Sections

Introspection

The Little Black Room: Navigating US Customs as an International Student

By Xinni (Sunshine) Chen

Planting a Seed

Contingency

Harvard Love Map

Four

What If?

Pinching Paper: On Self and Medium

Nothing weighed down dust besides what it symbolized to me.

On My Admissions File

When I learned that I could request to view my admissions file, I seized that opportunity. Amid the whirlwind of settling into life at a new college in a new country, I hoped that the comments on my file would help me make sense of my place here.

A Hurricane From Here

When the news announced that Hurricane Milton’s landfall would be “catastrophic,” I was far from the storm. I’ve never worried much about incoming hurricanes, and I’m still not sure that I do.

‘Deal or No Deal’: Learning How to Follow My Intuition

“Deal or No Deal” has become a mantra, an ideology that governs what I — and others — accept or reject.