Friends

My friends do cool things too! Here are some of their websites. (If you are my friend and are mad you are not listed, contact me and I’ll rectify this tremendous oversight.)

Outdoors

I love canoeing, backpacking, snowboarding, and climbing, and I even spent a few summers leading canoeing trips in the BWCA in Minnesota during my undergraduate years. The wilderness holds a special place in my heart. Some of my most formative experiences as an adolescent were long canoeing trips, and whenever I return to nature for a visit, I find an emotional peace and tranquility that I don’t think exists elsewhere in the modern world. The wild encourages us to be alone with ourselves, to dig deep within and discover parts of us we’d never known. It is my hope that future generations will have these same experiences. However, this may not happen unless humans relearn to care for and respect the lands they borrow.

Pictures!

Other interests

I am an avid reader of The Sun Magazine (no, not the tabloid) and Hi Fructose (no, not the corn syrup).

Other random hobbies include chess, video games (predominantly indie games and RTSs), origami, slacklining, longboarding, freeskating, reading, calisthenics, drawing, backgammon, puzzles, and penguins.

Application materials

Here are some materials from past applications. Feel free to use them as a reference!

More to be added eventually!