AnthroManTalks

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

The past couple of weeks have been pretty surreal. College decisions are finally starting to come out, and it’s starting to feel real that the next chapter of my life is right around the corner. So far, I’ve been accepted to UPitt, UC Merced, Villanova, and Occidental. Just a few days ago I also got into UC Riverside and UC Santa Cruz, and yesterday I opened my portal (super late at night, too) and saw that I got into UDub! Seeing those acceptances pop up has honestly been su