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Before You Know It
So – senior year. At this point four years ago, I was fishing jellybeans out of a family-sized container in a kindergarten classroom, splayed out on the floor by the table I had been using as a bed for...
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A Day in the Life Abroad
Monday, November 17 7:00 am. Asl;fjasldjfalskjdfalkjflajsdflajsdf WHY 7:09 am. I hear someone in the bathroom, which gives me another two minutes or so to lay in my bed and ponder the meaning of life...
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A Hop in Every Home
It’s that time of year again. One of my New Years Resolutions for 2014 was to travel more – one fueled by an overlapping chorus of friends, advisors, and other adults all saying the same thing: “If you...
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Adventures in Asia
The first few weeks of 2015 have been quite the whirlwind. I’ve been traveling around Malaysia and Taiwan with my boyfriend Zach and his family, and I couldn’t have asked for a better way to ring in...
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Notes from a College Senior
Hey, you. Yeah, you – the high school senior lamenting your AP/IB exam credits (or potential lack thereof), fretting about finding the perfect freshman year roommate, and generally trolling for likes...
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Post-Grad Plans
I’ll let you in on a little secret. While there are (admittedly) a number of things that I find irritating on any given day, the number one way to rain on my parade, put a damper on my evening, or...
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The F Word
Ignore my previous post. I know what (or who, rather) I want to be when I grow up. I want to be Gloria Steinem. The Foreign Affairs Symposium (FAS), an entirely student-run speaker series at Hopkins,...
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Time, Inc.
In a recent interview, I was asked about my time management skills: How have they changed over the past four years? What tricks do I use to stay on top of everything that I need to get done? A generic...
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Hopkins? Yes/No
Dear 18-year-old Ruthie, You are sitting in front of your desktop downstairs after having purposefully timed picking up your little brother from indoor track practice with one of the last college...
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From Firsts to Lasts
I’ve reached the inevitable point in the semester where small bursts of sentimentality have started to puncture my general state of denial. In other words, I’ve started reading some of my old blog...
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