tjTODAY 2019 Senior Issue

THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECH || ALEXANDRIA, VA

TJTODAY JUN. 6, 2019 || VOL 4 ISSUE 7 || www. tjtoday.org

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CAMPUS LEADERS SHARE TJ LESSONS Neil Kothari and Ethan Phillips SGA PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT

To Our Fellow Colonials, Like most of you, when we took the courageous leap of accepting our TJ admissions offer, we had no clue what we were getting ourselves into. We can’t say that the past four years have been pretty, but we can say that we’ve valued every moment, every experience, and every lesson learned, except maybe wave labs.

We joined Student Government out of concern for the direction in which TJ was headed. We saw an avenue to make changes that would make future students’ four years at Jefferson less painful and more meaningful.

Creating change means taking risks. We invite you to be willing to step outside your comfort zone and challenge each other. Push the boundaries of possibility. Whether it be in research, design, engineering, or leadership, progress relies on bold steps forward that come standing up when you are fearful, speaking out when it’s safer to be silent, and exploring the unknown. It will not be easy, but it will be necessary.

Be willing to engage in dialogue even when—especially when— you disagree. There will be people in life whose ideas are appalling.

People who you feel are undoubtedly wrong. Do not be afraid to challenge them, to upset the status quo. But do so without name-calling or alienating the other side. Being a force for impactful change does not require making enemies. We can disagree without being disagreeable. Bitter facebook arguments have never created the form of tangible and meaningful change we have experienced in Student

Government. Stand up for what you believe in through pragmatic forums. Challenge yourself to show up to a meeting, organize an act of protest, or help change a rule, even if there is no free food involved.

While the bulk of the issues at TJ will remain long after we graduate, we are proud of the progress made through SGA, such as the removal of mandatory summer assignments, a review of our intervention procedure, relaxed AP attendance policy, and improving access to mental health resources. We are hopeful that the next group of student leaders will continue to fight for students and remember what makes TJ extraordinary.

Beyond the wealth of resources and one-ofa-kind research opportunities, what truly makes this place so special is all of you: the students.

You inspire us every day to be better versions of ourselves. However, as a school that strives for and achieves excellence in everything we do, Photo by Jiny Cho it is easy to lose yourself in the numbers and background noise. In college and beyond, we encourage you to focus your talents on the things that truly matter: creation, exploration, and passion above GPA. It has been an honor serving as your President and Vice President, and we thank you for the opportunity to be your champion during challenging times. We are confident that you will continue TJ’s longstanding tradition of excellence in all your future endeavors and wish you nothing but the best. Push the limits, challenge the status quo, be exceptional, and Gooooooooo Colonials!

Gwen Jacobson and Anna Thamsett LATIN HONOR SOCIETY PRESIDENTS

Four years ago, on what seemed a normal March day, hundreds of TJ freshmen were suddenly overwhelmed by a sea of black-clad students chanting a cryptic refrain: “BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!” As members of Latin Club and officers of LHS, the two of us have witnessed numerous celebrations, arcane rituals, and Shakespearean assassinations, and we have had the distinct honor of experiencing them with and/or inflicting them upon you all the while.

To the innocent bystanders who have put up with our shenanigans for all four years, we extend our sincerest awe! You have witnessed the strange and sometimes -- we admit -- cultish deeds for which we have gained notoriety, and we thank you for being such good sports about it.

Now to those who have participated wholeheartedly throughout their time here. It has truly been a pleasure to walk alongside all of you, gradually becoming accustomed to the wonderful wacky world that is TJ Latin. Although the quirks of our activities have intrinsic charm and intrigue, people like you -- dedicated and enthusiastic --

add value that nobody can quantify to each activity. Your indefatigable hearts and spirit have helped the Latin Club grow and thrive, and we cannot thank you enough for that.

As a class, we are about to move on to even stranger and more mysterious undertakings, a somewhat daunting realization. However, if we meet these new beginnings with the same good nature and enthusiasm we have maintained here at TJ, there is no doubt that we can continue to grow and thrive ourselves.

Avēte atque valēte -- hail and farewell!

Photo courtesy of Gwen Jacobson

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Atharv Gupta MUN SECRETARY-GENERAL

Model UN is known by many names at TJ; competition, debate, cult; but the role that it has filled in my life is that of family. I’ll never forget the innumerable memories our class has made throughout the past four years, from 2019 carrying TJMUN to Best Large at ILMUNC this year, to our humble beginnings in 20169. These are the memories that have defined my high school experience.

Upon joining this club my freshman year, I remember finding myself transfixed by our senior class. They exuded confidence and charisma and made a genuine effort to reach out, serving as role models for us well beyond their time at TJ. I hope that we now represent the same ideals to our underclassmen, and that we continue to do so upon graduating To the students taking over, my only advice is to keep reaching out to those around you. We give hundreds of people the opportunity to compete because MUN can truly change lives. It helped me find my voice and my passion in life, and I’ve seen it do the same for countless others over the past four years. People often say that MUN brings the worst out in people, but it also brings out the best. Never lose sight of that. I hope that this family continues to be a respite from TJ’s overwhelmingness, rather than a contributing factor. I certainly do not know what I would’ve done without it. TJMUN, thank you for everything. We Run This!

Photo courtesy of Atharv Gupta

Eric Sun

Sarah Gold and Avi Urbach

BIO OLYMPIAD

CHOIR CAPTAINS

After writing too many two-hundred fifty word reflective essays for college applications, I found it humorous that I was asked to write some parting words.

My experiences in Biology Olympiad over the last couple of years have been phenomenal. I can’t clearly recall my first memories of Biology Olympiad freshman year, but back then, we were Photo courtsy of Eric Sun still in the old biology hallway, meeting in the metal jungle of wrangled ceilings with wires poking everywhere.

The popularity of our annual J-Day booth was indisputable. We consistently sold out—and continue to sell out of—Popeye’s fried chicken and complementary heart disease in minutes.

From the outside, it would be easy to say that TJ Choir has devolved since we joined as underclassmen.

Freshmen year, at our first ever choir concert, Show Choir barely fit into M8 for rehearsals, and was so large that we had to make two rows of singers in an arc that circled almost the entire stage. Since that concert, our numbers have steadily fallen, as singers graduated or left choir to Photo courtesy of Sarah Gold pursue music somewhere more serious. We no longer have a Co Curricular Choir Concert, as we no longer have a curricular choir. The shear numbers make it look like choir is fading into obscurity.

In my earlier TJ years, I drowned myself in Campbell Biology. I was curious about the inner workings of cells, and I treated Campbell like religious scripture. It was hard to find me at school without the book either in my backpack, by my side, or open in front of me.

Even though I never made it to the USA Biology Olympiad training camp, I became fascinated with the world of biology. Through Biology Olympiad, I found peers who worked with me on over yearlong research projects in the JUMP lab tackling modern biomedical problems. Looking back at the club now and seeing how much it has grown, I am so proud of everyone in the club for working beyond measure and fostering a community under a similar love for biology.

Fortunately for us, the bonds that hold choir together remain strong, even as the department shrinks. This year alone, we’re on track to put up three concerts, as well as singing at iNite and jDay. Plus, for the first time in years, choir produced its own exhibition musical! Beyond that, the friendships that hold choir together grow closer every day. In rehearsals, singers help one another learn notes and keep their tempos, but the best moments happen in between the music. After concerts at IHOP and before 8th period rehearsals, the incredible singers of TJ Choir find time for companionship – for helping one another through a rough day, for celebrating a good grade or a good game, and for everything in between.

