Posts published in “Mind of a Freshman”

There’s something dark chocolate and endings have in common; the good ones are distinctly bittersweet. Not overly saturated, just bittersweet and realistic in an “all good things must come to an end” kind of fashion.

There’s a cherry blossom tree that decorates the front yard of my house. It magically sprouts pink flowers every spring. I take it as an annual reminder that my favorite season has decided to join us — humanity feels lighter in the springtime.

All it took was a single blink for us to time travel all the way to April. Now here we are, registering for fall classes is around the corner and we’re a block away from finals.

“World’s greatest inventions” as a Google search produces hundreds of millions of results in a split second. There are a dozen websites on the first page alone (because everyone knows you just don’t go to the second page of Google), all of which have their own list on what exactly the world’s greatest inventions are.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is, to most, a well-known and often encountered question. Some might even consider it along the lines of lighthearted interrogation especially if coming from someone who has—get this—expectations as to what one might be.

Stevens has a lot going for it when you look at the numbers. If you take a minute to look into how it stacks up, you’ll probably see the terms “high return on investment” and “starting salary” being thrown around left and right across different college ranking websites.

I grew up in a house on a hill. My house was surrounded by hills, actually. Every block, in every direction, was characterized by its steepness.