AnthroManTalks

I’m officially done with every AP exam I will ever take in high school. Thank goodness. I had AP Gov on Tuesday, which I self-studied because I couldn’t fit the class into my schedule this year. Somehow the most memorable part of the exam ended up being... a banana. I had one in a Ziploc bag under my desk, and the proctor called me out in front of everyone for it. I had to do the walk of shame all the way to the back of the gym just to put the banana in my backpack while peo

The Science Alliance Fair this year was one of my favorite days of the entire program out of all 4 years. We started the morning by setting up our bubble station, which is always a buddy favorite. Once everything was ready, I headed off to judge while the rest of my Cal High team ran the station. I went through project presentations, posters, and interviews, and it was amazing to see how much effort all the buddies put into their work. The day was split up so that while one g

I still can’t fully believe I’m writing this, but I’m going to Northwestern!! This whole admissions cycle has been a rollercoaster. I’ve been lucky enough to get into some amazing top schools -- Rice, USC, WashU, and all the UCs -- which already felt surreal. But seeing that Northwestern acceptance hit different. Knowing I’ll be heading to one of the top universities in the world, especially as a premed, is just insane to me. The acceptance rate this year was around 5.3% RD,

I just started Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues by Paul Farmer, and the first few chapters have already made me rethink how I see disease. It’s not just about biology or germs. It’s about where people live, how much money they have, and what kind of systems they’re stuck in. It's very much dependent on the diasporic community in which one lives. One thing that stood out to me is how Farmer connects things like tuberculosis and HIV to poverty (wrote one of my s