To the underclassmen who are still figuring out what to do, keep looking for what excites you. It may not be biology competitions, or even biology for that matter. But once you have found that one thing—chase after it.

As we leave choir at the end of this year, we are assured that even when facing a lack of administrative support or student interest, TJ choristers will keep on singing out of a love for music and for one another.

CAMPUS LEADERS SHARE TJ LESSONS Aaraj Vij & Mijin Cho 2019 CLASS COUNCIL PRESIDENT & VICE-PRESIDENT

Two roads diverged in the construction that was once TJ And we knew we could not travel both And having only experienced freshmen bio, I looked down the medical path To where the the biotech research labs met sys labs; Then I glanced towards the other, giving CS a chance, And having an internal dilemma, I thought ‘Engineering didn’t sound that bad’; Though a glance was just a glance And the other freshmen also took CS too.

After four years, I tell this with a sigh, Somewhere in the middle of homecoming, The two roads diverged in Gym 2, and I -I took the one where my heart agreed And that made all the difference.

As our four years at TJ come to a close, we can’t help but smile when looking back at 2019’s journey. From homecoming freshman year, we hit the ground running. We set a whole new standard for money wars, raising more than every other class combined. And we set a whole new standard for float, building something so ugly that the renovation crew stuck it into a wall so it would never be seen again. But that was okay, because by sophomore year, we had it all figured out. What we lacked in talent, we could make up for with Money Wars and confetti.

But our experience at TJ has been defined by more than just homecoming: it’s been defined by lessons every step of the way.

At TJ, we learned the importance of community.

Throughout every situation, from testing our freshman robot to writing college applications, we have always had each other’s backs. And with that support, we have overcome our greatest challenges.

2019 truly puts unity in the TJ community.

At TJ, we learned the importance of taking risks. Whether it was eating one of the world’s spiciest chili peppers during lunch or voluntarily taking AP Physics, we’ve all Photo courtesy of Mijin Cho made mistakes. The wonderful thing about taking risks is that if it pays off, great! And if doesn’t, you can look back and laugh, especially if it involved Dr. Glazer escorting you to the nurse.

But most of all, at TJ, we learned to cherish every moment. Whether it’s confetti scattered across the gym bleachers, Donut Days, iNite dances, or the undying hope that maybe, just maybe, we’ll get free air mattresses, we have all had special moments that made our time here unforgettable.

And with these lessons, no matter where we end up, we will thrive.

Congratulations, Class of 2019. We did it!

Jun Chong and Sohail Mohanty CAPTAINS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM

The marching band played the same tune it plays every Friday morning and before home games for the last four years. It still pumped me up every time. The marching band made the effort to come in early just so the rest of the school would get pumped for the game that night. That’s what I’ll miss about football- how it brought our school together. Kids were excited and would skip studying for tests just to prep for homecoming week. Teachers would wish us good luck in every class. I felt that it gave us all something to distract us from all the projects, tests, and papers we had.

Prior to football games, I got extremely nervous. I was always afraid of letting my school, teammates, and coaches down. It was always running through my mind: ”what if I mess up this one tiny thing?”

Like getting the snap or taking the wrong step. Now that I look back at it, that just shows how much I cared about football.

I’ll miss my boys the most. These were some of my closest friends at TJ and the worst part about leaving TJ is not seeing them as much.

I’ve made a lot of friends though my 4 years at TJ. However, every

single one of my teammates will do anything for me and I’d do the same. We endured so much together. We ran conditioning when one of us messed up.

We practiced twice a day in scorching hot temperatures. We lifted together. We watched film together. We won Photo by Sabria Kazmi and lost together. It was a special bond.

Football was the best part of my time at TJ. The memories I made will forever follow me.

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How will you remember us, Dr. Bonitatibus?

WHAT ADJECTIVES WOULD YOU USE TO DESCRIBE THE CLASS OF 2019?

Heart-focused, independent thinkers, supportive, respectful, leaders.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT WITH THE CLASS OF 2019?

One funny memory I have is the HoCo pep rally when seniors fervently chanted “Neil Kothari” when the sound system wasn’t working. Another lasting memory I have is enjoying working with senior class members on mental wellness initiatives. They have been extremely thoughtful regarding how we can take care of each other and build a more positive culture for our school.

Photo by Sabria Kazmi

WHAT CHARACTERISTICS DO YOU THINK DEFINE THE SENIOR CLASS? Because our senior class is filled with young adults possessing great minds and large hearts, they have been important bridge builders for TJ. Our seniors redoubled efforts this year to connect with and mentor younger students. We had seniors represent the diversity of our school in a widely published Washington Post article about college admissions. This class has also worked earnestly to honor past traditions while thinking of new ways to build school spirit. Thank you to the Class of 2019 for leaving a positive legacy. On behalf of the entire faculty and staff, we wish you the very best and we will miss you.

Class Sponsors Reflect on 2019 Isaac Carey

Alouf Jirari-Scavatto

Photo by Sabria Kazmi

WHAT PARTING WORDS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2019?

Instead of “Be Good At School”, your mandate is now to “Be Good At Life”. Best of luck, sheep!

WHAT WAS YOUR MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT IN DEALING WITH THE CLASS OF 2019?

Getting the class organized was a perennial challenge. Our students couldn’t even get a Skip Day organized successfully, now imagine large-scale fundraising and events.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT WITH THE CLASS OF 2019?

After a bumpy three years at Homecoming and getting beaten by the Freshmen when we were Sophomores, it was really fun to be the loudest, most spirited class and sweep every pep rally during homecoming. Winning the first-ever Most Spirited Teacher Award didn’t hurt, either.

Photo by Sabria Kazmi

WHAT PARTING WORDS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE CLASS OF 2019?

2-0-1-9 You’re the class we can’t outshine WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CLASS OF 2019, WHAT ADJECTIVES COME TO MIND? 3 C’s: classy, creative, considerate.

WHAT WAS YOUR MOST DIFFICULT MOMENT IN DEALING WITH THE CLASS OF 2019?

Situations of procrastination under tight deadlines.

SUPERLATIVES

Otilia Danalache and Ally Nakamura

Most Photogenic

Brenna Courtney and Laura Gersony

Most Likely to Win a Putlitzer

Isabela Huckabee and Andrew Kim

Ellen Chen and Eliot Liu

Mehran Sajjad and Rishin Pandit

Most Likely to be on SNL

Night Owls

Best Laugh

Marisa Leo and Atharv Gupta

Most Spirited

Olivia Johansson and Chrissy Blake

Most Likely to be a Movie Star

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Anna Xu and Erica Wu

Best Friends (Female)

Neil Kothari and Naman Rai

Most Likely to Dominate Wall Street

Siona Prasad and Clare Heinbaugh

Kaitlin Phan and Julia Martinez

Wenxi Huang and Zach Hershey

Most Likely to Have Hermione’s Time Turner

Best Dressed

Best Friends (Male)

