My memories of Virginia Tech are filled with unusual card games and volleyball behind East Campbell and early morning breakfasts with John and Stephanie and random excursions to the library and the leaky tunnel between Davidson and Hahn Halls and getting back in touch with the outdoors and discovering new and uplifting tunes like Stevie Wonder's " ( Read more... )

As of this afternoon, I have been accepted into the following graduate programs in chemistry ( Read more... )

I'm taking the one break I've allotted myself tonight, and I wanted to use it for a quick reflection. I have reason to believe that tonight's all-night push to complete my Math Methods of Physical Chem project will be the last all-nighter of my undergraduate years. Unless I get lazy with lab writeups in PHYS493, there should be no reason to be ( Read more... )

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship application: submitted, 4:18 am PST.

So ends application season; and so begins the painfully long wait.

Tonight I will be staying up writing essays for the Hertz Fellowship application, which is due tomorrow ( Read more... )

Oooo, I caught my first homework copiers in the calc class I'm grading!

I have to admit, giving them each half of the credit for what they got right (which was not everything) was very satisfying.  Justice is served.  Do you own damn homework.

So: graduate school applications have all been submitted.  All essential recommendation letters have been submitted.  GRE score reports and transcripts are en route.  Fellowship applications . . . will take me another week or so.
Since I haven't actually talked to many people about this process, I should present the basics:  I am applying to ( Read more... )

Just realized I never gave the semesterly low-down on impressions of classes.  Here's this semester's bucket-o'-fun ( Read more... )

  Since I last updated, I:
      - Hosted Greg, Jeff and Genette in Paris.
      - Finished up my lab work in Cachan.
      - Went home and did nothing for a week.
      - Visited Jeff's new place in Delaware and Genette's new digs in Philly.
      - Grew up a little bit more.
      - Returned to Los Angeles.
      - Heard some wonderfully shocking tales ( Read more... )

I've been aware of this for some time now, but it's really starting to get ridiculous ( Read more... )