Hello world! It's hard to describe a summer in the Bay Area from my slightly-biased eyes, and it's hard to keep a senior countdown by myself (you will see why soon). So, to give a fresh perspective on the Bay Area experience, here's Melissa Wang! I will have a series…

Question from a prefrosh: What do you do for fun? How can Caltech be such a happy place? Boring answer: I engage myself in various activities around campus, from music groups to house events. I also make sure I sleep well and Not boring answer: As an admissions blogger, I…

It has been a while since I posted anything up to the blogs, but I promise I have enough to make up 2 (3...4?) blogs. It feels great to be back on campus for spring quarter. The weather is amazing, and I will try to vary up the places I…

First, some administrative business. I made the grave error of calling Kip Thorne “a friend of Prof. Hawking.” I need to add more detail. Let me say “colleague and long-time collaborator” along with “friend” to relieve my conscience. While everyone is either staying at Caltech, traveling abroad, or participating in…

First, some administrative business. Caltech’s regular decisions have come out already. For those of you accepted, welcome to the Class of 2016! I look forward to meeting you at CIAD/PFF/PFW during April. If I have any advice for PFW, don’t forget shower shoes, a towel, a sleeping bag (albeit my…

It has been a while since I put up my last blog, but you will probably understand why after this really long blog. So many things have been going on at Caltech, and in the lull of the reading period before finals, I can come out about everything. My parents…

These last two days have been pretty intense. Friday was Avery Interhouse, so the house was scrambling to get stuff done, from cooking to construction and decoration. Yes, WE HAVE A GIANT BOX OF POCKY!!!!! Averites on the dance floor. Avery likes putting a lot of effort into Interhouse, as…

A belated Happy Valentine’s Day (or Singles Awareness Day) to everyone! Forgive me if I have a lot of bad puns throughout this blog, but Caltech can be quite the “romantic” place because of all the types of bonding that occur between different subsets of the population. On Tuesday morning…