Over my nearly three years at Caltech, I’ve explored a lot of different study spots. Besides the obvious places like the library or my House...

A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the mountains are beautiful, and mysterious sounds echo between our walls while we don’t even pretend...

Note: I’ll hyperlink some of the concepts I think are cool in this article, but generally, the topics I mention from classes should not be...

If I could give one piece of advice to all incoming freshmen at Caltech, I would say this: find an organization and time management system...

At Caltech it is a graduation requirement to take a “menu” class, courses which introduce you to areas of study outside of your major. This...

The DEFINITIVE Caltech Study Spots Ranking If you are a frequent reader of the Caltech Admissions Blog, you might have seen many people comment on...

Studying at Caltech is a lot like crewing a spaceship. You get to work alongside some of the most talented people on Earth, you’re constantly...

Did you know that you don’t have to declare a major at Caltech until about halfway through the third quarter of your freshman year? That...

What does Lifting look like at Caltech? Growing up, I was never very big. I have always been a skinny kid. I stopped growing in...

It’s been over three months since my trip to the Galapagos, and I am still thinking about it. For seven days, we all woke up...

I can still recall the day college admissions results were released in the spring. In my own hubris, I was expecting a plethora of options...

Like many students, I came into Caltech with a vision in mind. I had planned to major in bioengineering, do research in a bioengineering lab,...

Four weeks before graduation! While I’m looking forward to the summer and all the fun it promises, I’m also reflecting on my undergraduate experience over...

I remember being a junior in HS and my APCS partner, Brooke, had just gotten accepted into Caltech. She was looking at the course catalog...

One of the most well-known benefits of being a Caltech student is the infamous 3:1 student to faculty ratio, which implies a personalized, interactive undergraduate...

Below I have listed my favorite classes after 8 terms of classes at Caltech in no particular order. I picked these based on my overall...

Despite being a school known for its scholarship and prowess in research, Caltech is not the most popular destination for pre-med students, largely due to...

While the majority of readers of these blogs are likely prospective undergraduates, I’m writing this in hopes of helping out any students who are curious...

This past term, I took EE154a: Practical Electronics for Space Applications, which was one of my favorite classes I’ve taken at Caltech so far! In...

A while back, I wrote a blog post on the best study spots on campus. Now that you’ve settled in and found a place with...

As I sit down to write this blog, I can’t help but reflect on how fast the years go by. It has been over three...

The email app has always been one of my most used apps on my phone, and this was especially true my senior year of high...

I was sitting at the kitchen table, having just finished a meal, when I decided to check my admissions decision for Caltech. While I was...

I remember huddling around my laptop with my mom and dad at the dining room table. While counting down from three, I took a few...