June 2017: Senior Edition

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CAMPUS GOODBYES Class sponsors and class leaders share memories of the last four years

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SENIOR SUPERLATIVES Pictures of superlative winners from the Class of 2017

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LOOKING BACK

Flashback pictures of the graduating class

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CAMPUS LEADERS SHARE TJ LESSONS Tim Cho and Giancarlo Valdetaro SGA President and Vice-President To the TJ classes of 2020, 2019, and 2018:

To our beloved class of 2017:

After a decade of planning, constant renovation delays, temporary drywall tunnels, and even a consideration to change campus locations, the renovation is finally due to be completed this summer. This, along with Dr. Glazer’s graduation, means that the environment at TJ has never been so receptive to change. While change is not necessarily bad, our goal from the start of the school year was to guide it in the right direction.

During this crucially formative year, we hoped to establish a culture of kindness and respect that could live on in the new building years after we graduate. At the same time, we wanted to hold onto the long-standing traditions that have been at the core of TJ culture for many years.

Thus began our delicate balancing act between new and old traditions.

Unfortunately, due to these changes, some experiences will be uniquely yours alone. Indeed, you are the last classes to walk beneath ceilingless hallways, to brave the elements trekking to Weyanoke, to have trailers in the back of the school, to sit in nameless commons, and to wet your feet in the third floor pool. However, there are other experiences that are crucial to the TJ experience. Thus begins your civic responsibility:

What a ride these past four years have been.

Through the ups and downs, Homecomings and J-Days, IBETs and iNites, it has been an honor and pleasure serving you. During our tenure, we have soaked in too many lessons to share- here are just a few to keep at heart: First, don’t sell yourself short. We have all experienced our share of “successes” and “failures,” some more than others. But keep in mind perspective. For the past four years you have been constantly surrounded by incredibly bright minds. At school, you’ve witnessed a CNN hero, an Intel ISEF competitor, and a Forbes’ top 30 under 30 recipient. On social media, you have compared your day-to-day life with another’s filtered highlights. It is easy to forget that you have completed an education at one of the most rigorous schools in the nation. You have so much to offer the worldbut not everyone will believe in you. So do yourself a favor and be your own greatest advocate, your number one fan, your friend and companion.

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Working alongside a freshly-shaven Mr. Frank will be a new principal who may or may not understand TJ’s traditions and cultures. It is your duty to inform her, through your words and your actions, why TJ homecoming is our most spirited week, why iNite cannot be further restricted, why our fine arts departments are second to none, why J-day booths and basketball must continue, why we came here for the sports, and why, most importantly, our students deserve to have their voices heard and accounted for.

With a new principal, it is very likely that many administrators will change- how they interact with and listen to the student body for the next dozen years will be based off the precedent you set. Cliché as it may seem, with great power comes great responsibility. We’ve done the best we can to prepare you for this moment- embrace it. Get involved, let your voices be heard, and lay down the tracks that will steer TJ in the next chapter of its story.

that awaits us.

Second, remember to leave time for yourself. We get it, your work is important. But so are you. We promise, that email isn’t going anywhere while you take a moment to breath. To destress. To take a detour onto the path less traveled. To stop and smell the roses. We have worked so hard for so long, we really deserve to give ourselves a break, at least one more time before we rush off to the greatness

Finally, be thankful. It is said that the best way to step off the hedonic treadmill is to realize how lucky you are and to be grateful. Don’t hesitate to let people in your life know how special they are to you. And remember, no matter how independent you think you are, there are friends and family that have been imperative in getting you to this point. Let them know. Express your appreciation. Give back the love.

At the end of your life, you won’t be remembered for your prestigious education, your high income, or your impressive resume. Instead, you’ll be known for the lives you touch, the value you create for our community, and the kind of person you are. The end of high school concludes the prologue to your life- now begins the first chapter. Be nervous, for you write in pen. Be excited, for the way your story unfolds. And most all, just be. That will be enough.

Jack Boyle Captain of the Football Team My time at TJ started not in a classroom on the first day of school, but on the football field a month before school began. During these long, tough 2-a-day practices, I repeatedly heard the mantra, “Football is Family”. This didn’t make sense at first because I was out on the field with a bunch of people I hardly knew. But with each grueling practice and hard-fought game, we became like brothers. Four years later, it’s no question that playing football was the best decision I made in high school.

It’s no secret that TJ is an extremely competitive environment. Our school is inherently focused on individual academic success. This is exactly why playing football and lacrosse was so important to me. While we are so often focused on what we’re doing inside the classroom and our personal achievements, sports taught me to look beyond that and to become part of something bigger

than myself. I cherish the successes I shared with my teammates far more than the ones I achieved on my own. During every season, I encountered obstacles and setbacks. However, facing them with my teammates not only made the challenges easier to overcome, but brought us together. After finishing my final high school football game this past fall, I rePhoto by Christine Zhao alized that the reason I loved playing as much as I did was because of the people I played with. While some of the things we do in life won’t last forever, the friendships and families we form because of them will.

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Justin Lee and Subul Malik 2017 Class Council President and Vice-President

Fellow seniors, We made it. Was the journey easy? No. But have we grown? Most definitely. As we say our final goodbyes and prepare to throw our caps, we’d like to leave you some parting advice.

First, fear repetition. At TJ, it was easy to become a slave to the grind -- wake up, drone through class, balance extracurriculars we “care about,” study late into the night, and repeat. Very cyclical and frankly, unhealthy. With this repetition, we pushed off what mattered; however, do not wait for anything. If you want something, take action. Pursue that cute guy or girl. Be there for your friend. Join that club. Make memories worth smiling upon. Inactivity should be your worst enemy.

Second, remember everything works out in the end. We’ve all been there, anxiety welling up inside us as we stayed up to garner those couple extra points in a class. It seemed that we would never finish, never pass, and never be satisfied. But after falling short countless times, here we are, finished. Don’t stress over negligible differences in outcome. There’s something amazing in store for you -- an A versus an A- won’t change that. Focus rather on making the most of every second and every interaction. Before you know it, you’ll be wearing a cap and gown once again, and you’ll wish you could have the time back..

Finally, put your talents to use. In this bubble of rigorous academics and talented peers, it’s been easy to forget how special you are. No matter how much TJ may have brought you down, you were

chosen to be here for a reason and have matured incredibly over these four years. In a world so imperfect, it’s our role as future leaders to aim for perfection. Wake up everyday with a purpose. Never let a day pass by where you don’t positively impact another life, no matter how small the scale.

Now here we are, where what seemed like yesterday will soon become the good ol’ days. Remember to stay grounded in the present and, in the words of Michael Scott, “may your hats fly as high as your dreams.”

Best of luck, and thank you for the humble privilege of letting us represent you.

Signing off one last time, Justin and Subul Photo by Christine Zhao

Sean Tran 2017 SGA Senator

Dear Seniors, I know that, four years ago, most of us would not have believed we would be here right now, about to graduate, on the verge of the rest of our lives. It seems like only yesterday that we first set foot into TJ, yet here we are now, one foot out of the door, minds set on the future. I would like to ask you, though, to take a minute and reflect on your experience at TJ:

on top of amazing scientists, a diverse group of students linked by our passion and drive to excel. At TJ, I became someone I never dreamed I’d be: an extroverted, proud, take-charge kind of guy. I ran for SGA Senator on a whim. Yet, serving on student government has become part of my identity, something that I treasure dearly about myself.

What have you learned? I learned a lot during my time at TJ: how to Why did I ask you to think code, how to dissect a squid, how to do physics (kind of, not really).

But, the most important things I’ve learned have had nothing to do about these questions? Because with academics: I learned how to fail, how to dance, how to open up, they are important to ask in growing as a person, in finding how to lead, and, most importantly, I learned how to be me. who you are, no matter where What have you done? For your school, for yourself. Whether you’re you are in life. From my experunning cross country, running a nonprofit, or running for a position rience as your SGA Senator for in a club, we all have had times where we have reached out of our the past two years, I hope that comfort zones. I never thought that I would be involved in student you will remember this as you government, but now I couldn’t think of my life without it. I became set off onto your new journeys: a bigger person than myself in high school, and my biggest priority do not be afraid to take chances when they come, because you has been serving you, the students, to the best of my ability. never know what great things Who have you become? How have you changed in high school? We will follow. seniors have become amazing journalists, designers, actors and artists

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CAMPUS LEADERS SHARE TJ LESSONS Clara Fontaine Neuroscience Society Co-President

I’ve loved a lot of things at TJ: the unparalleled lab experience where I could tinker with op-amps and blow up LEDs, wearing a swimsuit over my clothes for a TJSD spirit day, and playing ultimate frisbee for the first time. However, what made TJ special is connecting with the people around me.

You could go through TJ without taking a single glance into the lives of your peers. You’d probably end up fine in life. But after making that first effort into engaging with the diverse array of backgrounds, experiences, and passions in our community I’ve found so much more meaning in these past four years.

Everyone’s got their own interests, even if they themselves haven’t put a label on it quite yet. When I came into TJ, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I still don’t entirely know. I had some interests, but I hadn’t done much exploring. Everything began to grow when I threw myself into communities like Inspire Programs, Neuroscience Society, and Writing Center. I was surrounded by people passionate in all areas of interest, and their excitement got me excited, too. They unknowingly opened my mind, diversified my interests, and gave me the energy to pursue them.