Daniel Shen and Ben Humlecker

Eric Sun and Wenbo Wu

Best to Bring Home to Parents

Most Likely To Cure Cancer

Mallory Brodnik and Todd Hartman

Rachel Eom and Samantha Yap

Most Athletic

Next Picasso

Olivia Xia and Joffin Manjaly

Best Dancer

Danny Huffman and Sabria Kazmi

Best Smile

Erica Wu and Anvitha Chimata

Social Media Maven

Olympia Hatzilambrou and Ethan Nguonly

Luc Sequeria and Kobe Lum

Most Likely to Win a Record Deal

Most Adventurous

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Kazuya Chue and Michael Ma

Jiny Cho and Johnathan Huynh

Most Likely to Become a Pro Gamer

Best Photographer

Reilly McBride and Liana Keesing

Master Chef

Alice Fontaine and Wan Li

Rohan Arora and Rohan Chaturvedula

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

Most Changed Since Freshman Year

Best Eyes:

Savannah Wilson and Rohan Puvvada

Sassmasters:

Will Cho and Arsh Ganjoo

Omkar Kulkami and Zyannah Mallick

Logs the Most Netflix Hours

tjMEDIA SENIOR STAFF SAYS GOODBYE Our Purpose and Motivation tjTODAY Seniors || Mijin Cho, Sabria Kazmim, Shruthi Nyshadham

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veryone has opinions. Everyone has experiences. Everyone has a story. Journalism has always been about unearthing those stories and telling them to the world. This year, we are particularly proud of having highlighted the stories of people who aren’t often heard. We have had the privilege of listening to student’s perseverance through mental disorders, to people’s niche hobbies, and to innovator’s ambitious goals for technology. It has been an honor to share these stories from our community, and that’s what we will miss the most: the chance each of you gave us to be involved in a part of your lives.

Because behind every magazine is a team of people who make it possible, spending countless hours reporting, writing, editing, and designing to bring the words on the page to life. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that the team behind tjTODAY extends beyond the walls of Room 31. To every single person who accepted an interview request, posed for a photoshoot, visited our website, rifled through the magazine, or trusted us to share your story, thank you.

The same way we hope that we’ve left our unique mark at TJ, tjTODAY has left the three of us with an undeniable love of telling stories. We are no longer passive listeners but seekers. Writers.

Storytellers. Empathizers.

We could not doubt the lessons of empathy we’ve learned throughout the past four years in sharing universal human stories, and we hope that you will continue that mission of cultivating a sense of commonality within our community. Thank you TJ, we will miss you.

Goodbye.

Photo by Erinn Harris

Impact of TJ MEDIA Techniques Senior || Elizabeth Ling

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es, yearbook is a class. Yes, there’s only been 6 people in it these last two years. Yes, we make the entire book from scratch. When I joined yearbook freshman year, I didn’t know any of this either.

Since then, I’ve loved this journey of uninsightful quotes from sophomore boys and telling teachers that students find them intimidating - and then interviewing them about it. Through yearbook, I’ve found that the TJ community does exist and that each of you is kinda incredible. That’s what “Impossible? Try me.” is meant to say, by the way.

Yearbook has pushed me to my limits - how many hours I can spend working in Room 31, how many clubs i can drop by in a single 8th period, how many times I can redesign the cover.

But of course, it was worth it. For all the chips and salsa and for the story of TJ we got to tell this year. As our stories keep unfolding, I’ll hope you’ll look back at this piece of our history captured in hardcover.

Techniques Senior || Thea Wang

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t some point in everyone’s life, we’ve all doubted our own abilities. But we have to remember not to compare ourselves to others: we’re important, too.

This year, I’ve stressed over deadlines. I’ve been tired, frustrated, and complained about not liking my designs, but I never once considered not having the book completed for everyone by Photo by Jiny Cho summer. Every book I’ve worked on is important to me, and I hope I can convey why that is so to you.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember me, but I just hope our yearbook can help you remember the happy memories from high school. Whether you’ve just finished your first or last year, congratulate yourself, because you’ve made it this far. See, it wasn’t impossible! Enjoy your summer; you’ve earned it.

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Reflecting on New Beginnings Teknos Seniors|| Danny Huffman and Lilia Qian

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he cover of this year’s Teknos is a departure from its sleek, futuristic predecessors—its sketchbook-like style celebrates not a dream for the future, but the discoveries and observations that have propelled innovation at every step toward the present. In its thirtieth anniversary, this year’s Teknos reflects on science—past and present—recognizing the years of questions and answers on which today’s TJ is built, and looking up and out as it branches into new directions.

Building off the pioneering work of last year’s staff, we continued to make past years’ papers and articles accessible through Teknos’s website, teknos.org. Moreover, the journal began to employ the website as a medium to publish student research not published in the physical journal. In honor of Teknos’s thirtieth anniversary, we held our very first cover art contest, which granted students the opportunity to contribute to Teknos in a novel way. This school year also marked the start of TekTalk, Teknos’s own podcast wherein Teknos staff discuss science headlines and interview students and teachers, providing a new venue for others to learn about TJ’s scientific community. We trust that all of these initiatives represent only the start of Teknos’s exploration of new ways to communicate science.

Rather than a famous public figure or a TJ staff member, the foreword of this year’s journal was written by a former TJ student and 2005 Teknos contributor, reflecting our desire to celebrate the people that have helped make Teknos possible, whether it’s today’s student researchers who supply the very substance from which Teknos is made, or Mrs. Seavey, whose sharp and insightful critique reminded us to always aim higher. In addition, we would

like to thank the school custodians, who graciously accommodated our frequent afterschool meetings.

Many thanks also go to the diligent, creative, and friendly editing team, who brought new ideas, positive attitudes, and a Photo courtesy of Lilia Qian bright atmosphere to every meeting. Finally, we express our eternal gratitude to Dr. Torbert, without whom Teknos could not function. Dr. Torbert, thank you for staying after school with us each week, for your interest in our progress and kind encouragement, and for your support every step of the way. We could not have done it without you.

Although our time with Teknos has come to an end, we hope that our club traditions will carry on to be shaped, colored, and adapted into the future. More than anything, we hope that Teknos will be as memorable and cherished an experience as it has been for us. While we are sad to leave Sys Lab lunch meetings, trips around the school to escape our ruts, and bearing witness to the whiteboard births of our club mascots, we trust that Teknos is in good hands, and hope that it will continue to produce not only scientific works, but also important, happy memories for all those involved.

Hard Work and Team Work Threshold Seniors || Alex Kao-Sowa, MJ Old, Wenbo Wu

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hreshold’s themes this year were Vacuity, emptiness, especially empty-headedness, and Reverie, daydream. Both can be taken to refer to the wanderings of the mind, which is very appropriate. Threshold is the wonderful magazine it is because of where our minds wander. We all walk the same halls, but our thoughts and our pens traverse the personal wilds of love and music, pain and poetry.

This year the whole staff pulled through technical issues, late nights, and hard deadlines, and produced an amazing magazine we’re all proud of. The skill and dedication of the underclassmen staff has been a yearlong inspiration. We forged enduring friendships and some amazing memories this year staying after school to finish spreads, reading all the submissions (truly a strange cross-section of

TJ’s collective subconscious), and lounging around in Ms. Porcelli’s room.

To the editors of next year: whenever you need advice or a cheerleader, we’re only a text away. And we know you’re going to be great.

