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As I prepare for grad school at Cambridge University, here’s my open letter to the faculty who supported me along the way.

Our minds not only need this escape, they need the creative exercise that comes from following a light topic down a twisting rabbit hole, looking at something a million different ways and reminding ourselves of the sheer joy and excitement that comes from discovering something new within something familiar.

As I sit to type, it’s been exactly 49 minutes since I finished my senior comprehensive examination. After three hours last night and three hours this morning, I still feel like I’m in that room, nervously checking the clock between paragraphs, wishing I’d started studying over winter break like I’d promised myself, wanting both to finish the exam and to have an extra hour to write.