MCAT: 4 Habits For Improving Your Score

When it comes to exams like the MCAT everyone is looking for easy ways to make big improvements. A disclaimer though: to do well you'll need to work really freakin' hard. Period. That's not to say that small things can't add up and make a difference. It's just that…

5 Things We Should All Leave in 2017

It wouldn't be a new year without goal-setting and a fresh list of intentions. I know because I jump at every opportunity to start over. I'm the girl that gets a new phone and doesn't transfer any of her old photos. If you get me, you get me. This year though I decided to do things a little bit differently…

2017: A Year in Review

Happy New Year my people! With the first day of 2018 well underway I thought it’d be nice to look back at all that was great about 2017. It was a year full of its own trials and tribulations, but every year has them so I hope this encourages you to look back at your own to try to find the incredibly beautiful bits for yourself…

MCAT: How To Get Started

There really are two types of premeds: the premeds who have their MCAT test-dates picked before they even step foot on campus as freshmen and the premeds who have no idea what they’ve gotten themselves into. Guess which group I belong to? Here’s a hint: I didn’t think about the MCAT until…

A Holiday Message from Me(z)

MERRY CHRISTMAS MY PEOPLE! Having the nerve to build this space was one thing, but the love and support you've given me has been the most incredible freakin' gift. It wasn't wrapped and sitting under my Christmas tree this morning but it's meant the world to me. Thank you for…

4 Reasons To Do More Yoga

Happy Friday! After nearly 3.5 months away from my mat I'm slowly (& finally) getting back into my practice. But don't get it twisted! I'm very much a beginner yogi and I've never been well-seasoned or consistent. If I'm being honest, I've never even practiced yoga with the intention of "getting really good"...

A Gift Guide For The Last-Minute Shopper

Happy Monday my people! Lord knows if you wait any longer to do your holiday shopping you'll have to face the wrath of a bitter-but-they-won't-admit-it parent, and a sibling that isn't afraid to tell you you suck. But first.. let's take a second to acknowledge that…

Saturday Football

Hey hustlers! Nothing screams Fall like fallen leaves and football. This past weekend my mom and youngest sister joined me for Harvard's game against Columbia. Fun fact: it was my mom's first football game ever! More than once she yelled HOME RUN after a touchdown…

The Beginning

I'm no writer but here I am starting a blog. A few months ago, in May, I graduated from Harvard with a degree and a feeling that I'd lost myself somewhere along the way. Don't get me wrong. Going to college changed my life. But here's the thing about being a hustler (and a #femalehustler, at that)…