Hey There! Welcome to My Blog!
Update 4/25/26: I’ve migrated my primary blog to carolynwang.me/writing. You can still check out past works on medium, and I’ll do my best to sync the two, but check my new blog for my most up-to-date writing! :)
Hi there! I’m not quite sure how you found me, but welcome to my blog! Here I publish little tidbits of introspection, life, hobbies, bursts of creativity, spurts of ideas, stories, and other things I find meaningful.
For a little bit about me (which may be updated every now and then), I am a junior at UC Berkeley studying Computer Science and Politics, Philosophy & Law. (Class of ’27, Go Bears!) Were you to ask me for a TLDR, I’d probably say I’m a CS major who does my best to touch grass ;).
I have a love for writing, music (check out Heartstrings), running (I competed on Berkeley’s triathlon team!), problem-solving, computational linguistic puzzles, meeting new people, and learning new things. You can often find me sticking my head in the fridge for Greek yogurt, singing Disney & musical theatre songs, jogging in the middle of nowhere (believe me, I’ve found myself in the weirdest of places), and scribbling notes on post-its splattered across my desk. I also do my best to live by these values.
If you’re here to learn about my credentials and why you should read my writing, perhaps I can offer a little bit of credibility: I was a writer for the Tech Policy Press and the Berkeley Political Review, the Editor-In-Chief of my high school newspaper, and an alumna of the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop and Juniper Institute for Young Writers (full-merit scholarship). My work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the Journalism Education Association of NorCal, & National History Day CA, and I’ve gotten a few runner-ups and honorable mentions from the New York Times contests. But I’d say the most convincing credential? I’m a total writing-fanatic.
I believe in the power of words. These tiny little building blocks of 字，palabras — it’s a beautiful and fascinating art. Just a few hundred of them have the power to change people’s minds. It’s absolutely mindblowing.
By reading my writing, I hope you get a little bit more insight into your day. Thank you for visiting and accompanying me on my writing journey.
Cheers! And Happy Reading!
Carolyn
To browse all my stories, start here! If you’d like to read some of my favorites, I’ve listed them below. Otherwise, feel free to look through my lists (categorized stories) or my homepage for stories ordered chronologically by date published. (Fun Fact: This blog was started back when I was a high school sophomore :3)
My Personal Favorite Stories for Starters:
- All My Writings (For obvious reasons ^v^)
- Just a list of values I find important that you may or may not find important too :)
- On Losing Yourself With Time
- Health First, Please. I Beg You
- Reflections From a Summer in DC
- Two Essential Ecosystems In Our Country Vastly Misunderstand Each Other — At a Terrible Price
- You Only Got In Because You’re A Girl … Right?
- Sword Fighting Perfectionism: On Mistakes, Failures, Self-Love, and Forgiving Yourself
- On High Achievers and the High School Academic Pressure Cooker
- An Unexpected Close: A Captain’s Reflection on Four Years of Cross Country
- How to Explore Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing as a High School Student
- If You Want to Tackle a Life Challenge, Try Breaking a Language Barrier
Read More:
- Life & Insights (Random Personal Reflections!)
- Tutorials & Projects (Machine Learning, Illustrator, College Apps etc.)
- Shorts (Mini Stories, Creative Writing)
Visit Me:
- Personal Website: carolynwang.me
- YouTube Channel: @carolynwangjy
- Linkedin: in/carolyn-wang-jy
- Blog Email List: Join Here
