Ways to Get Involved While the workload can get hefty sometime, there there are many ways to get involved on and off campus if you correctly manage your time. Students are given an offering of over 125 clubs and organizations on campus (https://websites.caltech.edu/club-association). The provided link in parentheses contains the…

The latter half of the Amgen symposium was comprised of a lot of fun activities including late night Jenga at the student game lounge with an espresso station, where one can get as much coffee as one wants. Normally this would be good, but I don't drink coffee. However, it…

This event occured from July to early August, but it's still worth discussing in case any of you, who are currently at Caltech are interested in applying. The Amgen Scholars program is a joint summer research project funded by the Amgen Foundation for students to do research at one of…

Hey everyone! I am finally back again after my unintended 2 week hiatus from blogging. Anyway, there's a lot to blog about, but first, let's talk about the weekend. Have you had a good weekend? I hope so! I had a great one as well and I learned two things…

Note: These opportunities are available to all Caltech students! There are many answers to the question "What do Techers do for fun over the summer?" For instance, some of us experience new cuisines and culture in foreign countries. Others don't travel as far but still travel off campus, perhaps, to…

The past few days have been pretty busy for me both in and out of the lab, so I didn't get too much time to blog. The good news is I didn't forget about blogging! Note that I created an entry for this blog 8 days ago! I just didn't…

June 25: The Awesomeness of Internet and Email The following is a recent conversation I had with a rising junior in high school whom I will call "D" from now on over correspondence by email. Some interesting facts about this conversation are: 1) I don't know D at all 2)…

I am starting this post with an aside. If you want to skip it, just scroll past the "+ + + + + + + +" June 25, 2011: Daily slice of my life A canned meat product made mainly from ham Irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet…

June 21, 2011: Summer Solstice Google Definition: The solstice that marks the onset of summer, at the time of the longest day, about June 21 in the northern hemisphere and December 22 in the southern hemisphere. June 21, 2011 marks the beginning of summer, and it also marks the start…