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SENIORS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (7) Adam Ardeishar Matthew Cox

Caroline Jin Ryan Kim George Tang Daniel Wisdom Wenbo Wu

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (2) Lucas Buermeyer Alexander Hayden

Northeastern University (2) Eden Gordon Brandeis University (2) Sajni Vederey Natalie Chin Justin Leung Williams College (2) Tufts University (3) Robert Greene Ryan McFarlane William Yao

California

Stanford University (3) Liana Keesing Rachel Naidich Ally Nakamura

University of Massachusetts Amherst (1) Nathan Xue

Illinois

University of California at Berkeley (8) Nishanth Anand Riya Dabbi Ratan Kaliani Rishabh Krishnan Ethan Nguonly Elise Ong Pari Parajuli Bindu Srinivasa University of California, Los Angeles (2) Otilia Danalache Palak Jariwala University of California, San Diego (1) Yukta Chidanandan University of California, Santa Cruz (1) Christina Blake University of Southern California (2) Alexander Kao-Sowa Jocelyn Liu

Jennifer Hernandez Benjamin Xu

University of Michigan (14) Debbie Dong Quinn Goldberg Vasil Lakimovitch SJ Kachru Adityasai Koneru Arya Kumar Khue Le Maxwell Lee Marisa Leo Vishnu Murthy Pranav Rao Esha Saini Richard Wang Hana Yu

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (11) Shresta Bangaru Rohan Chaturvedula Will Cho Nathan Chow Ishaan Dwivedi Zane Givans Rishin Pandit Harshita Pasham Nikki Prabhu Joseph Rejive Arravind Sudhakar Northwestern University (1) Olivia Johansson

New York University Shanghai (1) Anubhava Watal

Arizona

Arizona State University (1) Isabela Huckabee

Iowa

Grinnell College (1) MJ Old

Pennsylvania State University (5) Wayez Ahmed Sebastian Lee Rayaan Malhotra Vishy Murthy Shreya Vinjamuri

Michigan

University of Chicago (8) Mallory Brodnik Ellen Chen Matthew Chen Laura Gersony Gwendolyn Jacobson Joyce Liu Vikrant Magadi Nidhi Talasani

University of Manchester (1) Cynthia Zhang

Pennsylvania

Massachusetts

Harvard College (5) Jun Chong Olympia Hatzilambrou Elizabeth Ling Siona Prasad Richard Lun

Carnegie Mellon University (12) Fiona Carcani Ravi Dhudhagra Jack Duvall James Frucht Eric Gan Larry Geng Nali Huynh Maxwell Jones Omkar Kulkarni Elizabeth Louie Evan Shi Mahima Pannala

York College of Pennsylvania (1) Savannah Wilson University of Pennsylvania (3) Andrew Kim Yujung Lee James Kuang Haverford College (1) Sarah Gold Bryn Mawr College (1) Alyssa Nash Drexel University (2) Ansh Gandhi Manna Haile

University of Maryland, College Park (5) Karthik Balakrishan Rushil Joshi Priyanka Mehta Sheral Patel Tianxiao Yang

Maryland

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University (3) Sukriti Dhingra Johnathan Huynh Etaasha Jain Ohio State University (1) Ankit Badatala Miami University (1) William O’Connell

Missouri

Washington University in St. Louis (4) Jiny Cho Neha Damaraju Gabrielle Fowler Dany Matar

Virginia

College of William of Mary (28) Arusha Arif Jude Bedessem Talia Carstoiu Seon Woo Cho Anhthu Cung

Cameron Curtis Rachel Eom Michael Gibson Katherine Hughes Maximus Kim Neha Kosaraju Evan London Brian Luong

Zyannah Mallick Sreya Mallipeddi Sohail Mohanty Andrew Nam Lynn Nguyen Young Qi John Small Duke Tran Avi Urbach Aaraj Vij Sarah Wang Robert West Erica Wu

Kathryn Yang Jimmy Yao Alex Yun

George Mason University (8 Farris Ahmad Kanwal Ahmad Dylan Bui Yoshihiro Iketani Eli Kaufman Lance Nguyen Suresh Patil Fadumosahra Yusuf University of Virginia (37) Pranusha Amancherla Abishek Bazaz Quentin Bishop Edward Chen Anvitha Chimata Utkarsh Chirimar Brenna Courtney

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University of Pittsburgh (16) Sriram Amirneni Julia Angel Varshini Babu Anjalika Chalamgari Jai Chawla Ankush Dasari Ivanna Dudala Korrina Gidwani Stuthi Iyer Alisha Jain Sneha Joisha Anurika Kumar Meghana Malyala Joffin Manjaly Ananya Pathapadu Gopika Pillai

Georgia

Georgia Institute of Technology [4] Charlie Gunn Alexander Liu Yash Shekar Mark Putman

Connecticut

Yale University (5) Danielle Castro Sebastian Ibarraran Eric Sun Jenny Tan Fred Zhang

Mithra Dhinakaran Amrit Gorle Justin Gou Rithvik Gundlapalli Noah Holloway Ben Humleker Anupama Jayaraman Raghav Khator Neil Kothari Isha Kunnath Calvin Kuo Wan Li Jack Liu Sreya Maram 8) Mahesh Menon Eeshma Narula Vi Nguyen Shruthi Nyshadham Kavya Parekh Will Pemble Kaitlin Phan Nihal Reddy Phillip Reeves Ish Sethi Ritika Shrivastav William Tan Erick Tian Serena Xia Tiffany Zhang Alan Zheng Annie Zhu

Delaware

District of Columbia

George Washington University (2) Justin Myalil June Ok Georgetown University (5) Atharv Gupta Wenxi Huang Esther Kang Sabria Kazmi Lilia Qian

New Jersey Princeton University (4) Ruben Ascoli Irene Kim Hanna Xu Julia Zhou

Rutgers University (2) Isha Goel Shambhavi Ramaswamy

University of Delaware (1) Ishika Govil

Colorado

North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (3) Sai Soumya Gudipudi Mishka Philizaire Ethan Phillips

Duke University (4) Claire Fan Grace Qi Shawin Vitsupakorn Anna Xu

New York

Thomas Porter Cassidy Trinh Camden Wiseman Ethan Wood-Thomas Samantha Yap Christopher Yuan Columbia University (2) Demian Yutin Alexander Ahn Sophia Wang Anne Nguyen New York University (5) Cornell University (13) Shruti Chennamaraja Shihao Cao Kayla Krieger Kazuya Chue Michael Ma Alison Duan Naman Rai Jongwan Kim Thea Wang Joshua Pan

Rochester Institute of Technology (1) HanSeong Jang Parsons School of Design (1) Luc Sequeira Binghampton University (1) Sarah O’Shay Fordham University (1) Nandhana Nair

University of Colorado at Boulder (1) Sophia Trissell

Virginia Commonwealth University (8) Prabhat Adusumalli Rohan Arora Anica Huang Julia Martinez Vivian Nguyen Saagar Sheth Anubhav Thapaliya Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (16) Neha Chinthapatla Isaac David DJ Jassal Minwu Kim Reena Medavarapu Aaditya Parameswaran Phineas Ulmishek-Anderson Preeti Uppuluri James Yao Greg Harrison Nitika Malhotra Parvesh Samayamanthula Naman Shah Rahil Shah Aaron Wadhwa Liberty University (1) Mark Dulaney

New Hampshire

Wisconsin

Dartmouth College (1) Daniel Shen

Texas University of Texas, Austin (2) Arsh Ganjoo Jeremy Krill Texas A&M University (1) Nidhi Nagireddy

University of Wisconsin-Madison (1) Nathan Mays

Rice University (1) Jenny Pruitt

Indiana

Maine

Colby College (1) Angie Sohn

Indiana University Bloomington (3) Nikhil Bandaru Vijaygopal Karumathil Connor Regen Purdue University (9) Pranav Karthikeyan Rayyan Khan Danny Kim Shreya Kurdukar Eliot Liu Jennifer Liu Calder Lowenthal Aarushi Upadhyaya Srivasta Valluri

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Prabhat Adusumalli Virginia Commonwealth University “Can I still get an extension on that robot project?”

