
After a lot of shopping trips, experimentation, and returns, I think I’m satisfied that I have a decent understanding of how to use makeup, and a decent collection of makeup that are actually in the right colors! (You know you’re in trouble if your boyfriend says your face looks chalky…)
Here’s what I ended up with:
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The courses I’ve taken during my time at Cornell, sorted by department and then chronologically.
Computer Science
Intro to Computing Using Java [David Gries & Lillian Lee]
Discrete Structures [Bart Selman]
Object-Oriented Programming & Data Structures [Graeme Bailey]
Practicum in AI [Hod Lipson]
C++ Programming [Ron DiNapoli]
Intro to Mobile App Development [Jeffrey Davidson]
Computer System Organization and Programming [Hakim Weatherspoon]
Intro to Analysis of Algorithms [Bobby Kleinberg]
Data Structures and Functional Programming [Ramin Zabih]
Machine Learning [Thorsten Joachims]
Human Computer Interaction I @ LMU Munich [Florian Echtler]
Managing Massively Multiplayer Online Games @ LMU Munich [Matthias Schubert]
Operating Systems [Emin Sirer]
Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence [Bart Selman]
Computer Vision [Noah Snavely]
German Studies
Freshman Writing Seminar: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud [Brent McBride]
German Lifestyle 2.0 [Grit Matthias]
Berlin: Fast Forward [Elke Siegel]
Munich and National Socialism @ Junior Year in Munich [Susanne Wanninger]
Advanced German Language II @ Junior Year in Munich [Anna Breitsameter]
Asian Studies
Vietnamese Literature in Translation [Lorraine Paterson]
Advanced Vietnamese @ LMU Munich [Mai-Phuong Dinh]
Intermediate Vietnamese Reading & Composition [Thuy Tranviet]
Elementary Cantonese I [Hong Huang]
Math
Linear Algebra [Lars Wahlbin]
Multivariable Calculus [Allen Hatcher]
Basic Probability [Jonathon Peterson]
Other
Freshman Writing Seminar: Nightmare and Fantasy [Tamra Fallman]
Physics I: Mechanics [Andre LeClair]
Nutrition, Health, and Society [David Levitsky]
Psychology of Music [Carol Krumhansl]
I had a dream that I was late for an exam, and I didn’t know where the class was or even what time it was exactly because I had been skipping the class for the entire semester.
To: Sarah Nguyen
Your acceleration has been approved and your degree date has been changed to January 2013.

Happy!!!
I never imagined that turning down a job offer would be so painful. Multiple offers is supposed to be a good problem to have, but turning down an offer made me feel the same way you do when breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend.