Opal Vadhan

I wouldn’t go back and do it again. Don’t get me wrong — I had a lot of great times and great memories, but there were also many days I spent stressing over the littlest things. I wish I could go back to myself at 14 and say, “A few years from now, none of the things that you spend time worrying about will matter.”

Can you believe it? The day we’ve been working so hard to get to is finally here.

Different colleges have different compensation packages, but most colleges have free or reduced housing and a stipend, or a meal plan, or tuition remission.

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi

It wasn’t easy to get here, and it still isn’t easy being here, but there is nothing else I want to do.

There I said it.

Just getting home from work now, and even more work to do from home for my internship. Who has time to be a kid anymore?