What I did this spring break!

A year back I wrote a post about how I was going to spend my spring break.  It didn’t really involve any travelling and I spent most of my break studying for my midterm. But this spring break, thanks to my amazing friends, we did something fun and adventurous! We rented an RV, drove to Zion National Park in Utah … Read More

Most frequently asked questions by new students

Previously I made a post about frequently asked questions by incoming students and now, I’m back again with another post about most commonly asked questions by new students. These were questions that I was asked during one of the panel discussions we had recently for incoming students. Most of the questions pretty much revolve around housing, scholarships, career opportunities etc. … Read More

Google LA Office tour with Girls in Tech USC

Girls in Tech recently organized a tour of the Google LA Office and there was no way I was missing this. I’ve not visited the Google headquarters so I was really excited about this one. We all met up near the Starbucks at Trojan Grounds on 19th at around 10:30am. It was a beautiful day. The office is located in … Read More

Coldplay Concert, Rosebowl 2017

October 6th: That night was the most magical night of my life! I was blessed to have the opportunity to attend Coldplay’s concert in Pasadena. Exactly a year back, when Coldplay had their concert in Rosebowl stadium, a lot of my seniors had attended this concert. That’s when I had decided that if this concert were to happen again, I … Read More

3rd Annual Alumni and Student Mixer

Viterbi Graduate Student Association organized their 3rd Annual Alumni and Student Mixer yesterday!!! The event was successful and students had a such a positive review about the panel discussions. I had an amazing time inviting our Viterbi Alumni to this event and coordinating with them. We’re so grateful to our alumni who showed up yesterday even though it was a … Read More

First Summer in LA!

This was the best summer of my life! I visited a lot of places in LA while I was enrolled in what was probably one of the toughest courses I’ve gone through, while at USC. Like I always say, it’s very important to stay motivated in grad school and my way of rejuvenating is by going out and visiting new … Read More

Frequently asked questions by incoming students

Posted: April 24, 2017, 9:45am I’m so pumped that some of you new incoming students have been reaching out to me with queries that even I had when I got admitted to USC. To make things a little easier, I went through the tons of emails and messages that I sent to my seniors a few months back asking all these … Read More

Fun times before finals!

Posted: April 16, 2017, 10:10am To be honest, I’ve been having little too much fun lately. But it’s good because I’m now motivated to get back into form and start hustling because it’s finals season. This week was so fun. We organized a bowling night in collaboration with the ISE department. We had a great turnout and everyone had a … Read More

VGSA hikes to Los Leones

Posted: April 10, 2017, 12:07pm Yesterday, we organized a hike for the EE department students to Los Leones canyon. We left the campus at 8 AM and reached Los leones around 9 AM. We started the hike at 9:15 AM. It was a 7.6-mile hike and it took us a little over 3 hours to complete the trail. Some of … Read More

Holi at USC

Posted: March 31, 2017, 5:50pm This year has been full of firsts. Surprisingly, this year was my first holi. Though it’s a popular festival in India, I never had a chance to celebrate holi. When I was young, I always had exams during holi. Then when I got older, I stopped caring about it. But when I heard that one … Read More