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Hi guys! These past few weeks have been ridiculously busy, but I finally finished up my midterms for the semester, and have a bit of a break until finals. There are still projects, a ton of events and of course, finals, but I took this past weekend to chill out and relax with friends. One of the things we did …
Being in Los Angeles definitely gives you some pretty cool opportunities to get to be a part of certain activities that you probably wouldn’t get otherwise. One of the coolest, most “LA” things that I’ve gotten to do in my time at USC is going to movie premieres. Just a few weeks back, I went to the premiere of the movie …
Hi friends! I’m back at school, but I wish it was still spring break! I went to Lake Tahoe with some of my friends and it was absolutely beautiful. We were really lucky with the weather and were able to go on a nice hike in the snow and stop by the lake for some pretty views. It was so …
Hey guys! We just got back from spring break, and it’s been such a strange adjustment coming back to school. I spent spring break road tripping through the Southwest with my parents, and saw a lot of incredible national parks and took literally over 1500 pictures. I’m forcing myself to save the editing for post-midterm season, but we’ll see how …
Since I’ve moved to Los Angeles from my hometown of Bakersfield, CA, I have definitely become your #basic foodie. Ok don’t judge me – with all of the amazing restaurants and people from all over the world, it’s hard not to fall in love with the food culture here. When I worked at Ramboll over the summer, I would get …
When I was looking at different colleges, there were three primary factors that I looked for- strong academics, fun social life, and an enjoyable location. Usually schools excelled at one or two of these topics, but finding a place that I felt like I could really have all three was not an easy challenge. However, USC’s strong combination of these …
I’ve mentioned before that I’m in the Thematic Option program here at USC, and some of the coolest classes I’ve taken are part of that program. In particular, my favorite one has been the class that I took on aural culture. I genuinely love listening to music so much, and it’s such a big part of my day-to-day life. Music …
On January 20th, my roommate and I (along with 600,000+ other people) took to the streets of downtown LA to protest for the 2018 Women’s March (LA’s was the largest in the world!). While every person was there for different reasons that are important to them, the one thing we all came together was the goal of getting people to …
Heeeeeelllooooo friends! This semester one of my resolutions was to explore LA more. With only 3 semesters left (OMG WHAT?! I know) I realized I have yet to explore some of the best areas of LA so these past weekends I have made it a goal to get out and explore more. Murals!! The first week back, a few of …
I never thought I’d ever say this, but…..I’m actually glad to be back at school!? As much as I love being home for the holidays and seeing family, I could do without the below 30 degrees Texas winters. But I’m gonna back it up a bit to when I was still in Texas, freezing. Concert Ready So my mom is …
It’s 2018. I’m now a second semester junior and it’s showing in my course work. Four of the classes I’m taking are upper division including my senior design project class, BME-405, in which we are expected to collaborate in teams to design and implement a device for monitoring or therapy that could develop into a commercial product. We’re going to …
hello hello happy new year!! We just wrapped up our first week back from winter break aka Week 1/15 of my last semester of undergrad 🙁 Going home this winter break was actually really tough this year because I was not ready to leave SC and all of the awesome people here. Especially now that I’m 21, there’s just SO …
We’re back in classes now, my fourth semester at USC ahhhh, but that doesn’t mean I have forgotten about winter break yet! It was an awesome time, and gave me a nice rest up for the next semester to come. One of my first activities of break was going to Mammoth Mountain to go snowboarding with my USC friends! We …
I know I already wrote about Thanksgiving break, but there was no way I could just leave out everything I’ve done the past month. From snow trips to watching sports with friends to taking a road trip, Winter Break was nothing but sweetness. Here are my highlights: 1. Snowboarding! Take a trip to mammoth, big bear, or whatever’s closest to …
Today is a great day for USC Trojans because we are the 2017 Pac 12 Champions!! The Trojans travelled up to Santa Clara, California to bring home the Pac 12 Championship title against Stanford and wow it was an amazing game! I caught a flight Thursday night with my friends and stayed at a friend’s house in San Jose before …
Of all the breaks, Thanksgiving is definitely the least relaxing. While it’s amazing seeing friends and family, everything is always incredibly rushed and I always feel guilty about not doing the work I told myself I would finish. After suffering the week after Thanksgiving break last year trying to make up for all of my lost time, I thought that …
One of my all time favorite involvements at USC is being a Freshman Academy coach. As a coach, I coteach the Engr 102 Freshman Academy class, which exposes first semester freshman different engineering fields and helps acclimate students to life in Viterbi. As well as grading homework and coming up with lessons, my co coach and I also plan “out …
Hi guys!! With midterms and exams coming to a close, the last few weeks have been a little more relaxed for me, which, after a very stressful semester, has been a relief. I’ve been doing more fun LA things with my free time, mostly because I missed photography and needed some space from campus. Last Friday, a friend and I …
Last weekend I decided to take a break from my day-to-day campus activities and head off into the wilderness…of Pasadena, CA. I went on a hiking trip with one of my favorite clubs on campus, Peaks and Professors! The goal of this club is to take people out into nature and go hiking, while also encouraging dialogue between professors and …
