We still didn't really talk much all of 9th grade and half of 10th grade. But, halfway through 10th grade, you randomly hit me up and ever since then, we've been talking. I don't remember what you hit me up about, but I'm so glad you did. As Junior came along we got even closer. We both had Mr. Strasser and Mr. Maksudian, so we would always study together whenever there was a test. And second semester, we ended up having third free together with Gloria, Tiffany, Danny P, Mithila and other people that I can't remember right now. Even though sometimes we just spent that period helping you glue Garber projects or trying to finish homework, we still managed to have fun. I know this is going to sound a little weird, but one of my favorite memories of Stuy was first semester junior year when we pulled up to Mr. Strasser's room during parent-teacher conference and just sat around laughing with him for 3 hours. I know we have so many more memories together that I'm just glossing over right now and I am rushing this a bit, but contrary to popular belief, I actually have more work to …show more content…
I remember you writing your common app from scratch the day Fordham applications were due. And then you didn’t even want to apply to Sophie, but here you are going to a 7-year med school. It's crazy. And if anyone says you don't deserve it, I can't possibly comprehend how wrong they are. You are the one person out there who genuinely cares about helping others for selfless reasons. You're not in it for the brand name or the money and that's what makes you so amazing. It's so crazy how far we've come. I'm still mad that we've never had a class together during 4 years of Stuy and now that we're going off the separate colleges we are never going to have one together. I'm glad that we're both staying in the city though and I know I'll be seeing you like every other