I started this website for a simple reason: the path to a great university is usually told backwards, by people who already arrived. I wanted to write it forwards — in real time, while I still don't know how it ends.
Most of what I do sits at the meeting point of code and the physical world. I captain a FIRST LEGO League team, build small things with Python and Arduino, and compete in mathematics. But I've learned that technical skill alone is narrow. So I also argue policy at Model UN, work on environmental journalism, and train in judo — because the problems worth solving are rarely just technical.
This site is two things at once: my own journal, and a resource for other students chasing similar goals. If you're fourteen and staring at the same mountain — some of what I write down here is for you.