Who knew I’d end up so interested in neuroengineering, ethics, teaching, and aerospace?

Learning to embrace the drives of my peers helped me realize the best way to do something meaningful (not just resume-meaningful); work together within and for these communities. We all have strengths, so give your peers trust and autonomy to be creTimmy Chan Drama Recruitment Officer

If you told the freshman me that I was destined to be a theatre kid, I probably would have laughed at you. I was a shy, Asian boy who could barely present his IBET project in front of his classmates. So if that clueless kid could turn into a singing machine who’s performed in front of thousands of people, anything can happen. Theatre has taught me to keep an open mind. I was never supposed to end up on stage, but somehow I found myself taking a bow.

Sure, there have been a lot of bumps along the way. There aretimes when something’s gone terribly wrong and you just have to play along. Whenever you encounter these speed bumps, try not to stress too much. The show will go on, and they’re always something that you can laugh about when its all over.

But do not let your fears and doubts stop you from trying something new. Keep an open mind and take initiative. As the Drama department’s recruitment officer, I’ve met too many seniors who just discov- Photo by Christine Zhao ered acting during their final year at TJ and wished they’d done it sooner. So the moral of the story: go for it. Try a new club; it could be your home for the next couple years. Ask that cute girl out; she could be your sunshine on a cloudy day. Maybe even audition for our next musical; you could be TJ’s next superstar!

ative and do incredible work, defined in their terms. While a lot of us are micromanagers (myself included), we often find the most innovative ideas when we pool what we’ve got together to a shared purpose. We not only do learn and strengthen ourselves, but grow closer as a community.

TJ isn’t all about advanced classes, prestigious internships, or getting into college. Its life lies in the powerful spirit of our connected people. Instead of going through four years alone, engage in this community we’ve been so fortunate to be a part of. Listen and learn from your peers. Explore their interests and build yours.

Share your passions with the community, and we’ll lift each other and grow together. It’s often hard to escape the pressure of constantly comparing ourselves to our incredible peers, so remember that your individuality and personal passions are what help build our community.

Photo by Christine Zhao Kristin Myers Honor Council Founder and President

Dear Class of 2017: We made it. We survived four years of renovation, homecoming politics, and Twitter beef. We got through the robot project, an entire year of Webassign, and we even learned a few things in Geosystems. This is it. Let’s not let it be over, not yet, not entirely.

Of course, in a few weeks we will all say goodbye to each other and to TJ, but that doesn’t mean we should forget what TJ has given us. If this experience has taught me anything, it’s taught me to take time to reflect.

Keep a journal. Write poetry. Stop to think about what you’ve accomplished. It’s so easy to get caught up in the momentum of it all - you have seven tests, three projects, and musical rehearsals until nine all this week and there just isn’t time. But it’s the moments of personal meditation where we learn more about ourselves - who we’ve become and how our experiences have shaped us.

Reflect on your time here. Look at it holistically, don’t just focus on all the construction dust that definitely made you sick or the hours of homework you had junior year. Remember the first person you met at freshman orientation, appreciate that inspirPhoto by Christine Zhao ing English teacher from sophomore year, or recall that great senior skip day adventure.

Remember the classes you loved...and the ones you regret. Remember the little interactions that made your TJ experience unique.

It was rough sometimes, but we’ll never encounter another community quite like this one. We’ve got a few weeks left, let’s make them count.

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How will you remember us, Dr. Glazer?

Q: When you think of the Class of 2017, what adjectives come to mind?

A: Smart, considerate, giving Q: What distinguishes the Class of 2017 from the classes before it?

A: Their diversity makes them stronger. Don’t get caught up in political rhetoric – celebrate your differences and continue to be proud of your identity.

Q: What was your most memorable moment in dealing with the Class of 2017?

A: I had the joyful opportunity to teach function aerobics to many of them in my Algebra II/trig class when they were freshman. I have also enjoyed performing with the Class of 2017 on stage through iNite and the school musical.

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CLASS SPONSORS REFLECT ABOUT SENIOR CLASS

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Ms. Jill Burdick-Zupancic WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CLASS OF 2017, WHAT ADJECTIVES COME TO MIND? When I think about the class there’s not a way to sum everybody up.

I’ve not had the pleasure of course of having every student in the Class of 2017, but teaching sophomores, juniors, and seniors while they were here I’ve had a lot of them. I think that what makes them cool and unique as a class is their differences that they have but their willingness and I think also kind of their passion about coming together and doing things as a community even though they’re so different.

WHAT PARTING WORDS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2017?

I think to just keep on being who they are. I’ve had such an overwhelmingly positive experience with them, there certainly have been exceptions but, it is such a unique group of students that I cannot wait to here about what they’re doing, whether they’re going to college or traveling or whatever’s happening next year and beyond, I think that there a group of students that we’re going to be hearing a lot about kind of on a pretty significant scale in the future.

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Mr. Brian Field WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT IN DEALING WITH 2017?

I liked seeing you guys interact outside of the classroom environment. You guys are seriously just as passionate in the classroom as [in] some of the other things that you do.

There’s this perception of like, ‘Oh, the class sponsor, it’s a lot of work.’ [But] I loved being class sponsor. I thought it was a lot of fun.

The one thing I think I’ll miss is seeing you guys develop from freshman year to senior year. I really like seeing students in leadership roles, the relationships they build, seeing how you guys progress.

WHAT WAS YOUR MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT IN DEALING WITH 2017?

The float because, and maybe this is just communication issues, but there was always the assumption, ’Oh, things are going really well,’ and they’re like, ‘Yes we’re making flowers, we have this many flowers,’ and then the day of [the homecoming game], it’d be like, ‘Yeah, we’re not even close to being done.’ Like what happened? It’s specific to our class, how bad we are at creating a class float. Every class has one thing they’re not good at, ours was the float.

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SUPERLATIVES

Chad Constantine and Aarushi Gulati

Brendan Divney and Eleni Georgiou

Chris Cao and Ruchi Maniar

Worst Senioritis

Master Chef

Most Photogenic

Nikhil Shirolkar and Jelena Liu

Nick Yoon and Elizabeth Hu

Best to Bring Home to Parents

Logs the Most Netflix Hours

Ari Reddy and Caelan Barranta

Dylan Seng and Sarah Hoback

Most Adventurous

Night Owls

Edward Tyles and Immalla Chen

Best Dancers

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CJ Wilson and Subul Malik

Class Clowns

Sean Tran and Kate Eisert

Deepak Gupta and Victoria Bevard

Most Likely to Dominate Wall Street

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

Bharat Venkat and Jana El-Sayed

Tim Cho and Audrey Huang

Most Likely to Have Hermione’s Time Turner

Most Changed Since Freshman Year

Shruti Ray and Haoyuan Sun

Varun Iyengar and Alyssa Lee

Ben Bae and Caroline Nguyen

Best Laugh

Next Picasso

Best Smile

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Jeb Berger and Juliana Gruver

Neha Khandelwal and Alex Wang

Most Likey to Become a Pro Gamer

Cece Brower and Abhishek Mogili

Most Likely to be a Movie Star

Sassmaster

Rahul Batra and Michelle Cao

Best Dressed

Rachel Alexander and Devan Kowdley

Most Likely to be on SNL

Nicole Carrillo and Eric Malani

Best Couple

Kirubel Aklilu and Nora Thompson

Most Spirited

Will Baxley and Ria Sonawane

Best Eyes

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Omar Hatim and Bayliss Wagner

Amritha Justin and Alvin Shi

Most Likely to Win a Pulitzer Prize

Best Photographer

Reilly McLaren and Danny Wu

Emma Glass, Jenna Greenwalt, Dana Scheetz

Best Friends Male

Best Friends Female

Timmy Chan and Jennifer Steele

Prathik Naidu and Joyce Tian

Most Likely to be Win a Record Deal

Most Likely to Cure Cancer

Sarah Dickinson and Saurav Velleleth

Most Athletic

Ankush Joshi and Patty Vitsupakorn

Social Media Maven

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tjMEDIA SENIOR STAFF SAYS GOODBYE YOU KNOW OUR NAMES, AND NOW OUR STORIES TOO TECHNIQUES SENIORS || Sarah Crossen, Deepshika Dhanasekar, Audrey Huang, Ruchi Maniar, Alvin Shi

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veryone knows what a yearbook is, but very few people know labels assigned to us as individuals and as a school: competitor, nerd, how many close-calls, heartbreaking moments, and breathless- leader, overachiever. We hoped that profiling unique individuals from-laughing late nights go into making one each year. throughout the school would be an opportunity to share some of the unheard tales, and in many ways, combat the stereotypes that We feel like it’s the same way with everything: basketball people are often so quick to give each other. green days, inite stunts, the

physics can-it lab. Yes, we may know what those things are, but we rarely hear about how one cheer captain sprained his ankle at district competition and how the whole team had to re-choreograph the routine a half-hour before competing.

We didn’t know that the three juniors who built the 6-foot robot for science fair never managed to meet up and work, all three at once, until the actual day of science fair.

Making this yearbook, and all of the ones of the past four years, has been an incredible journey. No matter where we all head, how many miles across the country, each of us will carry a piece of this book with us, and we hope that no matter where you go, you will know a little bit more about the school you came from. We all share our school name, but more From left to right: Editors-in-Chief Audrey Huang, Alvin Shi, Sarah Crossen, importantly, we are thankful Deepshika Dhanasekar and Ruchi Maniar. PHOTOS // Ankit Agrawal to have shared these four years This year, we wanted to cover the stories behind all these broader

of our lifelong story with you.

