Growing up as a kid, I LOVED Legos. Getting the opportunity to go to Legoland since it’s relatively close to campus was one of the...

Puzzles on campus Caltech, like any other school, can be stressful. Psets pile up every week, and lectures teach advanced concepts that require effort to...

Adjusting to Caltech, California, and the United States as an international student can be difficult at first: you have to get used to the different...

Transportation on Campus and Beyond Getting around Caltech’s roughly 120 acres of campus really isn’t much of a challenge at all. You have the main...

We’ve all heard that the stomach is the fastest way to someone’s heart^. I never fully understood this until I got to college. While Caltech...

Title image: Caltech students crowding around the windows to see Steph Curry shoot, credit: Mark Medina February 14, 2022 A few weeks ago, I woke...

Maybe you’ve hopped on a plane to LAX and now you’re trying to get to campus. Or you found some free time in between the...

Now that the 2021 baseball season has come to close, I want to take a little trip down memory lane to the 2019 Major League...

Hi y’all — this is my first post on the blog, and I’m glad to be here! This is actually a continuation of my friend...

Even if you’ve heard of Caltech before, you might never have heard of Pasadena, the quaint Los Angeles suburb it’s tucked into. While Pasadena is...

About a month later it is finally time for the second part of our three (maybe 4??) part series where I take you through my...

It is currently 1:21 in the morning and I am thrilled to be writing the first post of our new admissions blog, Caltech Fission. For...

After a week being back, I think it’s about time for some reflections on what it meant to be abroad, and what I’ve taken away...

There’s nothing more festive than beautiful holiday decor. Something that has gotten quite popular in recent years is light displays. Around Pasadena, the LA Zoo,...

This year, there was a superbloom in California because of all the rain we got from December to February. During spring break, three friends and...

Welcome to part 2 of “Chandrew has a friend in town and is procrastinating his schoolwork by hanging out with him”! Also known as “It’s...

Greetings from La La Land! Actually, pretty much the top of La La Land. No, I didn’t make a trip out to Mt. Baldy; I...

Fasten your seatbelts, attach your climbing harness to your jetpack, it’s time for FIELD TRIP 2019 EDITION! But Andrew, you say, you aren’t in any...

Printed Matter recently hosted an LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Little Tokyo. The fair focuses...

For R’s birthday, we went to get brunch at Zinc Cafe & Market in the LA Arts District. We had originally planned to go to...

Ever wanted to see the famous Hollywood sign up close? Well you can! There are several hikes that lead up to the Hollywood sign in...

Last weekend, I went to get brunch with my friends. We went to Bird’s Nest Cafe near USC, which serves pancakes, tacos, sandwiches, omelettes, and...

Time for Renegade Craft Fair #3! I’ve been to the one in SF and the one in LA, so I was excited to hear that...

It’s not a trip to the Bay Area without a trip to Din Tai Fung. I know that I have one in LA, but who...