Farris Ahmad George Mason University “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligatedto do so.”

Kanwal Ahmad George Mason University “You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet.

You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that?

Last-minute panic.” - Bill Watterson

Arusha Arif College of William and Mary “There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.” - Michelle Obama

Christopher Bi “I was infected with senioritis in freshman year.

It just happened to have a three-year incubation period.”

Rohan Arora Virginia Commonwealth University “Knowing is better than wondering. Waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beats the hell out of never trying.”

Quentin Bishop University of Virginia

Ruben Ascoli Princeton University “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” -Aesop.

Wayez Ahmed Pennsylvania State University “It’s the only life you got so Varshini Babu you gotta live it Big Time.”

University of Pittsburgh

Christina Blake University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz “That’s wild.”

Mallory Brodnik University of Chicago “Never regret anything because at one point it was exactly what you wanted.”

Lucas Buermeyer Worcester Polytechnic Institute “It’s not what you do- it’s what you are becoming.”

-Dean Kamen

Rohan Chanda “The Pokemon Magikarp should be not be able to win battles, but it is able to use struggle through the exhaustion of every other move. This move is widely regarded as useless as it not only injures its opponents but also the user. Despite all this, the Magikarp can evolve into a worthy dragon by struggling through adversity and relying on its allies to share their experience. We have struggled together, and we are all dragons.”

Rohan Chaturvedula University of IllinoisUrbana Champaign “Never stop. Never settle.”

Anvitha Chimata University of Virginia “Hilly.” -The Girlies Natalie Chin Brandeis University “I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not too sure.”

Neha Chinthapatla Virginia Polytechnic Institute “So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold onto that child-like wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”

Stephen Hawking

Jai Chawla University of Pittsburgh “Yesterday is history; Alexander Ahn Ankit Badatala tomorrow is a mystery. Today Utkarsh Chirimar Columbia University in the The Ohio State University is a gift, which is why we call University of Virginia City of New York Dylan Bui it the present.”

“I used to be jealous of Karthik Balakrishnan George Mason University Harry Potter for being able Pranusha Amancheria University of Maryland “Don’t engage if you don’t Edward Chen to talk to snakes but it turns University of Virginia College Park seek to win.”

University of Virginia out I’ve been doing it for “Memories last, but “Pretty surprised I made it to “There are many ways of years.” cheesecake doesn’t. So grap it be honest.”

Shihao Cao going forward but only when you can!”

Cornell University one way of standing still.”

Jiny Cho Nikhil Bandaru “It’s okay to be afraid- go out -Frankling D. Roosevelt Washington University in St. Sriram Amirneni Indiana Universityand fly anyway.”

Louis University of Pittsburgh Bloomington Ellen Chen (“hilly” - the girlies) “The world as we have “The only human in a city of Fiona Carcani University of Chicago “WE.” created it is a process of snakes.”

Carnegie Mellon University “A sincere apology to all out thinking. It cannot be who have been personally MiJin Cho changed without changing Shresta Bangaru Talia Carstoiu victimized by my RBF.” “ARE.” our thinking.” -Albert University of Illinois at College of William and Mary Einstein Urbana-Champaign “You have no idea how high Matthew Chen Seon Woo Cho “What makes a desert I can fly.” -Micahel Scott Univeristy of Chicago College of William & Mary Nishanth Anand beautifyl is that somewhere “In school, my favorite “NOT.” University of Californiain it hides a well.” -The Little Danielle Castro subject was math. That’s Berkeley Prince Yale University where I learned to count Will Cho “Large and in Charge.”

“I learned to take adversity money.” - Haan University of Illinois at Abhishek Bazaz in my life and turn it into Urbana-Champaign Julia Angel University of Virginia passion for wporking hard Shruti Chennamaraja “RELATED.” University of Pittsburgh “If you continue to and motivation to make a New York University reminisce about the past difference in other people’s “Hasan Minhaj, if you are Jun Chong Adam Ardeishar you will lose sight of the lives.” reading this, please hire me.” Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of present.”

“I’m a strong independent Technology Anjalika Chalamgari Yukta Chidanandan man... I swear I pick out and “Anything you can do I can Jude Bedessem University of Pittsburgh University of California at buy my own clothes.” do better.”

College of William and Mary “My mom told me to follow San Diego “It’s all really there.” my dreams, so I went back “I’m constantly torn between Nathan Chow to bed.” wanting to live fast die young University of Illinois at and wanting to be president Urbana Champaign one day.”

APHORISMS || JUNE 6, 2019 25 Kazuya Chue Cornell Univeristy “At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time, and nobody knew it.”

Claire Cofield “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” -Albert Einstein Brenna Courtney University of Virginia Matthew Cox Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anhthu Cung College of William and Mary “May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow beacuse I am looking down.” -Sara June Parker Cameron Curtis College of William and Mary “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Riya Dabbi University of California, Berkeley “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

Issac David Ishaan Dwivedi Virginia Polytechnic Institute University of Illinois at “No Gods! No Masters!”

Urbana-Champaign “Yesterday is history, Mithra Dhinakaran tomorrow is a mystert, but University of Virginia today is a gift. That is why “Succeed of fail, make it a it is called the present.” good story.”

-Master Oogway Sukriti Dhingra Case Western Reserve University “If you can’t blow them away with your brilliance, baffle them with your bs.”

Debbie Dong University of Michigan “Trust me, they don’t know it yet, but they’re going to love you.” (P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman) Alison Duan Cornell University “I’m not good at senior quotes. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?”

Ivanna Dudala University of Pittsburgh “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

Ravi Dudhagra Carnegie Mellon University “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking Neha Damaraju backwards. So you have Washington University in St. to trust that the dots will Louis somehow connect in your “Freshman year: IBET future. You have to trust in renovation, and brand new something- your gut, destiny, friends marked a fresh start; life, karma, whatever. This continue to Kavya Parekh for approach has never let me the next part.” down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” - Steve Otilia Danalache Jobs University of California Los Angeles Mark Dulaney “Every little thing gonna be Liberty University alright.”

“The batter still hits a grounder. In this case, the Ankush Dasari first bounce is 360 feet University of Pittsburgh away.”

“Did u do it? Yes. What did it cost? My sleep.”

Jack Duvall Carnegie Mellon University “Always pass on what you have learned.” -Yoda

Laura Gersony Robert Greene University of Chicago Tufts University “To look is an act of choice.” “Tomorrow will come / and the sun will rise / and life Michael Gibson will go on / and it will be College of William and Mary okay.” “[He]2s2 2p4 [Xe] 4f14 5d4 6s2 [He] 2s2 2p4” Sai Soumya Gudipudi University of North Carolina Rachel Eom Korrina Gidwani at Chapel Hill College of William and Mary University of Pittsburgh “I am 100% certain that I am “It doesn’t matter how slowly 0% sure of what I’m going you go as long as you don’t Zane Givans to do.” stop.” -Confucius University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Rithvik Gundlapalli Claire Fan University of Virginia Duke University David Godin “You’ve been eating my food “On all levels except University of Maryland, for the past four years not physical, I am 6’3”.”

