Finally, I completed all of my 5 finals and finished the second term of sophomore year…. I’m a survivor of Caltech’s Core curriculum! Last year, as a freshman, finishing core seemed so far away. Now I’m finally starting to understand how differential equations, probability, and statistics plays in with quantum mechanics and statistical/thermal physics. Now, I’m finally starting to see how all of this ties in with chemistry and the properties of materials… Damn, but I still feel like I know nothing. In a way, when I was in high school and even last year, quantum mechanics and all of this complicated math stuff seemed really mystical and unattainable. Now that I know some of it, I still feel the same. Nothing has really changed… but I really appreciate being able to learn this kind of science.
P.S. I’m sticking around Caltech for spring break.
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Unrelated to your entry - I’m going to be in California (at Stanford) relatively frequently next year (meaning probably 2-3 times during the school year). I know that Pasadena is a long way from Palo Alto, but is there any chance we could meet up one of those times, maybe if I was out there over one of your breaks or something?
Ah, I see. Of course we can meet up! Traveling outside of Caltech is kind of difficult for me (they keep us chained at desks most of the time, and if we are caught escaping, we have to go to room 101 for “recitation”). You’re more than welcome to Tech though!
Hmm, it’s always a possibility. I’ll have to see if I have some free time and some method of travel - you’re down by LA, right? To go to Stanford I’d be flying into San Francisco.
Blah, why do states out there have to be so darn big?
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