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Author: summersc

July 30, 2022

See you again – Nandini M.

2022 by summersc0 comments

I still remember the first day of SSP vividly. Walking to ABE half asleep at 7 am, messing with the […]

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July 28, 2022

End of a story, beginning of many others – Shravani D.

2022 by summersc0 comments

Last full day of SSP!I have too many thoughts right now to write down but here is a scrambled mess […]

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July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

(You’re) We’re Done – Neha C.

2022 by summersc0 comments

It feels like a big weight on my shoulders to do this program justice through this penultimate blog post. As […]

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July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

Beginning the final countdown – Audrey A.

2022 by summersc0 comments

It’s officially cram season at SSP, the time when the clacking of computer keys echo off the walls with no […]

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July 28, 2022

Hold On to the Memories… They Will Hold On to You

2022 by summersc0 comments

It is 12:43 PM, and we have just finished our last lunch at PMU. As I lay here on the […]

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July 26, 2022

Coming to an End

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As the program slowly comes to the end, we only have less than 48 hours till we leave Purdue. Monday […]

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July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

Bittersweet taste better on chocolate chip cookies – James Y.

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Today was the 2nd to last full day at SSP. Richard Bowdon wasn’t kidding when he said SSP would fly […]

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July 25, 2022

Baseball Night – Miranda Q.

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Today was a bittersweet day because we went on our last field trip of SSP: a baseball game at the […]

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July 25, 2022

Evidence shows that “tomfoolery” decreases stress in participants who are writing lab reports

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Abstract Reports pose a constant threat to the brain capacities of subjects of the Summer Science Program. The groans of […]

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July 24, 2022July 24, 2022

All the Good is Fading Away

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Today is the last Saturday we have in SSP; today is our last TA lecture; and today is our last […]

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