I’m not perfect — I’ve made a lot of mistakes this year — like, a lot. Every person makes them, and recognizing this is the first step I can take to becoming a better person, a better son, a better friend, and a better student. While each mistake has its own anecdote, or two…

Independent Projects — Brown tends to attract a lot of self-starters — that is, people who march to the beat of their own drum, create new things, and usher ideas into reality. It’s at once humbling and inspiring to know that almost everyone I’ve had a conversation with at Brown is thinking about…

Not Letting School Interfere with Your Education — This summer I worked two part-time jobs — one at a Cognitive Neuroscience lab and another at a college consulting firm. At the firm, where most of my time was spent doing SEO (search engine optimization) and video marketing, I was able to get away with listening to a new…

Learning From Others — Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I don’t care what you do for a living — if you do it well I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor. …

Branching Out — Avoiding Complacency — Boundless energy of a campus community engaged in fulfilling bold aspirations — news.brown.edu I was lucky to find some close friends early on in college. But sometimes that just does not happen, and that is totally okay. …

Introduction — I tried my best to make this post accessible to everyone of any background. While the stories are explicitly taken from my time as a first-year @ Brown, I genuinely think they can be appreciated by parents, students at other universities, and high school students alike. But at the same…

Let me tell you why. — Let me start off by saying that this post is not just reserved for members of the Brown community. I tried my best to make this post accessible to everyone of any background. While the stories are explicitly taken from my time as a first-year @ Brown, I genuinely think…