College Park knowing that I’ve been the “If you are what you eat, snack all along.”

Gabrielle Fowler then I only want to eat the Washington University in St. good stuff.” -Remy Charlie Gunn Louis Georgia Institute of “Enjoy the journey :)” Isha Goel Technology Rutgers University “Time flies like an arrow; James Frucht “Life’s a party and I’m the fruit flies like a banana.”

Carnegie Mellon University pinata.”

Atharv Gupta Eric Gan Sarah Gold Georgetown University Carnegie Mellon University Haveford College “Hard work gets lucky.”

“Enjoy it while you can.”

Quinn Goldberg Manna Daile Geetanjali Gandhe University of Michigan Ann Drexel University “You’re only as good as your Arbor “hilly”- the girlies last haircut.” -Fran Lebowitz “There is no meaning in life besides the meaning [one] Greg Harrison Ansh Gandhi gives [oneself].” -ACAB 2019 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Drexel University “If at first you don’t succeed, “I haven’t even begun to Eden Gordon try to get some sleep.” peak.”

Northeastern University “Life’s too short to not give Yuhei Hattori Shivam Gandhi 1000%, 100% of the time.”

“ORA ORA ORA ORA “I can only please one ORA.” -Jojo person a day. Today is not Amrit Gorle your day, tomorrow doesn’t University of Virginia Olympia Hatzilambrou look good either.”

“Whatever you do in this life, Harvard College it’s not legendary, unless your “Then you remember there Arsh Ganjoo friends are there to see it.” are jars of peanut butter The University of Texass, waiting for you and all is Austin Justin Gou right with the world.” -Elliot, “No matter what you do in University of Virginia “Saudade” by Andrew Reid life, always smile.”

“Today is never too late to be brand-new.”- Taylor Swift Alexander Hayden Varun Gannavarapu Worcester Polytechnic Mistakes were made.”

Ishika Govil Institute University of Delaware “Knowledge is knowing that Larry Geng “I see it, I like it, I want it, I a tomato is a fruit, wisdom Carnegie Mellon University got it (my diploma).” is not putting it in a fruit “Everything you can imagine salad.” -Miles Kington is real.” - Pablo Picasso

Jennifer Hernandez Williams College “If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away and always believe that the impossible is possible.” -Selena Quintanilla Noah Holloway University of Virginia “After 4 years at TJ, I think I’ve finally reached the top of the bell curve.”

Anica Huang Virginia Commonwealth University Honors College “I’m trying to get Bob Ross results but I don’t have Bob Ross technique.”

Wenxi Huang Georgetown University “Pen.” Katherine Hughes College of William and Mary (also The University of St. Andrews) My mom: “My daughter, Katherine, won’t be in school today, she has a headache... or something.”

Stuthi Iyer University of Pittsburgh Guaranteed Admissions Program in Medicine “Suck it up, cupcake!”

Gwendolyn Jacobson University of Chicago “Live assiduously, tackling invaluable new responsibilities under lovely festival suns.”

Alisha Jain University of Pittsburgh “Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot.”- Tom Haverford Etaasha Jain Case Western Reserve University “Why waste tme say lot when few word do trick?”- Kevin Malone HanSeong Jang Rochester Institute of Technology “0/10 would not recommend.”

Maxwell Jones Carnegie Mellon University “Ay.” Rushil Joshi University of Maryland College Park “The most efficient way to do something is to not do it at all.”

-Shane Torbert

Isabela Huckabee Arizona State University “Island.”

Sneha Joisha University of Pittsburgh “we need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, and work. Or waffles, friends, work.

Doesn’t matter but work is third.”

Danny Kim Purdue University “Y’all walk too fast.”

SJ Kachru University of Michigan Ann Arbor “I wear heelies to escape my feelies.”

Irene Kim Princeton University “What, like it’s hard?” -Elle Woods.

Ratan Kaliani University of California Berkeley “I got 99 problems but a senior quote ain’t one.”

Jongwan Kim Cornell University “Stay true to your heart.”

Esther Kang Georgetown University Alexander Kao-Sowa University of Southern California “I may or may not have an answer.”

-Dad

Palak Jariwala University of California, Los Angeles Pranav Karthikeyan Purdue University DJ Jassal “The key to life is to build the key.”

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Ben Humleker State University Vijaygopal Karumathil University of Virginia “High school? Who’s that???”

Indiana University Bloomington “TJ on 3...”

“I stand on the shoulders of giants.”

Anupama Jayaraman Johnathan Huynh University of Virginia Case Western Reserve University “You’re braver than you believe, Eli Kaufman “Life is just an endless series of stronger than you seem and smarter George Mason University coincidences.” than you think.” -Christopher Robin “Four years at the nation’s #1 science and tech school, only to end Nali Huynh Caroline Jin up training as a professional dancer...

Carnegie Mellon University Massachusetts Institute of why’s life gotta play me like this?”

“We’re only here for a good time, not Technology a long time.”

“I have been putting a lot of thought Sabria Kazmi into it, and I just don’t think being Georgetown University Vasil Iakimovitch an adult is going to work for me.”

“Sometimes you have to University of Michigan karel.turnLeft() three times in order Olivia Johansson to get it right.”

Sebastian Ibarraran Northwestern University Yale University “If it’s a good idea, go ahead and Liana Keesing “In order to attain the impossible, do it. It’s much easier to apologize Stanford University one must attempt the absurd.” than it is to get permission.” -Grace “I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a -Miguel de Cervantes Hopper dessertarian!” -Calvin and Hobbes Yoshihiro Iketani George Mason University

Andrew Kim University of Pennsylvania “When I go to college, I’m going to use big words so I sound photosynthesis.”

Rayyan Khan Purdue University “Everything workk out given time and persistence.”

Raghav Khator University of Virginia “Live Mas.”

Maximus Kim College of William and Mary “A man must be careful with three things: what he says with his mouth, what he does with his hands, and where he looks with his eyes.”

Minwu Kim Virginia Polytechnic Institute Ryan Kim Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Never lose the childlike wonder.”

Adityasai Koneru The University of Michigan- Ann Arbor “Would I rather be feared or loved?

Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”

-Michael Scott Neha Kosaraju College of William and Mary “As soon as I saw you, I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.”- Winnie the Pooh Neil Kothari University of Virginia “The ability to constructively challenge authority is the greatest demonstration of respect for the institution it represents.”

Kayla Krieger New York University “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)

APHORISMS || JUNE 6, 2019 27 Jeremy Krill The University of Texas at Austin “The main reason I go to church is for the bread.”

Rishabh Krishnan University of California, Berkeley “But my dreams, they aren’t as empty, as my conscience seems to be.”- The Who James Kuang University of Pennsylvania “So much universe, and so little time.”

Omkar Kulkarni Carnegie Mellon University “Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.” - C.S. Lewis

Sebastian Lee Pennsylvania State University (University Park) “Work is procrastination under pressure.”