WATCHING JEFFERSON RESEARCH IMPROVE TEKNOS SENIORS || Savana Hadjpanteli and Caelan Barranta

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A favorite pastime of ours is going through the old copies of Teknos in Dr. Torbert’s storage, which date back to the early 2000s, and seeing how TJ has evolved over the past few decades. As Editors-in-Chief and four year members of Teknos, we’ve had the opportunity to watch our beloved journal grow. As with everything during the Class of 2017’s tenure, there have been drastic upheavals during our time here.

From sponsors to publishers, we’ve changed it all.

There were long and heated arguments on font, as the Great Serif Debate of 2016 serves to prove.

There were many spacing and formatting debacles too, which we will continue to have in the years to come.

We had our ups and downs, with frantic yet fun

after school meetings and more pizza than anyone should consume.

We recall the J Day fundraising attempt, which ended in humorous disaster as we learned the hard, chocolate-covered way that chocolate fountains were not meant to operate outside. Despite it all, we have come out of TJ stronger because of it, and Teknos has become better than ever.

We are in awe of all the amazing research that students at TJ are doing and it has been an honor to immortalize it in print. Many thanks to Alyssa Lee who designed our beautiful cover this year. As well as Kara Petersen for teaching us the magical ways of Indesign, and Dr. Torbert for providing his classroom and his guidance.

From left to right: Editors-in-Chief Savana Hadjipanteli and Caelan Barranta.

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our years ago, I would have never imagined that I would be a part of tjTODAY, let alone take Journalism as a class. But then again, I didn’t imagine that construction would ever come to grumble an end, or that I would graduate from TJ. Here’s how it all started. a

As a rising junior, I chose to take Journalism because I wanted to become a better writer, which is ironic, because this is the first thing I’ve written for tjTODAY. I ended up joining the broadcast staff.

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Now most people might know me as the girl on morning announcements, but last year no one knew what TJTV was.

Whether we’re rushing to meet the next deadline or filming out in the cold, we do everything in our ability to produce a video every single week. Although I haven’t gotten used to seeing my face on the AudLob TV everyday, I certainly have enjoyed showing the whole school what we work so hard to do.

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Sitting in class hearing students about the freezing cold classroom, I started satire column about small TJ issues. From indignant Facebook posts, I learned about widespread food thefts and outrage over iNite. Watching a 2018 class council member elbow-deep in a papier-mâché volcano, I decided to write about how homecoming floats come to life.

Talking to my track coach, I gained new perspective on generational gap illuminated by the death of Prince. And from these people I interviewed, I learned how to find excitement in work.

TJTV NEWS SENIOR || Sharon Kim

The amount of enthusiasm and support I’ve received from my friends, other students, and faculty members is more than I ever could have expected or asked for (shoutout to Ms. Harris, and Dr. Glazer From left to right: tjTODAY team leader Bayliss Wagner It’s been a rough four years at this and tjTV News Exectuive Producer Sharon Kim. for using a joke in my satire column school, but tjTODAY has left me with to push me to coordinate the painting of the Da Vinci commons three great friends, two fancy cameras, one amazing adviser and mural--who knew?). It made me excited to come to school even on mentor, and zero regrets. the hardest days. Thank you, TJ, and I hope you continue to tell each other about the things you love, too.

CROSSING THE THRESHOLD INTO NEW BEGINNINGS

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THRESHOLD SENIORS || Hamsa Mani

rom the far corners of the trailer lot to a history classroom surrounded by physics ones, Threshold has moved all over TJ’s campus in the last few years. With the renovation finally complete, I think it’s safe to say we have reestablished the Threshold Cave. But now with windows! And laptops right outside.

After finally settling down, we found ourselves falling into a steady rhythm - but not without a few obstacles along the way.

We faced a shortage of submissions, left a few pieces undiscussed and floating around our inbox, and found ourselves working through the very last minute to meet deadlines.

The theme of this year’s magazine is Catalyst - a theme for both our designs

and our lives. A catalyst inspires change, and is the driving force of an event. Threshold is that catalyst for us. A part of our lives that has taught us more than we could have hoped for (how to not screw up on InDesign for one). The literary analysis, features writing, and design skills we have picked up are unique to Threshold, and ones we will never lose touch with. But literary skills are most definitely not the only things will take with us. The crazy times we had during late work nights are what we will hold most dear in our hearts. From singing along to the wacky songs of Heathers, the musical, to streaming Frozen from a *cough* sketchy website to gulfing down a pizza within minutes, the memories we made together will last forever.

From left to right: Art and Design Editor Alvin Shi, Communications Editor Sneha Ravi and Editor-in-Chief Hama Mani.

As we head off in our separate directions, wondering what our futures hold, we will all take with us the treasures we discovered and the friends we made while working on what I would say is the most lit mag ever.

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Clara Fontaine and Sam Libberton having a casual conversation during class.

Emma Zhang dancing at a TJ hosted event.

Savana Hadjipanteli is cutting apart a box of orange creamsicles

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OUR BIG EX17

Page 16, from left to right: Dana Scheetz looks for an open player to pass the ball to as opponent stands in front; Gabi Gresenz and Timmy Chan sings “The Start of Something New� in the School Talent Show; Sean Tran receives Colonial Award from Dr. Glazer; Kristin Myers and Jennifer Steele sing during a Les Miserable rehersal; Audrey Huang cheers throughout the football game; Jayant Subramanian plays the cello with the school orchestra for back to school; Chris Niu warms up to hit the ball; Christine Wang swings a

club for the Golf Team, seniors dress all white for the Back-to-School Bash home game. Page 17, from left to right: Emma Zhang dances as part of Dance Team during a Homecoming Pep Rally; Steven Rehard and Coach Rechin watches the players on the field; Reilly McLauren throws the ball back into the Double Header Boys Soccer Game; Senior MEX comes together for the final jump; Dylan Cathapermal warms up with TJSD; Bilal Tulamirza, Yadeen Rashid, and Brendan Divney cooks breakfast foods.

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OF 2017

22 DESTINATIONS Amherst College (1) Colin David Murphy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (8) Cecelia China Chu Boston University (1) Landon Shanghai Chu Neil N Parikh Violet Celeste Felt Fatima Mariam Gunter-Rahman Harvard College (4) Abdalla Osman Jacob Vanniamparamp Ajit Seung Weon Park Elizabeth Jie Hu Neeraj Prasad Kody Franklin Stremick Ashwin Srinivasan Joyce Tian Northeastern University (4)

California Institute of Technology (1) Haoyuan Sun Claremont McKenna College (1) Jacob Sisko Adolphe Harvey Mudd College (2) Emma Frances Cuddy Ishaan Gandhi Stanford University (5) Susanna Rose Bradbury Jonathan Keawe Burkle Prathik Naidu Suhas Kandula Sastry Rohan Suri

Ilwoo Kim Shivam Raghav Kollur Abhishek Reddy Mogili Nicholas Jong Pil Yoon

University of Michigan (16) Wentworth Institute of TechnolCedric Alain Michel ogy (1) Bernard Molly Douglas Schindler Ryan Joseph Bolton Richard Chung Williams College (1) Kanishka Gaba Peter Junlei Zhao Isabelle Metta Gallagher Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1) David Charles Hansen Nikhil Chintada Griffith Thomas Heller Ryan James Helmlinger Maya Khanna Sofia Saenz Kruszka Thomas Ping Lai Daniel Lee Caroline Vy-Lan Nguyen John Cameron Serger Daniel Christian Skeen Alexander Yufeng Wang

Illinois

Loyola University Chicago (1) Zara Husain Batalvi

California

University of California at Berkeley (11) Deepshika Dhanasekar Manish Venkat Kondapolu Christopher Niu Swetha Prabakaran Sishaar Rajesh Rao Vikram Shankar Shivakumar Aakash Parag Shukla Carolyn Ling-Wei Wang Daniel Yan Wu Emily Kaitlin Zou Jason Shi-Tan Zou

South Carolina

University of Chicago (6) Angela Ma Sofiya Boroday Sai Deepak Avir Gupta Dan G Qi Alvin J Shi Abigail Reeves Shoemaker Emma Wen Zhang

University of California, Los Angeles (2) Arun Xie Bhattasali Clare Elizabeth Connally University of California, San Diego (1) Juliana Rose Gruver University of California, Santa Cruz (1) Jiying Qi

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (9) Arihanth Reddy Anugu Gregory Thomas Bastian Sahana Epari Muhammad Omer Hatim Prithvi Uttam Narayana Nikita Prashant Sawant Rishab Sriramoju Jennifer Lynn Steele Vishal Tandale

University of Southern California (4) Radhika Agrawal Ashutosh Aryal Stephen William Campbell Jillian Shin Ai Khoo United States Coast Guard Academy Wilson Zhou

Connecticut

Wesleyan University (1) Samuel Dylan Libberton McGill University (1) Sarah Marie Sturken Florence Design Academy (1) Tamara Drpic Numbela

Michigan

Yale University (4) Sarah Elizabeth Dickson Audrey Yingan Huang Eric Justin Liu Raquel Sequeira

