I am jet lagged. I am very dehydrated. I am sore from dragging around a too heavy suitcase. I am also hysterically excited. I am in love. I am in the place I am meant to be. On September 4th, I started my journey from San Francisco to Edinburgh. The morning began with my overly … Continue reading The Airport Adventures of a Tired Travelsmith
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Frequently Asked Questions
Friends, family, strangers on the internet, here is the question and answer session that no one asked for, but perhaps secretly wanted. Over the past few months as I have shared my news with the people in my life, I have inevitably been asked a multitude of questions. Some are fair enough, wondering about my … Continue reading Frequently Asked Questions
Why I Picked the University of St Andrews
"Are you going there because Kate Middleton went there?" If you know me, then you will know that I have a not so secret obsession with Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. What started out, innocently enough, as my style icon slowly but surely morphed into some sort of strange guru like fanaticism. I have more pictures … Continue reading Why I Picked the University of St Andrews
Oops I did it again (Where in the world have I been?)
Strictly speaking, I did not like Britney, play with your heart and get lost in the game. But, I did fall victim to my unfortunate MO of writing somewhat frequently for a while and then going on an incredibly long and unexpected hiatus. For that, I can only apologize, offer some weak explanations, provide an … Continue reading Oops I did it again (Where in the world have I been?)
The Pre-Admission Decision Jitters
I am a liar. For weeks, I boasted that if I could just submit my applications, send them off into the universe and surrender my fate to the admissions teams, that I would feel better. I claimed that my annoying anxious attitude would dissipate, as I would transform from a burrito of stress into a … Continue reading The Pre-Admission Decision Jitters
My Inspirational International Relations Reading List
For about the last year and a half, I have been on a reading frenzy. It started in Cambodia, where I found myself with an uncomfortable amount of free time. After years of putting pleasure reading on the back burner in order to keep up with the demand of the required readings I needed to … Continue reading My Inspirational International Relations Reading List
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Submitting Applications
Just a two weeks ago I revealed my feelings on waiting for application portals to open. It seems that they must have been the magic words, because since then all the application portals have opened. I must be a wizard. Hogwarts, where is my letter? After months of prepping and planning like a serial killer, … Continue reading The Emotional Roller Coaster of Submitting Applications
Grad School Programs that Make my Heart Flutter
I think that it is safe to say that I have established my reputation as a proud nerd. If my ramblings about lusting over graduate school programs and my obsessive writings about potential application portal dates did not make that clear, then I don’t think that anything will. Whenever my fellow classmates, or characters in … Continue reading Grad School Programs that Make my Heart Flutter
An Ode to Personal Statements
In school, I can recall a countless number of times when writing a personal essay or speech was met with horror and dread by my classmates. They would complain that talking about themselves was too hard, awkward, or embarrassing. Especially when it came to talking about accomplishments, at which my peers would shudder and present … Continue reading An Ode to Personal Statements
Impatiently Patiently Waiting for Applications to Open
The last time my phone battery drained this quickly was in the Spring of 2013 when I was waiting for the admissions decision from the undergraduate admissions department for NYU. Since September, I have been compulsively refreshing the postgraduate admissions pages and waiting for the application portals to open. For some god forsaken reason, the … Continue reading Impatiently Patiently Waiting for Applications to Open
The Traveling Smith 