Amazon sacrificed accountability for efficiency and profit. — When Amazon began its meteoric rise to power, no one could have imagined the company expanding from an online bookstore to the premier source of Nick Cage sequin pillows, real human finger bones, and everything in between. As ascribed to its global shipping networks and logistics management, Amazon's dominance has…

Cultivate daily habits using SMART goals and daily planning. — New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. As of writing this article, it’s currently a month into 2021, and every single one of my friends has broken their New Year’s Resolution. They’re not alone — studies show that only 8% of Americans who make a New Year’s resolution actually keep them all year, and 80% have failed…

What is “involution,” and why is it representative of disillusioned American students? — With each passing day, the world appears bleaker. Joblessness, global pandemic, economic and political stagnation — depression is at an all-time high, and mental health care is cut as hospitals and doctors remain overwhelmed. The daily notifications I receive regarding full ICU beds where I live and record infection numbers…

How to be admitted to top universities, the better way. — To preface, this is the continuation of an article I wrote about a year back, titled “What Is A College Application “Spike” And Should I Have One?”. It remains to this day my most visited article, likely due to PageRank placing it as a top search result. Thanks, Google. It’s…

Blink, and you’ll miss the most emotional video game of 2021. — Games are supposed to be fun. You play them for the excitement, the suspense, the lows of falling behind building up to the highs of finally winning it all. So when I was a sobbing wreck at the end of Before Your Eyes, why did I enjoy it so much? Why is it, in my opinion…

CS applicants — more competitive and numerous than ever. — The question in the title might at first seem odd — what student applying to Computer Science (CS) doesn’t actually want to study it? I’ll start by saying — if you compete in Code Jam, go on GitHub more than social media, or spend your free time on Linux forums…

Admissions officers see these as red flags. — The college application process for many students represents the culmination of their high school journey, where all the hard work pays off with a letter of admission to what they hope will be their dream college. There is much discussion over what to focus on or include on an application…

Why it is beneficial to guide those in the process of transitioning rather than put-downs. — “If the Democratic nominee isn’t Bernie Sanders, I’m not going to vote in November.” I often see self-proclaimed “free thinkers” who discriminate against peers who are not “free” enough. Present mostly on internet forums, they judge everyone with a stubborn, gatekeeping mentality under cover of anonymity. An arbitrary bar is…