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University (3) Seung-Ho Bae University of Maryland, College Amee Atul Kapadia Park (5) Won Seok Song Anoop Kumar Kalra United States Naval Acad- Kevin Kuo Abhishek Mishra emy (1) Shruti Ray John A Feng Aditi Sundararaman

Clemson University (3) Dylan John Cathapermal Kiersten Jae Young Paul Adam Somerville Wilkie University of South Carolina (1) Noemi Glaeser

Rhode Island Brown University (3) Hannah Charlotte P Collins Vivian Li Dong Gerald Fan Wu

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Case Western Reserve University (3) Ryan Patrick Burns Savana Proestou Hadjipanteli Diana Fox Zavela The Ohio State University (2) Devan Sridhar Kowdley Dylan Stephen Seng

Eric Upendra Mala

North Carolina Duke University (7) Victoria Zhang Bevard Nathaniel Yoon Choe Xiaoran Han Bailey Phillips Knight David Wang Liu

Brendan David Capozzi Ian Martin Carr Nicole Alejandra Carrillo Vallejo Yongkeon Cho Caroline Elizabeth Cox Nikhil Daga Nakul Dar Stephanie Katelynn Do College of William and Mary (38) Jana El-Sayed William Benedict Furlong Isuru Adeepa Attanagoda Emma Margaret Glass Vibhav Badrish Sveta Vivian Jagannathan Soo Min Bae Ankush Joshi Lauren A Berry Sharon Leeseul Kim Jonathan Charles Buchinsky

Virginia

Joshua Benjamin Rutzi Carnegie Mellon University (15) Kirubel Aklilu Pennsylvania State Uni Vishal Amrit Bhasin University Park (5) Pallavi Jolly Bhave Matthew Patrick Gross Cecelia Rose Brower Neha Khandelwal David Chao Kaleb Jesse Marioghae Samuel Mark Damashek Pranavi Nara Rupali Abhijit Dhumne Meghna Sil Jacob Anton Fondriest Kevin Huan Geng Philadelphia University Navya Anantha Kalale Rachel Ann Alexander Alyssa Haejin Ann Lee Mina Susan Nowroozi Swarthmore College (1 Natasha Shukla Julia Bayliss Wagner Lawrence Wang Sydney Lin Zheng University of Pennsylv Joseph Chong Haverford College (1) Laura Chu Sophia Overton Truslow Amit Kumar Gupta Pranab Suresh Krishna Lehigh University (1)

Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

Randolph-Macon Anshu G Sharma

Gabriela Elizabeth McDonald Jason Kent Stranne North Carolina State University (1) Steven Paul Rehard University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) Jessica Jiadai Wang Sahithya Gowri Vishwanath Milan Aster Wolff Haimeng Margaret Zhao Kevin Xu Jiao

Carlin A Klebine Eun Ho Lee Evan Lien Caitlyn Fern-Ning Ling Shrikant Tribhuvannath Mishra Audrey Jihae Park Leela Ramineni Jerius Wehbe Samra Nickash Sivakumar David Sun Sean Tuan-Khai Tran Biloliddin Tulamirza Yashna Verma

George Mason University (7) Warren Chen Colin Wen-Tsing Chung Chad Constantine Sarah Elizabeth Crossen Meron Fekadeselassi Girma Prashanth Kallat Yashaswini Makkena James Madison University (1) Joshua Ralph Cummings Marymount University (1)

University of Rich Claire Nicole Fulle

University of Virg Katherine Hyun A Akanksha Alok Aaryan Balu Rahul Batra Joya Bhattacharyya Michael Yuan Cha Daniel Bodian Che Stephanie Jennifer Selina Luo Cheng Melody Shenyi Ch Roma Rahul Chitk Woohyeong Cho Seung Won Choi Quinlan Emerson Shomik Ghose Aaron Gu Arnav Gupta Richa Gupta Matthew Jefferson James Tyndale Ho Arad Jain Ahnaf Atif Khan Hannah Hyun-Soo

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Colorado

United States Air Force Academy (2) Caelan Naranjo Barranta Devarsh Harshad Modh University of Colorado at Boulder (1) Zachary Hayden

Advait U Kulkarni Jihyeong Lee Justin Yungghun Lee Jelena Dee Dee Liu Sharon Pan Liu Eldon Brian Luk Aaria Malhotra Daniel Liu Mao Jashanjeet Singh Matharoo Upendra Malani Alvand Kia Moini Kristin Marie Myers dolph-Macon College (1) Maya Abbas Omais hu G Sharma Sung Joon Park Tishani Patel ersity of Richmond (1) Alexander Antonio e Nicole Fuller Prosak Ramya Hyma Ravi ersity of Virginia (62) Sneha Tara Ravi erine Hyun Ahn Sai Samayamanthula nksha Alok John Charles Schefer an Balu Mykyta Sergiyovych ul Batra Semichev Bhattacharyya Vlada Semicheva ael Yuan Chang Nikash Sethi el Bodian Chen Adit Hetal Shah hanie Jennifer Chen Divya Meena Shan a Luo Cheng Anahita Hemant Sharma dy Shenyi Chiang Jessie Jai Xi Shen a Rahul Chitko Swati Srivastava hyeong Cho Rohan Taneja g Won Choi D’Michael Nguyen nlan Emerson Dawkins Thompson mik Ghose Thinh Chi Tu n Gu Saurav Velleleth v Gupta Andrew Wang a Gupta Randy Lee Wang hew Jefferson Heninger Arthur Wu s Tyndale Houghton Eugennie Yoon Jain Brian Richard Yu af Atif Khan Stephanie Boutell nah Hyun-Sook Kim Zablocki

The University of Iowa (1) Christopher Daniel McGowan

DC

University of Wisconsin, Madison (1) Jason Jia-Xu Liu Rehan Madhugiri Brandon Yian Wang

American University (1) Sarah Yasmine Hoback

Colby College (1) Jacob Maxwell Nash

Georgetown University (5) Sania Ikram Ali Katherine Isabelle Eisert Seo Hyeon Lee Subul Malik Matthew Steven Szilagyi George Washington University (1) Rudra Dasgupta

Texas

Rice University (3) Christina Soye Oh Aadith Sivaramakrish Vittala Texas A&M University (1) Daniel Stephen Haseler The University of Texas, Austin (1) Eleni Christina Georgiou

Ruyan Zhang Sarah Yiru Zhou Virginia Commonwealth University (10) Jabili Angina Madhumitha Balasekaran Jodie Beaumont Aarushi Gulati Rayan Aziza Matin Josal Raj Patel Shraddha Pradeep Pranav Venkat Ramanan Tan Timothy Tran Bharat Venkat Virginia Military Institute (1) Jennifer Ann Baily Virginia Tech (42) Andrew Charles Ahnn Tess Marie Alexander Anusha Balani Ashima Banga Joseph Bertrand Berger Saloni Sumeet Bhargava Christopher Khiem Quoc Cao Asha R Cheruvu Tarikasri Chittajalu Elise Marie Conforti Brittney Nicole Fogg Kristen Kee Halper Nash Anil Hemrajani Elise Anne Holford Alana Miriam Hull Christopher Ruicheng Jiang Numan Khan

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (1) Sravani Kameswari Buddhavarapu Tulane Unversity (1) Albert Li Pan

Dartmouth College (1) William Hirst Baxley

Brigham Young University (1) Chase McNaughton Brown

The University of Oklahoma (1) Emma Elizabeth F Bachman

Tennessee Vanderbilt University (3) Shruti A Anant Gabriela Roan Gresenz Mohh Gupta

New York

Clara Yun Fontaine Isabel Lucia Gomez Varun Ramji Iyengar Rahul Krishna Kindi Columbia University (4) Nicholas Peter Lee Hayun Chong Zhihang Li Victoria Li Janet Caroline Malzahn Rhea Bhavna Sahai Ahad Rizvi Jayant Rudra Subramanian Varun Anthony Talwar Giancarlo Tadeusz Valdetaro Cornell University (13) William Xu Timothy Huan-Kai Chan Andrew Yizhou Zhang Adelphi University (1) Seo rin Jeong

University of Washington (1) Gabriel Chapman Asel

New York University (8) Michelle Xinyu Cao Victor Victorov Galov Vivian Zheng Hu Raef Tariq Khan Jonathan Dong-In Ko Samuel Wen-Hao Liu Nora Jude Thompson Jessica Wang Pratt Institute (1) Klara Louise Vertes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3) Jasper J Wadsworth Barnett Allen Lang Suhoon Oh Rochester Institute of Technology (2) Anusha Holavanahali Andrew Bernard Yoder St. Bonaventure University (1) Nam Tran Nguyen United States Military Academy Army (1) John Patrick Boyle

New Jersey

New Jersey Institute of Technology (1) Rachel Una Lee

Jae Hee Kim Ravi Teja Kodali Seung Pyo Kweon David Dohoon Lim Hamsa Mani Ruchi Mayur Maniar Rachel Renee Martinka Reilly Alexander McLaren Thomas Paul Mecherikunnel Ragavi Murali Alexander Tanhtrung Nguyen Minh-Quan The Nguyen Jami Minsoo Park Thejus Poruthikode Unnivelan Vikramaditya Pratha Nikhil Jitendra Shirolkar Tarun Singh Alexandra Lynne Soccio-Mallon Helen Tri Giao Tran Edward Dmitrievich Tyles Robert Velasco Ashvin Venkatesan Rishabh Venketesh Patticha Vitsupakorn Caulton James Wilson