Yujung Lee University of Pennsylvania “Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

-Bernard Baruch Marisa Leo University of Michigan “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” -Maya Angelou

Justin Leung Brandeis University Anurika Kumar “Senior Research Project: They have University of Pittsburgh done studies you know. 60% of the “I have no idea what I’m doing, but I time, it works every time.” know I’m doing it really well.” -Andy Dwyer Wan Li University of Virginia Arya Kumar “a smile a day is more contagious University of Michigan than the tj plague :)” “There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” – Bill Elizabeth Ling Watterson Harvard University “the end of a decade but the start of Isha Kunnath an age —ts” University of Virginia “I want to live forever or die trying.” Alexander Liu Georgia Institute of Technology Calvin Kuo “It’s kind of fun to do the University of Virginia impossible” -- because at that point you just don’t do it Shreya Kurdukar Purdue University Eliot Liu “Change: we don’t like it, we fear it, Purdue University but we can’t stop it from coming. But “It will all be ok in the end. If it’s sometimes, change is everything” not ok, it’s not the end.”

-Meredith Grey Jack Liu Khue Le University of Virginia “Kahooey? Q? Koo? No one will “Aim to be a zero” - Chris Hadfield ever know.”

Jennifer Liu Maxwell Lee Purdue University University of Michigan- Ann Arbor “Are there more jliu’s if we go 2 “There are three things that are infinity and beyond?” inevitable in life: death, taxes, and college rejection letters.”

Jocelyn Liu University of Southern California “What I want: snuggles. What I get: struggles.”

Joyce Liu University of Chicago “Don’t sacrifice mental sanity for school. Not worth it.”

Evan London College of William and Mary “CTFB.” Elizabeth Louie Carnegie Mellon University “What are Voldemort’s favorite shoes? His horcrocs”

Meghana Malyala University of Pittsburgh “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” -Winnie the Pooh Joffin Manjaly University of Pittsburgh “Sitting on the bench is like frontrow seats” Sreya Maram University of Virginia “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky” - Michael Scott

Calder Lowenthal Purdue University “God put me on Earth to Julia Martinez accomplish certain things. Right now, Virginia Commonwealth University I’m so far behind, I’ll never die.”

School of the Arts “Promise me a place in your house of memories.”

Richard Lun Harvard Dany Matar “call me butter cause i’m on a roll” Washington University in Saint Louis “I did my waiting! 12 years of it! In Brian Luong Azkaban.” — Sirius Black College of William and Mary “Time management is focusing on Nathan Mays studying for 2 hours so you can play University of Wisconsin - Madison games for 3” “Studies show owning a ladder is more dangerous than a loaded gun.

Michael Ma That’s why I own ten guns, in case New York University some fool tries to break in with a “If I tell you what happens, it won’t ladder.” -Gruncle Stan happen.” - Doctor Strange Ryan McFarlane Vikrant Magadi Tufts University University of Chicago “If we can’t live together, we’re “Four years of TJ and I had to watch going to die alone.” - Jack Shephard Endgame to learn that eigenvalues can be used for time travel.”

Christian McMillin “LFWFVLYOEDKWTAYOPJEMPC”

Nitika Malhotra Virginia Tech “These [females] think I’m stupid, I ain’t stupid.” - Daniel Hernandez Rayaan Malhotra Penn State ‘23 “Rayaan just stole my girl” Everyone Zyannah Mallick College of William & Mary “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” - Dr. Seuss Sreya Mallipeddi College of William & Mary “Would I rather be feared or loved?

Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”

— Michael Scott (Steve Carell)”

Reena Medavarapu Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University “thin mints are the only ethical form of consumption under capitalism” Priyanka Mehta University of Maryland at College Park “The only time we belong in a box is when we’re dead” Mahesh Menon University of Virginia “Fool me once, shame on you. But teach a man to fool me and I’ll be fooled for the rest of my life.” - BoJack Horseman

Sohail Mohanty College of William and Mary “Live for right now”

Lynn Nguyen College of William and Mary “I have to laugh.” - Lady Gaga

Vishnu Murthy University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “The journey has just begun”

Vivian Nguyen Virginia Commonwealth University “There’s a very fine line between not listening and not caring. I like to think that I walk that line every day of my life.”

Vishy Murthy Pennsylvania State University “Size doesn’t matter” - My mom (She was referring to height) Zachary Nguyen “Another day, another broken Justin Myalil The 3D-printer” - Bob bob George Washington University “You never know the true value of a Vi Nguyen moment until it becomes a memory” University of Virginia “A real diamond is never perfect.”

Nidhi Nagireddy -Anthony Doerr Texas A&M University “Attendance? What’s that?”

Shruthi Nyshadham University of Virginia Rachel Naidich “Everybody you meet is fighting a Stanford University battle you know nothing about. Be kind, always.” -Unknown Nandhana Nair Fordham University “He who William O’Connell never makes a mistake never makes Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) anything.”

“CJXCNCIUOYBEJKCZONDWEC” Yu (nickname: Ally) Nakamura Stanford University “Started from the waitlist now we’re here”

Sarah O’Shay Binghamton University “Very sorry to all the teachers I made leave because of my sass.”

Andrew Nam College of William and Mary “For every dark night, there’s a brighter day”

June Ok George Washington University “About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won’t like you at all.” ― Rita Mae Brown

Eeshma Narula University of Virginia “make life interesting” Alyssa Nash Bryn Mawr College “Yes.” Ethan Nguonly University of California, Berkeley “Big brainz, big gainz” Anne Nguyen Dual BA Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po (Columbia I guess?)

“Sans les bas, les hauts ne veulent rien dire.”

Lance Nguyen George Mason University “Missing Student”

MJ Old Grinnell College Elise Ong California, Berkeley

University of

Joshua Pan Cornell University Rishin Pandit University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign “C’est la vie”

Mahima Pannala Carnegie Mellon University “If you focus on what you left behind, you will never be able to see what lies ahead.” —Gusteau (Ratatouille)

Gopika Pillai University of Pittsburgh “Sting like a bee. Do not float like a butterfly. That’s ridiculous.” -Rob Swanson

Pari Parajuli University of California Berkeley “bibia be ye ye”

Thomas Porter Cornell University “Forever Endeavor”

Aaditya Parameswaran Virginia Polytechnic Institue of Technology and State University “Your Favorite Cheese ;)”

Nikki Prabhu University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign “In case you were wondering, I am, by definition, the best version of myself.”- Janet from The Good Place

Kavya Parekh University of Virginia “sophomore year: top golf, ap bio, and sweet sixteens made us bond like chemical reactions; continue to siona prasad for the next fraction!”

Harshita Pasham University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign “You do you.”

Sheral Patel University of Maryland “hilly” -the girlies Ananya Pathapadu University of Pittsburgh “What do coffee and I have in common? We’re both brown and bitter.”

Suresh Patil George Mason University “I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.” Kurt Cobain Will Pemble University of Virginia “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.”

Kaitlin Phan University of Virginia “It comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.” -Proust Mishka Philizaire University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “hilly” - the girlies Ethan Phillips University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Overconfidence is a virtue.”

Siona Prasad Harvard College “junior year - sign out sheets and the right hand rule, go to bindu srinivasa for one last year at school:)” Jenny Pruitt Rice University “I hate when I’m on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle” ~ Kanye West Mark Putman Georgia Institute of Technology “Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” -John F Kennedy Grace Qi Duke University “Everything I have I owe to this school…this stupid, wonderful, boring, amazing school.”

Young Qi The College of William & Mary Lilia Qian Georgetown University Naman Rai New York University Stern School of Business “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing” Suriya Rajasekaran “Once more unto the beach *cough* I mean breach”

APHORISMS || JUNE 6, 2019 29 Shambhavi Ramaswamy Rutgers University- New Brunswick “Quit worrying because if it’s meant to happen, it will.”

