Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Making progress!!

Claire Lu's college app essay spreadsheet. It's even color-coordinated! I avoided screen-shotting each college's name for privacy's sake, but I'm sure you can still discern several schools just by reading the prompts. 




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My goal is to have the entire first column in green by the end of this week! I have two school that I'm completely finished with (the two schools I'm deciding on early-ing to) but I'm still wavering.



Monday, August 25, 2014

Amherst DIVOH 2014!

Ahhh I just got accepted to Amherst College's Diversity Open House!! I applied in July and apparently they only accept 90 students out of ~1,000 so I'm extremely honored! Basically, Amherst will fly me out (for free) from San Francisco to Massachusetts and I'll stay on the Amherst campus for the duration of the program (October 18-20), not only learning about the academic opportunities Amherst offers but also the extracurricular activities. There will be a ton of sessions sprinkled throughout; I'm especially looking forward to some of the panels that'll feature the Dean of Admissions and other members of the Admissions Committee. On the last day, I'll get to sit in on several classes and experience being a true Amherst student!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

E-Book!

Hello everyone,

I have very exciting news- I'm considering publishing an e-book about my experiences in Finland! I've already received an ISBN code and I'm currently compiling my blog posts and refining the content.

I'll definitely update everyone soon when everything is finalized.

Thank you to everyone who has followed me on this life-changing journey!