Vincent Zhou
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speakers virtually to talk about something it's still real to the kids it they can open their eyes go to practice the next morning and what the speaker said is still real it's still in front of them and i think that's the big difference right is with a community like this
Those kids aren't going to be let down over and over again when they close, when they turn off their screens and open their eyes. And I think that's, I think that's the right way to do this. That's the right way to leverage digital technology and connectivity. So I just wanted to say that because I was thinking when you were talking and I had this realization, like, yeah, that's it. So.
Those kids aren't going to be let down over and over again when they close, when they turn off their screens and open their eyes. And I think that's, I think that's the right way to do this. That's the right way to leverage digital technology and connectivity. So I just wanted to say that because I was thinking when you were talking and I had this realization, like, yeah, that's it. So.
Those kids aren't going to be let down over and over again when they close, when they turn off their screens and open their eyes. And I think that's, I think that's the right way to do this. That's the right way to leverage digital technology and connectivity. So I just wanted to say that because I was thinking when you were talking and I had this realization, like, yeah, that's it. So.
That's the first time I've been asked that question. And it's a very difficult question because how can you compare, right? And there's also a present bias in thinking about, because the recency of the experience also determines how well you remember the intricacies of what made it difficult.
That's the first time I've been asked that question. And it's a very difficult question because how can you compare, right? And there's also a present bias in thinking about, because the recency of the experience also determines how well you remember the intricacies of what made it difficult.
That's the first time I've been asked that question. And it's a very difficult question because how can you compare, right? And there's also a present bias in thinking about, because the recency of the experience also determines how well you remember the intricacies of what made it difficult.
So I think one of the most difficult transitions was going from my 2019 world championships where I won my first world medal to And I was on top of the world. I was continuing my upward trajectory from the 2018 Olympics to doing a semester at Brown.
So I think one of the most difficult transitions was going from my 2019 world championships where I won my first world medal to And I was on top of the world. I was continuing my upward trajectory from the 2018 Olympics to doing a semester at Brown.
So I think one of the most difficult transitions was going from my 2019 world championships where I won my first world medal to And I was on top of the world. I was continuing my upward trajectory from the 2018 Olympics to doing a semester at Brown.
The story is that I applied to Brown to begin in 2019, even though I wasn't planning on retiring from skating yet, because my standardized test scores were about to expire. Jokes, they removed the standardized test requirement the following year, but I didn't know that would happen.
The story is that I applied to Brown to begin in 2019, even though I wasn't planning on retiring from skating yet, because my standardized test scores were about to expire. Jokes, they removed the standardized test requirement the following year, but I didn't know that would happen.
The story is that I applied to Brown to begin in 2019, even though I wasn't planning on retiring from skating yet, because my standardized test scores were about to expire. Jokes, they removed the standardized test requirement the following year, but I didn't know that would happen.
So I applied then, and my plan was to request three years of deferral so that I could fully focus on skating through the 2022 Olympics and then start. But Brown gave me two and a half years. Other schools gave me three, but I liked Brown so much that I took their offer anyway. And I knew that I just had to get this semester done.
So I applied then, and my plan was to request three years of deferral so that I could fully focus on skating through the 2022 Olympics and then start. But Brown gave me two and a half years. Other schools gave me three, but I liked Brown so much that I took their offer anyway. And I knew that I just had to get this semester done.
So I applied then, and my plan was to request three years of deferral so that I could fully focus on skating through the 2022 Olympics and then start. But Brown gave me two and a half years. Other schools gave me three, but I liked Brown so much that I took their offer anyway. And I knew that I just had to get this semester done.
The earlier, the better, because closer to the 2022 Olympics would mean more disruption. So in fall 2019, I did a semester on campus. And I went to online school from the middle of fifth grade through high school graduation.
The earlier, the better, because closer to the 2022 Olympics would mean more disruption. So in fall 2019, I did a semester on campus. And I went to online school from the middle of fifth grade through high school graduation.
The earlier, the better, because closer to the 2022 Olympics would mean more disruption. So in fall 2019, I did a semester on campus. And I went to online school from the middle of fifth grade through high school graduation.
with the exception of junior year and then after graduation i took two more gap years to focus on the 2018 olympics so i'd spent a long time away from a physical classroom environment and i didn't have i wasn't so lucky as to have something like icl around me so my experience was probably very different. I did not belong whatsoever. I had to learn to be a beginner again, almost.