Hello readers, Amherst College hosted its 10th annual LitFest from Friday, February 28th to Sunday, March 2nd! LitFest is a literary festival celebrating fiction, nonfiction, poetry, spoken-word performance, and Amherst College’s literary life. As you can tell by the title, Anthony Fauci (director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the…Continue Reading Lessons From LitFest
As some of you might know from my previous posts, I fell in love with cooking with friends at Amherst. And guess what? We are extending this communal activity to the entire Amherst community–we started the Culinary Club! For our intro meeting, we decided to make tteokbokki, which is relatively easy to make and tasty….Continue Reading Tteokbokki Night with Culinary Club!
Near the end of last semester, I noticed a title in the Daily Mammoth that said, “Apply for 2025 Speaking Competition: BELONGING.” The word “belonging” grabbed my attention. As a first-year international student, I had been constantly asking myself, “Why did I come to this cold, small city for my four years of college? Do…Continue Reading What I Learned from Participating in Public Speaking @ Amherst
Hi readers! Welcome back! Here’s what it’s like to be a news reporter for The Amherst Student, the college newspaper! The Amherst Student was established in 1858, making it one of the oldest student newspapers in the country. The Amherst Student is thought by some to be the oldest independent weekly college publication in the…Continue Reading Writing for The Amherst Student
Hi everyone, welcome back to the blog! The weather here is finally warmer (and by warmer I do mean mid 40s), so it’s safe to say i’m in a very good mood. For this week’s edition of my ongoing brunch review series, we have a battle of the açaí bowls. Now granted, there are only…Continue Reading Brunch Time!
Now, a lot of our clubs and teams probably go to regional tournaments, so if Mock Trial isn’t your jam– don’t worry there’s regionals/tournaments for just about anything else on campus, but in this blog I’ll give some insights about what it’s like to compete in a club and tournaments during the year. I’m writing…Continue Reading The Mammoths Get Regional!
If you’re a prospective student, you might be wondering about some tips and tricks for interviews—whether for jobs or college admissions. I’m assuming some of you reading this have already had a few college interviews, so this isn’t necessarily about that. Instead, this post is about job interviews! Specifically, those for part-time jobs, including the…Continue Reading Preparing for Interviews Guide
Hi readers! Welcome back! I’m going to take you along the ride for the iconic Winter Fest at Amherst College. The Winter Fest at Amherst is an annual event that is the second iteration of the seasonal festivals, with Fall Fest being the first, in the fall semester. Similar to Fall Fest, Winter fest offers…Continue Reading Winter Fest!
Coming to Amherst, I was a bit worried about its small size. Well, I only applied to small schools, but it was because I wanted the small class size and low student-to-faculty ratio. In terms of social life, I wasn’t sure. I was worried that because of how small Amherst was (even compared to nearby…Continue Reading Amherst Is Not That Small
Hey everyone, welcome back to the blog! For those of you who are also living in snowy places right now, I hope you’re all bundling up, and for those of you who are in warmer weather, please know that I’m living vicariously through you. In case it wasn’t already made abundantly clear by my brunch…Continue Reading Cheffing It Up!