Pranav Rao University of Michigan “Whatever you do in this life, it’s not legendary unless your friends are there to see it.”

Nihal Reddy University of Virginia “I’m not great with advice... can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?”

- Chandler Bing Phillip Reeves University of Virginia “A single grain of rice can tip the scale.”

Connor Regen Indiana University Bloomington “Life is like a box of chocolates.

You never know if you’re gonna graduate.”

Joseph Rejive University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign “I dabble.”

Esha Saini University of Michigan “thank u, next” Parvesh Samayamanthula Virginia Tech “Would I rather be feared or loved?

Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”

Bejoy Sen “Our victory inevitable. Our timing uncertain.”

Luc Sequeira Parsons School of Design “follow the white rabbit” Ish Sethi University of Virginia “If you’re doing what everyone else is doing, you’re doing it wrong.” – Casey Neistat

Rahil Shah Virginia Tech “No cap on God on jah on froy” Yash Shekar Georgia Institute of Technology “You don’t have to be the smartest, the fastest, or the nicest to be on top of the world.”

Daniel Shen Dartmouth College “Frisbee is sport.”

Saagar Sheth Virginia Commonwealth University “Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going.

I just hope I find it along the way.” Michael Scott Evan Shi Carnegie Mellon University “Chillin’ with a hair tie” Ritika Shrivastav University of Virginia “Principles aren’t principles when you pick and choose when you’re gonna follow them.” -Chidi Anagonye John Small College of William and Mary “Everyone loves a bad idea when it works” -Cayde-6 Angie Sohn Colby College “Deep down, we know that what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too.”

-Fred Rogers Bindu Srinivasa University of California, Berkeley “senior year: several skip days, senior nights, and tough decisions later; continue to Nidhi Talasani to move to something even greater.”

Arravind Sudhakar University of Illinois Urbana Champagne “Believe in yourself. You are a trash can not a trash cannot.”

Eric Sun Yale University

Naman Shah Virginia Tech “Sometimes you gotta work a little so you can ball a lot.” -Tom Haverford George Sun “Your next line is, “Is this a JoJo’s reference?!?”

Nidhi Talasani University of Chicago “it finally happened, omn graduated!”

Jenny Tan Yale University “Follow my Instagram baking account @two.broke.bakers” William Tan University of Virginia

George Tang Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

Anubhav Thapaliya Virginia Commonwealth University “What did you write for your senior quote again?”

Erick Tian University of Virginia

Duke Tran College of William and Mary “Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”

Cassidy Trinh Cornell University “Why choose to be good everyday if there is no guaranteed reward we can count on now or in the afterlife?

I argue that we choose to be good because of our bonds with other people and our innate desire to treat them with dignity. Simply put, we are not in this alone.” -Chidi Anagonye Sophia Trissell The University of Colorado at Boulder “CU in space! @TJREVERB.” Phineas Ulmishek-Anderson Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University “Ice cream is a soul food. You can quote me on that.” -Phineas Ulmishek-Anderson

Aarushi Upadhyaya Purdue University - West Lafayette, Indiana “They always say yeehaw, but never ask haw yee.”

Preeti Uppuluri Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University “It’s okay not to have a dream as long as you’re happy” - Min Yoongi Avi Urbach The College of William and Mary “Is this the part where I’m supposed to say good bye?” - Andrew Reid Srivatsa Valluri Purdue University “sri, siri, sripasta? Nobody knows how to pronounce my name.”

Sajni Vederey Northeastern University “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Aaraj Vij College of William & Mary “You are the result of the love of thousands.” -Linda Hogan Shreya Vinjamuri Pennsylvania State UniversityJefferson Sidney Kimmel Medical School BS/MD program “If I tell you what happens, it won’t happen.” -Dr.Strange Shawin Vitsupakorn Duke University “There’s something you must remember... You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh Aaron Wadhwa Virginia Tech The question isn’t “what are we going to do”, the question is “what aren’t we going to do?” -Ferris Bueller Grant Wang “Most of the time, you just kinda gotta do your own thing and be the best person you can be” - Octavian “Kripparrian” Morosan

Richard Wang University of Michigan - Ann Arbor “Goodbyes are not forever, are not the end; it simply means I’ll miss you until we meet again.” -Unknown Sarah Wang College of William and Mary “You can’t skip chapters. You have to read every line, meet every character.

You will read things you don’t want to read, you will have moments when you don’t want the pages to end. But you have to keep going. Stories keep the world revolving. Live yours, don’t miss out.”

Serena Xia University of Virginia “TJ taught me how to be a mom: silence is golden. Unless you have kids. Then silence is suspicious.”

Anna Xu Duke University Fadumosahra Yusuf “We make the rules!!!!” -Dr. Osborne George Mason University “The first six letters are silent.”

Benjamin Xu Williams College Demian Yutin “For here there is no place / that Cornell University does not see you. You must change Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy your life.”

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Thea Wang New York University “that’s wachary”

Alex Yun College of William and Mary “The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what’s in between.” - The Phantom Tollbooth

Kathryn Yang College of William and Mary “Everything’s going to be ok :)”

Arnold Zhang “Even though we have gone our separate ways, we can always come back to those good times through our memories.”

Cynthia Zhang University of Manchester ‘You have no idea how high I can fly.” - Michael Scott

Fred Zhang Yale University Anubhava Watal Tianxiao Yang “I mean, listen, we’re talking about New York University Shanghai University of Maryland, College Park practice, not a game, not a game, not “Last person to read this quote gets “...” a game, we talking about practice. $10,000.”

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Savannah Wilson Jimmy Yao York College of Pennsylvania William and Mary Tiffany Zhang

University of Virginia “The most Daniel Wisdom William Yao dangerous people are those who Massachusetts Institute of Tufts University think they have a monopoly on the Technology “When someone screams at me to truth.”

“On the roof, it’s peaceful as can hurry up, I slow down.” - Mario be And there the world below can’t Lemieux Alan Zheng bother me.”

University of Virginia Samantha Yap “I sometimes do CrossFit.” Camden Wiseman Cornell University “No.” Cornell University Julia Zhou Hana Yu Princeton University “Don’t be Ethan Wood-Thomas University of Michigan, Ross School afraid of growing slowly, be afraid Cornell University of Business only of standing still.”

“To reach the unreachable star” Erica Wu Annie Zhu College of William & Mary Christopher Yuan University of Virgnia “Growing “Bless us, Father. I have a feeling Cornell University old is mandatory but growing up is we’re about to sin.” -Georgina Sparks “I went to Cornell. Ever heard of optional” - Carroll Bryant it?” -Andy Bernard Wenbo Wu Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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I think the most important thing I’ve learned [as part of TJMedia Broadcast] is the COMMUNICATION SKILLS. Even though I’m very outgoing, I really hated talking to people and asking them to do things for me, especially during breaks when we had to ask for videos from people.

I NEEDED TO TOUGHEN UP and not really care about what people thought anymore, so I could confront people more easily.

Honestly, sometimes IT DOES FEEL LIKE HOME HERE. It feels a lot more comfortable here than my own house because I’ve spent so much of my adolescence here; I spent my 15th, 16th and 17th birthdays here. Because my birthdays are on the last day of school, I have MEMORIES OF BEING RIGHT THERE in Noble Commons and everyone singing happy birthday to me.

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