Per aspera ad astra
34 days until graduation! From my numerous boba and waffle academic projects to my Fitbit showing "fat burn" after an in-class essay, I will not forget all of the memorable moments that characterize my high school life. Reflecting from freshman year to senior year, I love how we have begun to find our interests and what keeps us going—rather than building ourselves similar to each other due to peer pressure and competition. During my college app research, I found that many claimed college was much more collaborative, and quite simply that is probably from our grown maturity and ability to work together without underlying intentions. As the class of 2021, we've gone through quite a lot, and this specific school year was one unlike any other. But I name this blog post "per aspera ad astra," as it translates to "through hardships to the stars". Albeit all of these challenges that the pandemic presented, we continued to strive and do our best, fully com