Category: “Economics”

I entered the dating market for the first time two years ago. Correction, I stumbled in like a lost explorer who didn’t think to bring an extra torch. Let’s call him gym buddy (major: ECE,  class: ‘24). He was a 6am gym regular and the only other one who seemed interested in powerlifting. After a…

To distract myself from admissions doomposting, I figured I’d do a bit of writing. Yes, it is supposed to read like AI wrote it. Two predocs wake up in the basement of Littauer Center for Public Administration, chained to student desks. On each desk is a laptop sitting on top of an old copy of…

When I pressed submit on the last of my uni application, I was elated to be done with what I thought would be the last admissions cycle I’d ever have to participate in; Last set of standardised tests I’d ever have to take; last time taking classes just to look impressive; last time in waitlist…

At some point, every kid has said “my friend made me” after screwing up. The adult usually responds with some derivative of “would you (insert deadly activity) if they asked you?” Well… now that I’m technically an adult, I find that I still do incredibly dumb things under the influence of friends. The difference now…

Some time ago, I took an Intermediate Microeconomics class. The name “Intermediate Micro” is somewhat deceiving. Turns out it’s less “economics” and more “multivariate calculus with a sprinkling of economics”. Every problem set featured a series of nasty optimization problems requiring 10+ line derivatives. The week before Thanksgiving, the professor assigned a particularly nasty one.…