Complacent Valley
This is not what a Stanford education is supposed to look like, I remember thinking. It was only my third week at the University when my entire freshman dorm had ...
Interdisciplinary cover letter
Dear Hiring Manager, We’re excited to apply for the position of _________. We are undergraduates at Stanford University and aim to complete a prospective Bachelor’s degree in by ...
Unique to Stanford: Global Studies and Human Rights minors
Over the past four years, the Stanford Global Studies (SGS) Division of the School of
When I grow up
This summer, I interned at a homelessness organization located in the Bay Area. I worked in the administrative offices in the education department, which create and coordinate both child and ...
Nostalgia and change
I spent the majority of this past summer at home in Georgia. I slipped into my old routines as if I had never left, feeding our cats and arguing with ...
A month of summer monotony
After working for nine weeks in Menlo Park, I returned home to San Diego for the last month of summer. My internship had been slow and a bit lonely, and ...
On having a ‘productive’ summer experience
This past summer I had the opportunity to work as a Marketing and Communications intern at an environmental non-profit in the Bay Area. It was a part-time commitment and a ...
The metamorphosis of my coffee order
I was born and raised a Frappuccino girl. I entered adolescence at a time when the middle school cultural scene was dominated by poorly plucked eyebrows (often badly drawn back ...
