A student’s life – The home stretch – 17th grade

First year of grad school. Last time to be a “frosh”.
Here is what I had pictured coming into grad school in mathematics: it’s me and 12 Chinese students who constantly look my way and snicker; nobody talks to me; nobody dreams of socializing (beyond the occasional email to verify the proper use of [...]

A student’s life: Part I

Today was the last (official) day of fall semester. Another semester gone by, wow. That’s 9 down, 1 to go for grad school. Come February, I will enter my last semester ever as a student. As I approach the end of the end (that’s 21st grade, for anyone who’s counting), let’s [...]