Princeton University (6) SNathan Shiham Alam Rebecca Lynne Mays Tiffany Ping Sun Katie Sydney Tam Devon Austin Wood-Thomas Haicheng Charles Zhao Rutgers University-New Brunswick (5) Omisha Siddalingeshw Jyothi Shreya Saisree Medepalli Shweta Mohanty Mrinal Save Arun Kumar Singh

Alabama

University of Alabama (2) Samuel Patrick Case Dana Alexander Scheetz

Georgia

Emory University (1) Alexander Robert Bochenek

Indiana

Indiana University at Bloomington (3) Hiranya K Kamdar Vikash Amaresh Kumar Keerthi Puvvada Purdue University (7) Gloria Chen Shiraz Samir Chokshi Nikolas Alexander Damalas Dakota Hai Do Isha Ghodgaonkar Grey Stanik Golla Christine Hongyan Wang University of Notre Dame (3) Brendan Michael Divney Matthew Alan Jennings Benjamin Carter Lyons

Georgia Institute of Technology (1) Saivardhan Mada

Missouri Washington University in St. Louis (4) Akshay Srikanth Balaji Sanjeevani Bhavsar Nipun Mallipeddi Gautam Ramanathan

24 APHORISMS Radhika Agrawal University of Southern California LIFE, 10-12 Guitar Club, 11-12 Science Olympiad, 11-12 “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard” ~ Winnie the Pooh Kirubel Aklilu Carnegie Mellon University President Black Student Union, 9-12 President Young Democrats 9-12 President/Founder Hip-Hop Heads 11-12 Varsity Football 12 Ultimate Frisbee 11-12 Monticello Maniacs 12 Innovations and Concepts of Engineering 12 “This [diploma] is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I wouldn’t amount to nothing...” The Notorious B.I.G, “Juicy” Nathan Alam Princeton University Always under construction Tess Alexander Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University TJSD, 9-12 CSA, 9-12 “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” -Mother Theresa Rachel Alexander Philadelphia University GOTTA BLAST!!

Sania Ali Georgetown University TJ Volleyball 9-12 Future Problem Solving 9-12 WISE 10-12 Am I crazy? Or am I so sane that I just blew your mind?

Shruti Anant Vanderbilt University Bioengineering Projects for the Future, 9-12 Model United Nations, 9-12 Bourjaily Study Hall, 12 How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. - Winnie the Pooh

Caelan Barranta United States Air Force Academy tj girls lax (9-12) tj fockey (9-11) tj xc (12) technology student association (9-12) teknos magazine (9-12) embrace the suck

Ashutosh Aryal University of Southern California Guitar Club, 10-12 Don’t always trust what you see. Even salt looks like sugar and you’d be scared at what a smile can hide.

Gregory Bastian University of Illinois TJSTAR 12 “Stop screaming, you’re only a little bit on fire.” Danielle Hardcastle

Suzie Bae College of William & Mary TJMUN, 9-12 NHS Leadership, 11-12 TJ Writing Center, 11-12 Lacrosse, 9-10 Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.

Anusha Balani Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Active Minds/TJ Minds Matter, 10-12 Lacrosse, 9, 10, & 12 Being a vegetarian, every Tuesday 1998-?

Solutions for the 21st Century, 11-12 being an egg, 2014-?

I’m only a vegetarian on Tuesdays.

Aaryan Balu University of Virginia TJ Drama (9-12) Phew.

Jasper Barnett Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TJ Aerospace, 9-12 TJ Physics Team, 9-12 TJ Poi Club, 11-12 “In the beginning the Universe was created.

This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” -Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Rahul Batra University of Virginia TJ Minds Matter (10-12) Model UN (10-12) Bourjaily Study Hall (12) Relax, it’s Gucci Joseph Berger Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The time has come to journey on, and from this day I must be gone.

Victoria Bevard Duke University Congressional Debate Team Founder and Captain (9-12) Unified Democracy PAC Executive Vice President (11-12) Speech Team Teaching Coordinator (912) There are no self-made men. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success. Thank you to all those who have helped me.

Saloni Bhargava Virginia Tech College of Engineering TJMC, 9-12 TJDL, 9-12 RAD, 9-12 Life is but a dream! Hakuna Matata!

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JUNE 15, 2017 Joya Bhattacharyya University of Virginia Sirens, 9-12 Show choir, 10-12 Global Health Initiative, 10-12 Indian Language Association, 10-12 TJ One Question, 11 If nothing ever changed, there’d be no such thing as butterflies.

Arun Bhattasali University of California, Los Angeles Urban Dance Movement, 9-12 TJ Rocketry, 9-12 TJ Ultimate, 10-12 You never won’t know what you can’t achieve until you don’t achieve it.

John Boyle United States Military Academy Football, 9-12 Lacrosse, 9-12 Monticello Maniac, 9-12 Teenage Republicans 10-12 ICE 10-12 If you’re not living for now, you’re not living at all.

Susanna Bradbury Stanford University Basketball, 9-11 Sysadmins, 9-11 CSC, 9-11 CRS, 11 SCT, 11 NeuroSoc & NeuroInspire, 11 Neuro Mentorship, 12 “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done. Like AMT worksheets.” -Alan Turing || “You can’t ever reach perfection, but you can believe in an asymptote toward which you are ceaselessly striving.” -Paul Kalanithi || “Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the **** you were going to do anyway.” -RDJ

Cecelia Brower Carnegie Mellon University TJ Crew, 9-12.

Varsity gymnastics, 11-12.

ASL, 10-12.

Slava, 11-12.

“I am big enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself.” (Leslie Knope) Jonathan Buchinsky University of Virginia “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” -- Philippians 4:13 “It’s kind of funny how life changed and rearranged. No matter what happens, everything ain’t gon’ be the same” -- Logic “Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile.” -Mark Twain Sravani Buddhavarapu University of Minnesota Twin Cities TJ Orchestra (9-12) Guitar Club (10-12) Music Medicine Club (10-12) LIFE (11-12) “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.”

-Joan Jett Christopher Cao Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Reboot for Youth, 9-12 Student Advisory Council, 11-12 Varsity Golf (capt.), 9-12 PC (re)Builders, 11-12 “I don’t have dreams, I have goals.” -Harvey Specter

Dylan Cathapermal Clemson University Swim and Dive (9-12) Biotechnology Club (9-12) Bourjaily Study Hall (12) Rotary Interact (11-12) “Hakuna Matata” - Moana Stephanie Chen University of Virginia CubeSat, 12 Show Choir, 9-12 Varsity Tennis, 9-12 The shower: where life’s most important decisions are made and where a jury of hair products judge my vocal skills Daniel Chen University of Virginia 12- Vegetarian Society Sit down, be wumbo.

Immalla Chen Boston College TJ Cheerleading, 9-12 Urban Dance Movement, 9-12 Fellowship of Christians, 9-12 National Art Honor Society, 11-12 Everything that will be, will be.

Selina Cheng University of Virginia Dance team thank you everyone Asha Cheruvu Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.

Melody Chiang Ian Carr University of Virginia College of William and Mary Dance Team (9-12) You can’t be doing it wrong if no one even knows what you’re doing.

Tarikasri Chittajalu Virginia Tech Indian Language Association, 9-12 Tj theatre tech, 10-12 I can’t, I have dance today :/

26 APHORISMS Tim Cho William & Mary Student Government Association, 11-12 TJ Basketball, 9-12 TJ Drama, 10-12 TJ Orchestra, 9-12 TJ River Soccer, 9-10 TJ Swing Team, 10-12 PSP, 10-12 Blue Boxers, 12 Squat Squad, forever Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.

Cece Chu Massachusetts Institute of Technology Track and Field (10-12) Bioinformatics Society (10-12) Computer Team (9-11) “They were not perfect, but they were my friends...

Some I’ve seen, some never again, but there isn’t a day my heart doesn’t find them.” -Girl, Interrupted Richard Chung University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Asian Awareness Chinese Honor Society Go Club Teknos Hannah Collins Brown University TJMC, 9-12 TJWG, 9-12 Writing Center, 11-12 TJ Drama, 12 Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

Elise Conforti Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Chad Constantine George Mason University Get your rap snacks with a dab of ranch Sarah Crossen George Mason University Yearbook Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

Brittany Csik University of Miami SGA, 11-12 Men’s Basketball, 10-12 Theater, 10-12 “Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional” - Walt Disney Emma Cuddy Harvey Mudd College WISE, 9-12 TJ Crew, 9-12 TJ CubeSat, 11-12 For the rest of your life, every time you say, “We’ve always done it that way,” my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours. Grace Hopper Nikolas Damalas Purdue University Boyscouts of America, 1-12 First Robotics Competition, 10-12 Track and Field, 10-11 Ultimate Frisbee, 12 “Can I be excused for the rest of my life?”

-Spongebob Squarepants Samuel Damashek Carnegie Mellon University Sysadmins, 9-12 Computer Security Club, 11 “Look, people aren’t gonna always be magical right away. Maybe they’ll become magical. Or they’ll become garbage.” -- Denise, Master of None

Clare Connally University of California, Los Angelos XC, Track 9-12 Basketball 9-12 Nakul Dar “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist College of William and Mary it” -Mae West Namaste (9-12) IGC President (12) Innovations in Concepts of Engineering (10-12)

Science Olympiad (9-12) FC Barcelona Fan Club (Life) Campbell’s Chunky Noodle Soup Aficionado (Life) Triple Crown Enthusiast (Life) “And that’s the way it is.” - Walter Cronkite Sydney Dayyani Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Thomas Jefferson Marching Colonials Thomas Jefferson Winter Percussion Thomas Jefferson Symphonic Wind Ensemble “Yes, I understand you don’t like the way I dress.

But I don’t think I asked for your opinion.”

Deepshika Dhanasekar University of California: Berkeley Yearbook, 9-12 Namaste, 9-12 National Honor Society Leadership, 11-12 “How Far I’ll Go” - Mulan Sarah Dickson Yale University “I’m personally offended when I’m scored on” Briana Scurry Brendan Divney University of Notre Dame Hispanic Alliance, 9-12 Slava, 11-12 FBLA, 12 They say you are supposed to be a pro after 10,000 hours of experience, but I’m ~157,680 hours into life and still have no idea what I’m doing...

Dakota Do Purdue University Football, 11-12 Maniac, 12 It happens Stephanie Do College of William and Mary Tennis (9-12) Swim and Dive (9-12) Latin Club (9-12) Science Olympiad (10-12)

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JUNE 15, 2017 Jana El-Sayed College of William and Mary Lacrosse, 9-12 Orchestra (9-12) Persian- Arab Club, 10-12 American Sign Language Club, 9-12 Drama, 12 You know this guy?

Jacob Fondriest Carnegie Mellon University TJ Crew 9-12 Electronics Club 11-12 Astronomy Club 12 Solutions for the 21st Century 12 τετελεσται Claire Fuller University of Richmond Crew, 9-12 ASL, 10-12 I don’t stare at you Kiran.

Kanu Gaba University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Basketball, 9-12 Project BEST, 9-12 Namaste, 10-12 Business in Science 11-12 ICE, 11-12 KinderCare, 11-12 How could I make sense when I got millions on my mind?

Isabelle Gallagher University of Michigan Does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?

Victor Galov New York University Go beyond the Impossible and Kick Logic to the Curb! -Kamina Kevin Geng Carnegie Mellon University Senior Computer Team, 10-12 Varsity Math Team, 9-11 Yearbook, kinda, 12 French Honor Society, 10-12 Cross country, 9-12 je m’enfuis pas ; je vole

Emma Glass The College of William and Mary If you believe in yourself and with a tiny pinch of magic, all your dreams can come true.

-Spongebob Lucia Gomez Cornell University American Sign Language, 9-12, Lacrosse, 9-12 My hair is straighter than I am Jenna Greenwalt Virginia Tech Varsity Baseball, Varsity Basketball, FIRST Robotics “Dobby is a free elf!” - Harry Potter Matthew Gross Pennsylvania State University If I could be an astronaut, and as such, push humanity a little farther from being a single planet species, I would choose to do it even knowing that I could die.

Aaron Gu University of Virginia Kids Are Scientists Too (10-12) TJ Orchestra (9-12) TJ Golf (10-12) Jefferson Society (11-12) Thanks, TJ, for a bumpy, wild, intellectually-stimulating four years. I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

Aarushi Gulati Virginia Commonwealth University TJ Keyettes, 10-12 I still don’t like the South Fatima Gunter-Rahman Massachusetts Institute of Technology German Honor Society, 10-12 Chemistry Society, 10-12 LIFT, 11-12 LD Debate, 9-12 Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans - John Lennon

Amit Gupta The Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology (M&T) at the University of Pennsylvania Basketball, 9-11 Peer Tutoring, 11-12 Physics Team, 10-12 Soccer, 9-12 This aphorism is trivial and has been left as an exercise for the reader.

Deepak Gupta University of Chicago Don’t move too fast, or you’ll forget where you want to go.

Arnav Gupta University of Virginia “I’m the first brown boy to get it poppin’.”

Richa Gupta University of Virginia “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” ~Hamlet Kristen Halper Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University “When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.”

Daniel Haseler Texas A&M University Relay for Life Amnesty International TJ Crew, TJ Ultimate Gradcomm LIFT, Inspire Programs Guess what?

Omar Hatim University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Track Soccer Model U.N. ICE MSA The only time one should look down on another is when helping them up

28 APHORISMS Nash Hemrajani Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University “It’s my third best quality, right behind awesomeness and humility” Anusha Holavanahali Rochester Institute of Technology “If someone tells you nothing is impossible, ask them to dribble a football”- Anonymous James Houghton University of Virginia Student System Administrators, 9-12 Computer Security Club, 9-11 Cancer Research Society, 10-12 Talent is just a pursued interest. With enough heart and practice, anyone can do anything.

Varun Iyengar Cornell University National Art Honor Society, 11-12 TJ Lacrosse, 9-12 Asian Awareness, 9-12 TJ Technology Student Association, 10-12 The darker the night, the brighter the stars Sveta Jagannathan The College of William and Mary Yearbook, 9-12 It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Matthew Jennings University of Notre Dame Basketball, 9-12 Hispanic Alliance, 9-12 FBLA, 9-12 Vivian Hu Namaste Inite, 10-12 New York University Tisch School of the Kindercare, 11-12 Arts Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for Art Honor Society, 12 tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has Speaker of the House, Red Days, 12 enough trouble of its own. — Matthew 6:34 Finding my self 9-? doooooooo DOO doo dOO DOO DOo Doooooo Ankush Joshi doo DOOOO doOOo - Run Away With Me, College of William and Mary Carly Rae Jepsen Baseball Truer Words Have Never Been Spoken Elizabeth Hu Harvard University Omisha Jyothi “We shall not cease from exploration Rutgers And the end of all our exploring Canoe Club Will be to arrive where we started o for orange And know the place for the first time.”

- T. S. Eliot Navya Kalale Carnegie Mellon University Audrey Huang “Not all those who wander are lost.” - J. R. R. Yale University Tolkien Cheerleading, 9-12 Yearbook, 9-12 Anoop Kalra One Question, 11-12 University of Maryland College Park Iron Ice, 12 Rubik’s Cube Club, 9-12 @lizaudeats, 12-forever Send-a-Smile Club, 10-12 And you ask “What if I fall?”

TJ Rotary Interact, 11-12 Oh but my darling, Swing Dance Team, 12 What if you fly?

Kick logic to the curb and do the impossible. ― Erin Hanson

Amee Kapadia Johns Hopkins University Environmental Impact Club, 9-12 Jefferson Society, 10-12 hakuna matata Maya Khanna University of Michigan Success in 1% inspiration 98% perspiration and 2% attention to detail- Phil Dunphy Jillian Khoo University of Southern California “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” -Alice in Wonderland Sharon Kim College of William and Mary tjTODAY, 11-12 Be yourself. People don’t have to like you, and you don’t have to care Ilwoo Kim Northeastern University Lacrosse, 9-12 Asian Awareness, 9, 11-12 Teknos, 9, 11-12 Rotary Interact, 11-12 Life wouldn’t be life without regrets.

Jenny Kim Virginia Tech TJ Yearbook 9-12 Orchestra 9, 11, 12 Boys Lacrosse Manager 11, 12 tjSTAR 12 If High School Musical had a horror movie version this would’ve been it.

Carlin Klebine College of William & Mary Science-Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Club (9-12) National Art Honor Society (12) I’m trapped in the newspaper factory. SEND HELP.

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JUNE 15, 2017 Bailey Knight Duke University Crew, 9-12 Model United Nations, 9-12 Cheerleading, 9-11 “Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.”

Jonathan Ko New York University time heals all wounds Manish Kondapolu University of California - Berkeley I know life’s unfair. But why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?

Devan Kowdley The Ohio State University Class Council, 9-10 SGA, 11-12 TJ Football, 11-12 “We’re all gonna be dead in 100 years. Let the kids have the music” -Kanye West Devan Kowdley The Ohio State University Class Council, 9-10 SGA, 11-12 TJ Football, 11-12 “We’re all gonna be dead in 100 years. Let the kids have the music” -Kanye West Pranab Krishnan University of Pennsylvania Science Olympiad, 9-12 Holmes Tutoring, 9-12 Lost time is never found again. -Benjamin Franklin

KinderCare, (11-12) “Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.” - Barack Obama Vikash Kumar Indiana University of Bloomington I’m on the road to riches, it’s just a lil traffic.

Justin Lee University of Virginia 2017 Class Council, 9-12 Urban Dance Movement, 10-12 Model UN, 10-12 Squat Squad, forever “Everyday, all I wanted to do was leave. So why in the world does it feel so hard to leave right now?” - Dwight Schrute Alyssa Lee Carnegie Mellon University “Guess what? I have five hearts! All of these hearts pump blood through my blood vessels just like your one heart.”

-Herman the worm Nick Lee Cornell University Varsity Lacrosse, 9-12 Medical Society, 9-12 Key Club, 10-12 SHS, 10-12 “Lacrosse is not a crime”

Steven Li Cornell University TJ SGA Tennis Chinese Honor Society Sofia Kruszka EIC University of Michigan Class Council “Where do we come from? What are we? Where Squat Squad, forever are we going?” -Paul Gauguin Sell me this pen.

