Vatsalya Vaibhav

Vatsalya Vaibhav

BS-PHY Y18

Lucknow

IITK   Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

About

Second year undergraduate in the department of Physics at IIT Kanpur. I plan to do research in the field of theoretical physics, primarily cosmology and quantum field theory.

Rejections/Lessons

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"Thank you for applying but..."

TIFR summer intern program • Internship mails from MPIA • IISC • TIFR • IUCAA

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Things I Swore I'd Finish But Never Did

A project with a professor from my department • Reading the all the books that I posses • MTH301 which I dropped due to fear of bad grades • Doing yoga daily

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Everyday Lessons of Life

The most important thing in life is to be happy and though it is quiet simple we make it appear complex

On the Bright Side

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Leaps of Faith

Didn't change my branch to physics after 2nd semester and waited till 3rd semester

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Memories I made while I wasn’t studying/working

The trip to Haridwar with my basketball team • endless bulla sessions with wingmates

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Things I've Done That Pushed Me Out of My Comfort Zone

I confessed my feelings to a girl once

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Quirks That Make Me Who I Am

I am not particularly comfortable in group activities (not when I am well acquainted or in case of sports activity) • I feel that I am ambition driven and miss the chance of making very good friends in the process (not really good at social skills)

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Books I've Read For Fun

The Alchemist • The Da Vinci Code • Angels and demons • Inferno • Origins • The lost symbol • The digital fortress • The Kite Runner • The Fault in our Stars • Percy Jackson • Harry Potter • Freedom at midnight • The subtle Art of not giving a fuck • The shiva triology • Heroes of the Olympus • A thousand splendid suns • warrior monk vivekananda • Life is what you make of it • The story of my experiments with Truth • Up from slavery

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Failures That Seemed Like the End of the World Back Then But Don't Matter in Hindsight

Entering wrong Roll number in my JEE MAINS Exam