltech students like to get off campus sometimes! Some students go to the beach whenever they can, or go to concerts in LA,... Read more.
Cocktail Party and Midterm Grades
Every year, Page house hosts a formal event for ourselves called Cocktail Party. The past few years it’s been held in the courtyard of Beckman laboratory,... Read more.
Traveling During the Term
I’ve been traveling quite a bit this year. By my count, I have flown 21 times since the beginning of this school year (mostly because I studied abroad in Edinburgh... Read more.
Y Combinator’s Female Founders Conference
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend Y Combinator’s Female Founders Conference, a daylong event in San Francisco for female founders of startups (and... Read more.
Living Off Campus
This year I’m living off campus. "Off campus" at Caltech means "in Caltech housing but not one of the eight Houses." I’m living in... Read more.
A little more travel (to Xurros i Xocolata)
My last European weekend this Fall was a trip with a group of 7 other Caltech study abroad students to Barcelona! 7 of us are studying at Edinburgh this term, and... Read more.
A Weekend in Paris
One of my last weekend trips during my Study Abroad term has been a whirlwind weekend in Pairs. I traveled there with three other girls from Caltech, all studying... Read more.
Five Things I’ve Learn From NaNoWriMo
Last Summer, I came up with what I thought was a fantastic idea for a novel. Think,Ready Player One, but with a female protagonist (a Caltech student, natch), and... Read more.
Cambridge and London!
A few weekends ago, I got the chance to travel to Cambridge to meet a few former Caltech classmates. Adam is currently studying for a PhD in Churchill College (on... Read more.
Pumpkin Pie, Coffee Shops, and School Work
It’s been a longggg time since I’ve had any homework due. Edinburgh University courses require 1-3 homework assignments (coding problem sets or essays,... Read more.
A Weekend in London, Part 1
I had the amazing good luck to find extremely cheap flights to London for this weekend. I had another round of good luck in accommodations, in that ten Caltech students... Read more.
Classes in Edinburgh
Class has started, and I’m fully immersed in a completely different style of learning than at Caltech. At Tech, and even in high school, most learning is done... Read more.
Days Off in Edinburgh
Pasadena is a pretty walkable city, unlike Los Angeles as a whole. If you have a friend with a car at Caltech, or you have a Zipcar membership (which I have, and... Read more.
A Walk in Scotland
Walking, Hill Walking, and Hiking are all incredibly popular in the UK. Walking the West Highland Way is a popular way to spend a week or two, and Scotland’s... Read more.
Castles Galore
Hello from the Scottish countryside! I’ve been taking a few day trips out of Edinburgh, while we still have a rental car, to explore some historic landmarks... Read more.
I Won’t Be Back Till 2016
And I’m so excited about it! I’m studying abroad this semester at the University of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh, Scotland. I’ve arrived two weeks before... Read more.
Beach Weekend
So here we are, the weekend before finals, and I’ve done zero homework since Wednesday. To be fair, I don’t have anything due until this coming Thursday,... Read more.
Bubble Soccer Alley Event!
Page house alley event number 199835892: bubble soccer! One of our UCCs, Chi Chi, rented a set of "bubbles" for 24 hours, and we went HAM on them. We only... Read more.
And people say Caltech doesn’t care about humanities (trip to the Huntington Libraries!)
If I can give any advice to students trying to choose school to apply to (or attend after they’ve been accepted), it’s to read the course catalog for... Read more.
Springtime in Pasadena
Welcome to Springtime in California! It’s basically summer, to be honest. We’ve had a few cold weeks (60-75 and cloudy) but they are smattered with bright,... Read more.
Beach trippppppp
Hellooooo Carlsbad! Page House drove down Friday evening to Carlsbad, CA (close to San Diego!) for a weekend beach trip! About 50 people came on the trip, to a huge... Read more.
Running Away From Midterms (towards Old Pas, and more coffee)
Ohhhhh myyyy goddddddd I’m so caffeinated. I spent three hours this morning working on my CS24 midterm, and took a short break to do some writing for my En... Read more.
DnD, Things I’ve Cooked, Things I’ve Eaten FINAL
Hey everyone! We’re almost at midterms week at Caltech. The term really ramps up after this, probably because you get a good base in whatever topics you are... Read more.
My favorite places in Pasadena
My last blog post included a solicitation for your places to visit in Europe (near the UK), and I figured that I should, in turn, give you guys a list of my favorite... Read more.
