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Vrishti is a junior in Berkeley College majoring in Economics and Applied Mathematics. Her interests include international relations, energy issues, and entrepreneurship and innovation. Although she grew up mostly in New York City, she was born in India and spent her middle school years in Salt Lake City, leading her to her two passions of eating spicy food and appreciating nature. When she is not busy working at the admissions office, she enjoys trying new restaurants, singing in the shower, and practicing yoga.

YAY!

by Vrishti on 02.10.2012

 I have a confession. I never exercise. Team sports were never my thing.  After about ten minutes on a treadmill, I’ve reached my running quota for the week. I used to dance, but a knee injury ended that, along with my promising dream of being a professional snowboarder.

Literally, the only sort of aerobic activity I’ve done regularly in the past two years has been walking up Science Hill for class.  I’ve even managed to avoid that by taking the Yale shuttle (or, more realistically, not waking up in time for lecture). 

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Thunder Brunch

by Vrishti on 11.09.2011

When prospective students visit Yale, they undoubtedly learn about the residential college system: before arriving at Yale for orientation, every freshman is randomly assigned to one of Yale's twelve residential colleges, where they will live, eat, sleep, and study for the next four years. The colleges are quite different from one another: some have movie theaters, some have pottery studios, and others have amazing gyms; they range in size from huge Silliman, which occupies an entire block to petite Trumbull; they're all built in different architectural styles.

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Lipsticks and Lollipops

by Vrishti on 10.27.2011

If someone had asked me what I thought about the art and architecture here at Yale before I arrived on campus, I would have described the iconic images of Yale that many people are familiar with: The neo-Gothic architecture, the famous paintings in the Yale University Art Gallery, and the well-known bronze statues on Old Campus.

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