Advait Kulkarni University of Virginia Football, (9) Basketball, (9-11) Crew, (10-12) Innovations in Concepts of Engineering (ICE), (10-12) BSU, (10-12)

Sam Libberton Wesleyan University TJ Crew 9-12 TJ MUN 9-11 “Soon your crew will be serving sandwiches named after me” - MC Ride

Eric Liu Yale University TJ Cancer Research Society, 11-12 TJ Writing Center, 10-12 Biology Society, 9-12 per aspera ad astra David Liu Duke University Varsity Math Team, 9-12 Science Olympiad 9 STEMbassadors 10-12 Not giving up is the first sign of success.

Jelena Liu University of Virginia LIFT Tennis Bourjaily Study Hall (12) School is my priority but I love to go out!

Jason Liu University of Wisconsin-Madison I still haven’t started my senior research project.

Samuel Liu New York University Cheer, 10-12 Track, 9-12 Asian Awareness, 9-12 I hate it when people tell me that I need to open my banana from the bottom just because monkeys do it. But who is to say that monkeys are doing it right?

Sharon Liu University of Virginia Congressional Debate, 9-12 Battle of the Books, 11-12 Future Problem Solving Scenario Writing, 10-12 National Art Honor Society, 11-12 Starbucks, 0-12 U+1F440 U+1F634 U+1F608 U+1F525

30 APHORISMS Eldon Luk University of Virginia Yearbook, 9-12 Relay for Life, 11-12 College Partnership Program, 9-12 TJ Drama, 12 Field Hockey Manager, 12 Shoutout to sidewalks for keeping me off the streets.

Saivardhan Mada Georgia Institute of Technology Speech and Forensics, 10-12 Neuroscience Society, 10-12 Musical Medical Society, 10-12 Environmental Impact Club, 9-11 just released from my four year sentence Yash Makkena George Mason Universiy spent a year tryna get in, spent three years tryna get out Subul Malik Georgetown University Class Council (10-12) Model UN (9-12) Bourjaily Study Hall (12) “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” Harry Potter

Ruchi Maniar Virginia Tech Class Council (10-12) Yearbook (9-12) Cockadoodledoo (12) “Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” -Dr. Seuss Kaleb Marioghae Pennsylvania State University FBLA Football Lacrosse Debate If something is worthwhile, it won’t be easy. If something is easy, it won’t be worthwhile.

Jashanjeet Matharoo University of Virginia TJ Basketball, 9-12 TJ Football, 9 and 12 TJ MUN, 10 You can pay for school, but you can’t buy class Rebecca Mays Princeton University TJ Crew, 9-12 Latin, 9-12 Peyakee...Peyakee ohyoot!

Thomas Mecherikunnel Virginia Tech “ You can only lose what you cling to.”

Shreya Medepalli Rutgers University - New Brunswick Orchestra, Red Cross Youth Task Force Don’t cry because it happened, smile because it’s over.

Shrikant Mishra College of William and Mary Shri Can’t think of any aphorisms Shweta Mohanty Rutgers University - New Brunswick Yearbook 9-12 Alvand Moini University of Virginia Orchestra, 9-12 Track and Field, 9-12 “Aye, the compass doesn’t point North. But we’re not trying to find North, are we?”

–Joshamee Gibbs Colin Murphy Amherst College Crew, 9-12 Quizbowl, 9-10 Astronomy Club, 12 Bird Club, 10-12 I’m cooler than a polar bear’s toenails.

Gaby McDonald Duke University Crew, 9-12 Band, 9 11-12 IIE, 9-12 Kristin Myers “10k done on the erg and your workout was...?” University of Virginia Coach Ron Honor Council, 9-12 Latin Club & Honor Society, 9-12 Reilly McLaren SGA Excomm 10-12 Virginia Tech Drama, 12 Janet Malzahn Environmental Science Club 9-11 Illegitimi non carborundum Cornell University Key Club 10-12 TJMC, 9-12 Swim and Dive 11-12 Pranavi Nara Investigations in Epidemiology, 9-12 Soccer 9-12 Pennsylvania State College Mock Trial, 11-12 Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only “Whatever you are, be a good one.” -Abraham Global Health Initiative, 11-12 the details of how he lived and how he died that Lincoln “I really only listen to, like, German death reggae distinguish one man from another Minh-Quan Nguyen and Halloween sound effects records from the -Hemingway Virginia Tech 1950s. And Bette Midler. Obviously.” - April TJ has taught me that there’s someone for everyLudgate one. And the person for me is a psychiatrist.

Subul Malik Georgetown University Class Council (10-12) Model UN (9-12) Kids Are Scientists Too (11-12) Bourjaily Study Hall (12) “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” Harry Potter

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JUNE 15, 2017 Caroline Nguyen University of Michigan TJSD (9-12) Lacrosse (9-12) Relay for Life (9-12) Class Council (10-12) Not my guy.

Nam Tran Nguyen Saint Bonaventure University Writing Center, 10-12 Choir, 10-12 Urban Dance Movement, 10-12 Tutoring, 9-12 “If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.”- Kendrick Lamar Christopher Niu University of California, Berkeley Rotary Interact, 9-12 TJSD, 10-12 Asian Awareness, 9-12 Magician’s Alliance, 12 “Reflection” - The Lion King Albert Pan Tulane University “mountains get big cause they have no natural predators” - Ken M Neil Parikh Boston University Bourjaily Study Hall, 12 Model United Nations, 10 - 12 Medical Society, 9 - 12 Environmental Impact Club, 10 - 12 Biotechnology Club, 9 - 12 TJ Swim and Dive, 10 - 12 “Can you....” (Read 2:00 AM) Audrey Park College of William & Mary Dance Team, 9-11 Raisins! It’s nature’s candy.

Varun Patel University of Pittsburgh Truer Words Have Never Been Spoken

Swetha Prabakaran University of California, Berkeley TJMUN, 9-12 FBLA, 9-12 Coding Lady Colonials, 10-12 Jefferson Society, 10-12 SHS, 10-12 TJSD, 10-12 Classy Lassy Forever <3 Mother: “I’m thinking of becoming a comedian...”

“But Mom you can’t make jokes though...”

“I made you”

Ankith Rao University of Pittsburg ManChoir, 9-12 TJ Crew, 9-12 Deal with what you’re dealt.

Sishaar Rao University of California - Berkeley Swing Dance Team Captain Appointed Vice-President of Environmental Impact Club President of Comedy Club Pickup Line Lover Taco Bell Aficionado Shraddha Pradeep What happened is I beat the living s*** out of Virginia Commonwealth University a sniveling little runt called Pinky Bandinski, “I am wrong more often than I am writing. And who had the gall to question my virility. Because, even then, I am often wrong.” if there’s one thing we’ve learned from penny -Andrea Gibson (Slam Poet) dreadfuls, it’s that when you find yourself in a place like this, you must never be a candy a**; Neeraj Prasad you’ve got to prove yourself from day one. You’ve Massachusetts Institute of Technology got to win their respect.

Biology Olympiad Science Bowl Yadeen Rashid Science Olympiad Northern Virginia Community College Onwards TJ Football (9-12) Find the good things in life and cherish them.

Alex Prosak Life is too short to spend most of it worrying.

University of Virginia Football, 9-12 Sneha Ravi Baseball, 9 University of Virginia Teenage Republicans, 9-12 Threshold (10-12), NHS Leadership Innovations in Concepts of Engineering, (11,12), Latin Club/LHS (9-12), Cubesat 10-12 (11,12), Field Hockey (9,10,12) Cultivators of the Earth, 11-12 “You are braver than you believe, stronger than Hip Hop Heads, 11-12 you seem, and smarter than you think”- Winnie The Atlanta Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the the Pooh by A. A. Milne Super Bowl.

Shruti Ray Dan Qi University of Maryland, College Park The University of Chicago TJ Orchestra, 9 - 12 Chinese Honor Society, 9-12 TJ Drama, 12 Model United Nations, 9-12 It is the music of a people who will not be slaves Elementary School Tutors, 10-12 again.

“Life is not a spectator sport” - Dr. Jones Ahad Rizvi Gautam Ramanathan Cornell University Washington University in St. Louis TJMC 9-12 People say there is nothing perfect in this world, Electronics Club 9-12 yet here I am.

Band 9-10,12 “Good writers borrow. Great writers steal outright.”

32 APHORISMS Josh Rutzick Lehigh University “Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”

- Albert Einstein Suhas Sastry Stanford University TJHSST Orchestra, 9-12 TJ CubeSat Team, 11-12 A day well slept is a day well spent.

Dana Scheetz University of Alabama Field Hockey, 9-12 Basketball, 9-12 College Partnership Program, 10-12 Monticello Maniacs, 9-12 “If your Crocs don’t squeak, you’re weak.”

-Devan Kowdley Molly Schindler Wentworth Institute of Technology Bridge Club, 9-12 Softball, 10-12 Stembassadors 10-12 FRC, 12 LIFE, 12 “The world is trying to kill each and every one of you, if you do not hold each other up no one else will.” -Melissa Newman-Evans Anshu Sharma Randolph-Macon College MUN, 9-12 Latin Club, 9-12 SAC, 10-12 Physics Team, 11-12 LIFT, 11-12 tjSTAR planning, 9-12 Keep your head up and don’t be afraid to take a leap.

Alvin Shi The University of Chicago tjToday, 9-12 Threshold, 9-12 Art Club, 9-12 “Translator Dlique was saying, very earnestly, “Eggs are so inadequate, don’t you think? I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken. Or a duck.