New Classes, New Hangouts, and Prefrosh Weekend
Hey everyone! I’ve been a bit MIA this past week. I’ve been organizing my term a bit, getting into the groove of new classes, new work schedules, and... Read more.
ME 72 Swimming Robot Competition!
ME72 swimming robot competition!... Read more.
Yes, Please.
I’ve been feeling pretty stressed about all of the work I have during finals week. A couple of final projects, two exams in hard classes, and two problem sets.... Read more.
End of Term Update
The last two weeks of term are a whirlwind. So many assignments, finals stress looming, and to top it off, I once again need to get rid of all of my extra DBal.... Read more.
Science Olympiad
I spent seven years of my life competing in Science Olympiad. And by competing in, I mean studying 500 hours a year for (ok, less in middle school). The organization... Read more.
Winter Career Fair!
Half of Caltech dressed up all fancy this morning. It was a sight to see. Besides one friend of mine, who threw on a blazer over a t-shirt and jeans to go pick up... Read more.
Art/Tech Panel
I’m currently enrolled in E/H/Art 89, New Media Arts. The class is a mix of an art history, art discussion, and project-based class, where each week we discuss... Read more.
Little Things I Love About My House
I would love to share with you everything I love about my house. The friends I’ve made, the parties we’ve thrown, the shenanigans that occur at 1AM when... Read more.
Page House Ski Trip!
This is a late post, because Page’s ski trip was the first weekend of this term. Whoops. I can tell what you’re thinking… Anyway, we drove up to... Read more.
The ARC on Retreat
I am a member of the Academics and Research Committee at Caltech. The ARC is an undergraduate committee that serves as a liason between students and faculty, advising... Read more.
Campus exploration and a mini discovery!
Millikan Library is no longer a library. Almost all nine floors are now offices, and most books that used to be in Millikan are now in Sherman-Fairchild Library,... Read more.
Guster concert ft. Kishi Bashi and all of my happiness
I turned in my Math3 set at 2pm, my CS21 set at 4pm, my CS2 set at 4:58pm, and then I headed to Anaheim for a concert at the House of Blues in Disneyland! Disneyland... Read more.
Getting Rid of Extra DBal
As part of the Caltech Board plan, we get a little over $400 a term to spend on Declining Balance (DBal), which can be used in Chandler Dining Hall or the South... Read more.
I Went To SoulCycle!
And I Loved It! I woke up at 7:30 on Saturday of finals week (ungodly early for a Techer) and trekked the 15-minute walk (ha) to Soul Cycle on Lake Avenue. I met... Read more.
Networking With Tinder, and a Q&A with Tinder President Sean Rad FINAL
It was about time Tinder right-swiped a college campus. Two weeks ago, following their first (!) career fair appearance ever, the startup Tinder came to Caltech... Read more.
Fancy Nights, Rough Weeks, and Taking Care of Friends
I love breaking out of Tech for a few hours to do something very much non-Techy. Page House had formal dinner on Friday night, so at 4pm a bunch of girls got all... Read more.
Procrastination Tool
I have been procrastinating my PS12 reading today by shopping online for holiday gifts! Double procrastination by writing this blog post (and making the graphics... Read more.
NCAA Cross Country Regionals
Adventures in Oregon! The NCAA DIII Regional XC race was last Saturday. The women’s team brought five competitors, and the men’s team brought seven.... Read more.
Give me RStudio and coffee and I’m a happy girl.
I get distracted pretty easily. I read an op-ed letter in the New York Times last week that described attention disorders as manifestations of evolutionary tendencies... Read more.
Cupcake Tour of Beverly Hills
I try to get off campus at least once a week, whether it’s just going to Old Pas for dinner or heading to Micheal’s or Home Depot for materials for making... Read more.
Day Off Means Going Off Campus
The Inauguration of Caltech’s 9th President, Dr. Rosenbaum, was declared an Institute holiday. This means no classes or sets due! We celebrated by sleeping... Read more.
How to make $ as a college student
There are plenty of ways to make income as a college student. Most of my friends here at Caltech SURF or intern over the summer, and put their lump-sum salaries... Read more.
Beach Trip!
This past Sunday, the Page house RA’s and UCC’s organized a day trip to Huntington beach. We left Tech around 2pm, spent a few hours in water/on the... Read more.
