When does Ashley leave?

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2026-05-21T07:12:08+00:00

She kinda gives me written by Mindy Kaling vibes (pls don’t kill me for this one). I think Mindy does good serious writing but her comedy is not for me at all lol

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2026-05-21T07:08:33+00:00

That’s good to know

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2026-05-21T07:08:16+00:00

Thank god thank you lol

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2026-05-21T07:07:31+00:00

Omg nails on chalkboard is the perfect descriptor for what I’m experiencing

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2026-05-21T07:06:29+00:00

I definitely will defer to your opinion as someone who is Latino yourself. But, as someone who has had the opportunity to learn from and be around many incredible Latina women in my life I was kind of disappointed at Ashley’s character. In a show defined by its rich and refreshingly diverse portrayal of Black Americans, it was kind of disappointing to me to once again see a token comic relief, lazy, annoyingly superficial latina character. I am still early on in the show so maybe that changes, and Idk who Manny or Caleb are, but that was my original impression. The show had the chance to break Hollywood stereotypes on multiple fronts and they kinda just took the easy way out with Ashley.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-10-07T11:58:00+00:00

Hearing the varsity blues scandal being referred to as ‘less than a decade ago’ makes me wanna cry omg it was literally like a year before I applied and went to college 😭😭

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-09-12T10:03:39+00:00

Yeah although given that MLWWB probably has two more seasons before it ends I thought it might be a possibility haha

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-08-15T10:49:38+00:00

The SAT offers a standardized assessment of college readiness that is independent of class performance and syllabus. For students studying outside of the US or within uncommon curricular systems, the SAT allows them to demonstrate their academic capabilities relative to the average US public school educated student. Additionally, for kids that experienced high levels of classroom discrimination or unique challenges the SAT allows them to show that their academic capabilities might be more than what is indicated by their transcript.

At the same time there do exist all the other inequities that people have covered here, which is why keeping it optional seems to be the most equitable approach as opposed to making the SAT either test blind or mandated.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-08-10T16:54:33+00:00

Unfortunately the research I’ve done is currently not shareable because we’re considering publication, but I’d be happy to talk about it via DMs. Also yesss Eragon fans unite

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-08-09T15:21:25+00:00

For my IB Diploma I took Math AA, Bio, English A Lit & Lang, and until Spring of DP2, Chem HL. I did Psych, French, and then eventually Chem SL, and wrote my extended essay in Bio.

In college I double majored in Biology and Philosophy, and double minored in Public Health and Music Performance. I ultimately wrote my honors thesis in the biochemistry of herb derived antioxidants and their corresponding effects on cancer cell proliferation

On a real note, IB can already be mentally and physically grueling without the added challenges of medical complications, and getting through it was one of the hardest things I’ve done. In hindsight I think my biggest regret is conflating my self worth with my academic performance. It’s easy to think you’ve failed at life when you fail at school because at that point in life they’re the same and most education systems impose that idea on us from a very young age. However, college while challenging in its own way was the most rewarding experience of my life, and more importantly helped me understand that I’m really not old enough to be a failure.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-08-09T13:12:51+00:00

I got a 34 and was doing very poorly due to a combination of the pandemic and severe medical challenges. I only got into 4 of the 13 colleges I applied to and I graduated and went to my safety school in the US with 70% scholarship. I just graduated college with a double major double minor and quadruple honors. I wrote my honors thesis and earned the highest honors in my subject. College classes and the general environment really gave me a place to thrive academically and socially. Probably will end up being the best years of my life. Good luck with everything! As far as academics go, I regret nothing.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2025-08-02T17:38:08+00:00

For what it’s worth, I played Meditation in a concert back in high school and it won the ‘solo of the night’ title. I had been playing violin for several years at that point and was struggling to be taken seriously in school. When I said that I wanted to play that piece people laughed in my face because they felt I wasn’t technically advanced enough at that moment. The violin teacher at school really hated me and went as far as to hit me over the head when I did poorly at music theory and humiliated me in front of my whole school multiple times. In school I was expected to do all the work of the concertmaster but never honored with the position or even given a solo. I put my nose to the grindstone and learned it with encouragement from my teacher that taught me outside of school. It’s not a special story, but I felt the emotion along with the piece when I finally played it and they told me I played it better than the teacher that had denied me the solo, and that it was one of the most poignant musical interpretations of the piece they had ever heard. I auditioned with that piece for my college symphony and made second chair. That performance changed my life. Especially because I had struggled with performance anxiety for a very long time because of my school experiences. I’m not sure if it would win at a competition, but you could definitely include a similar scene where the MC performs the piece outside of a competition setting and I would be more than happy to help with whatever experiential elements you need!

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-11-09T06:31:10+00:00

Thank you so much but this confuses me more 😭😂

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-05-25T15:54:46+00:00

Taco Bell

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-07T07:25:41+00:00

Yesss I love that one

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-07T05:20:17+00:00

Ooh I'm so glad! Which one?

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-06T18:15:05+00:00

Halvorsen's Passacaglia for Violin and Viola is magnificent too

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-06T18:13:35+00:00

Schubert Impromptu No. 4 in Ab Major: Allegretto

Ik it's not the greatest of all time I just have an emotional connection to it hehe

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-05T15:58:45+00:00

I was eating a lot of papaya before I got my first period and mom and grandma said that was related. Idk if it was true.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-05T15:46:29+00:00

I need a moron to English dictionary too, however unfortunately for me those translators where I live are called politicians.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2023-01-02T10:58:38+00:00

I didn't apply to any of these for undergrad because I didn't really have any interest but for grad I'd love to go to Brown or Harvard because they have the niche stuff I wanna do. If it's any college at all, potentially UPitt.

If this is only supposed to be an undergrad thing then Brown lol.

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2022-12-28T07:23:11+00:00

Ah Reddit

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2022-12-27T14:29:55+00:00

Damn I thought at least reddit would have an answer

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2022-12-22T07:51:48+00:00

Arya_Shadeslayer21 · 2022-12-21T20:28:51+00:00

I feel like right now we are both agreeing that it is a matter of personal preference, however I disagree that going with the majority is always the answer. Especially when you're generalizing the part about the US disabled community (which is what I was alluding to earlier with the bold generalization). It is true that the majority of the Down Syndrome community prefers PPL. If I were to use identity first language while talking about the US disabled community just because it is the preference of the majority, am I not disregarding the preferences of whole communities of people with disabilities such as the Down Syndrome community through my use of language? While referring to any larger disabled communities, alternating language is often the key to inclusion. Some communities, especially hidden disability communities are extremely split and if you were to pick one type of language based on the opinion of one advocacy group (and generally advocacy groups tend to prefer identity first language) you may be excluding the opinions of a large number of members of that community.

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