Or whatever they’re programmed to be. You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of the night last week.” ― Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword Nikhil Shirolkar Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Congressional Debate, Model UN, TJ VMT The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

Natasha Shukla Carnegie Mellon University TJ Drama, 9-12 Cappies, 10-12 “I’m painfully aware of what’s at stake. I can’t wait to see how it turns out.” Lin-Manuel Miranda Arun Singh Rutgers University- New Brunswick Men’s Varsity Tennis Captain (9-12) Innovations in Concepts in Engineering President (9-12) Computer Technology Assistant (9-12) “Let ‘em hate. Just make sure they spell your name right.” -Suits

Won SeokSong Johns Hopkins University Latin Honors Society (9-12), TJ Peer Tutoring (10-12), Holmes Middle School Anahita Sharma Tutoring (10-11), Orchestra (9,12), Pit OrUniversity of Virginia chestra (Spring Musical) (10-12), Ballroom Crew, 10-12 Dance Club (11-12) Orchestra, 9, 12 Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit “Stay present, stay pleasant, stay proud.” - Mom (Perhaps it will aid you to remember even these things) Vivamus, mea Lesbiatquamemus

Rishab Sriramoju University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Truer words have never been spoken.

Swati Srivastava University of Virginia “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” ~E.E. Cummings “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten” ~Neil Gaiman. Thanks family.

Kody Stremick Harvard University TJMC 9-12 TJ Drumline, 9-12 Recording Audio for the Disabled, 9-12 Manchoir, 10-12 If we all stand on each other’s shoulders, no one has to touch the ground.

Ajith Sumesh George Mason University TJ Lacrosse Plan for the future, because that is where you are going to spend the rest of your life Haoyuan Sun California Institue of Technology Varsity Math Team (9-12) Dr. Osborne’s room (12) Computer Team (9-12) Cross Country (10-12) Daily Needs: Paper, graphing calculator and pencil. Also brain... I cannot emphasize this last one enough...

-- Dr. Osborne David Sun College of William & Mary TJ Men’s Lacrosse, 9-12 Asian Awareness, 9-12 “It’s time to take chances. Make mistakes. get messy!” - Ms. Frizzle

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JUNE 15, 2017 Tiffany Sun Princeton University TWIST (10-12) Book Buddies (9, 11-12) Send-a-Smile (11-12) PromComm (12) “I wouldn’t mind turning into a vermilion goldfish” Aditi Sundararaman University of Maryland iNite Namaste French Honor Society LIFE Persian-Arab Club Sorry, I have dance practice.

Rohan Taneja University of Virginia Kindercare (11-12) TJ Basketball FBLA ICE I tried to pay attention but attention paid me.

D’Michael Thompson University of Virginia School of Engineering Crew, 9-10 Amateur Radio, 9-12 Ballroom Dance, 11-12 Aphorism aller than five.

Joyce Tian Harvard University RAD, 9-12 French Honor Society, 10-12 Color Guard, 10-12 All hail the Golden Trash Bag. Sean Tran College of William and Mary 2017 Class Council, 11-12 SGA, 11-12 Urban Dance Movement, 10-12 Humans of TJ, 12 TJ Homecoming Tutorial, 10-11 TJ Prom Tutorial, 12 “I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.” -Beyoncé

Bilol Tulamirza College of William and Mary TJ MSA, 9-12 TJ SLAVA, 11-12 TJ Cultivators of the Earth, 10-12 TJ Action Africa,10-11 TJ ICE, 10-12 Kindercare, 11-12 Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Avinash Tummala University of Pittsburgh Namaste Minds Matter Hip Hop Heads Call me a plumber because I seal the leaks Avinash Tummala University of Pittsburgh TJ Bhangra Team 11-12, TJ MUN 10-12 They don’t paint pictures, they just trace me - Jay z Edward Tyles Virginia Polytechnic Institute Take risks Giancarlo Valdetaro Cornell University SGA, 10-12 Varsity Tennis, 9-12 Model UN, 9-12 “You never know what you got until it’s gone”.

Thanks for the memories, TJ, and I can’t wait to figure out what I had.

Bharat Venkat Virginia commonwealth university Truer words have never been spoken Yashna Verma College of William and Mary “Life is too short to miss out on being really happy.”

Klara Vertes Pratt Institute Art Honors Society “Just do your work. And if the world needs your work it will come and get you. And if it doesn’t, do your work anyway.” -Kiki Smith Badrish Vinhav Harvard College Do the best leave the rest Patticha Vitsupakorn Virginia Tech Yearbook, 9-12 Class Council, 12 Boys Lacrosse Manager, 11-12 TJSD, 9-12 Tim Cho, 10 Eat the spaghetti to forgetti your regretti Aadith Vittala Rice University Chemistry Team, 9-12 Science Olympiad, 10-12 TJ Partnership Fund, 12 “I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.”

Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Brandon Wang University of Wisconsin-Madison I really see myself working in a mirror factory.

Andrew Wang University of Virginia Asian Awareness Lacrosse Cross Country Spring Track Winter Track “Believe in the me that believes in you.”

34 APHORISMS Alexander Wang The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Lacrosse, 9-12 Math Team, 9-12 Dr. Osborne’s Worksheets, 11-12 TJ IOI, 12 Multi Memes, 12 BananaWolf, (life) High school is like contour integration: you need to have some problem points in the middle for it to add up to something meaningful in the end.

William Xu Cornell University Varsity Math Team (9-12) XC/Track (10-12) Theatre (11-12) Dr. Osborne’s Worksheets (11-12) Multi Memes (12) Wandering around the school (9-12) “Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you’re going to be right.” ~Muhammad Ali

Jessica Wang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Future Problem Solving, 9-12 Biology Society, 9-12 Writing Center Tutor, 10-12 MUN 10-11 Squuaaaad 12 Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.

-Vladimir Nabokov

Roshni Yaradi University of Pittsburgh Orchestra, Drama “We all could have been killed, or worse, expelled.”

Carolyn Wang University of California, Berkeley Gymnastics, 9-12 TWIST, 10-12 WISE, 11-12 “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” -Anaïs Nin

Nick Yoon Northeastern University Band Ultimate Frisbee Swing Dance Environmental Impact Club “We don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.” - Bob Ross

Milan Wolff College of William and Mary SKIFFY, 9-12 Certamen, 9-12 Writing Center, 11-12 “Life is so common--but not your life.”

-Karl Kirchwey, “Barium” Daniel Wu University of California, Berkeley Soccer, 9-12 Swim, 11-12 Hanging out with Reilly, 9-12 “Stand up with love.” -Hong Yan Arthur Wu University of Virginia Asian Awareness, 9-12 Cross Country, 9-12 Track, 9-11 It’s just high school, don’t forget to have fun.

Andrew Yoder Rochester Institute of Technology Wrestling, 9,10,12 Teknos 9-10 *whistles*

Diana Zavela Case Western Reserve University TJ Aerospace 9-12 WISE 9-12 Varsity Softball 9-12 Poi Club 10-12 Chinese Honor Society 10-12 CubeSat 11-12 “An end of something is the beginning of something else.” --John Glenn Andrew Zhang Cornell University Intermediate Computer Team, 10-11 Weyanoke Elementary Tutoring, 11-12 Be yourself and be proud of who you are. Do the things that you love to do and you will be happy.

Emma Zhang University of Chicago Dance Team, 9-12

Guitar Club, 11-12 “Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”

Peter Zhao Williams College Page Manager of TJ Memes, 12 Technology Student Association, 9-12 Jefferson Orchestra, 9-12 First Robotics, 12 Teknos, 12 ♫ Sweet dreams are made of memes, who am I to disagree? ♫ Sydney Zheng Carnegie Mellon University “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.”

—Anon Sarah Zhou University of Virginia TWIST (9-12) WISE (9-11) TJMC (10-12) TJDL (10-12) no regrets (12) “I Will Uphold Academic and Personal Integrity in the TJ Community.” -Thomas Jefferson Jason Zou UC Berkeley Asian Awareness 10-12 Chinese Honor Society 10-12 Orchestra 11 Urban Dance Movement 12 “The man who fears losing has already lost.” GRRM Emily Zou University of California, Berkeley Dance Team (10-12) PromComm (12) I bake, y’all take.

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tjSTAR CELEBRATES RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Clockwise from upper left corner: Google vice president and chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf addresses students in his keynote presentation; seniors Patty Vitsupakorn and Jenny Kim applaud Dr. Glazer recieving an award at tjSTAR, seniors Nickash Sivakumar and Justin Lee listen to presentations, seniors Victoria Bevard and Neha Khandelwal present their research project; senior Peter Kim presents his research project PHOTOS // Angel Kim and Ashley Huang

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J-DAY EMBRACES JEFFERSON TRADITIONS Clockwise from upper left corner: Senior Jillian Khoo prepares to perform; junior Ishaan Dey photographs students at J-Day; senior Sarah Crossen performs in the courtyard; sophomore Christina Blake participates in Sponge Wars hosted

by Model UN; senior Aakash Shukla participates in the waterslide hosted

by SGA; junior Varun Mosur plays in a drumline performance; senior Cece Brower sells Siberian Freezes hosted for SLAVA; students play basketball hosted by Black Student Union PHOTOS // Angel Kim

DESIGN // Angel Kim

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