Emily Chen (emily-chen)

Emily Chen (‘21) is a Humor writer. She enjoys projecting her own problems into articles to pretend that she’s funny. If she’s not fangirling over a random TV show or accidentally drinking paint water, she’s probably just procrastinating by reorganizing her desk and calling it “productivity.”

Humor

Sample Letter of Continued Interest to Get You off the Harvard Waitlist

Emily Chen 

I’m so respectful of your time that I’ve limited myself to the amount of space given for some of your supplements because I know you guys don’t like reading…

Issue 13, Volume 111

Humor

On Caffeine Sources

Emily Chen 

As your local sleep-deprived senior who has built their staying-awake stamina and is writing this after submitting their college application 10 minutes before the due date, I feel completely qualified to write this review.

Issue 5, Volume 111

Humor

Eulogy for the Regents

Emily Chen 

I’m sure they’re in a better place where kids treat them better, proper wooden Ticonderoga pencils and all.

Issue 14, Volume 110

Humor

APUSH LEQ, 2079

Emily Chen 

The coronavirus pandemic in the United States negatively impacted the social environment of many cities due to social isolation and repetitive memes.

Issue 13, Volume 110

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Students Walk Out As Protest For Not Shutting Down Schools; Virus Spreads Throughout City

Matthew Bark, Emily Chen 

“Yo, I don’t know what God put in the water on New Year’s, [coughing] but de Bruhsio just made it worse.” —Violet, also a Revolutionary

Issue 12, Volume 110

Humor

Diary Entries From a Stuyvesant Guitar

Emily Chen 

Here, we have compiled some of the entries in hopes of educating the Stuyvesant student body on the incredible oppression these instruments have faced.

Issue 7, Volume 110

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What Your MP1 Grades Say About You

Emily Chen, Ziyun Zhang 

Imagine doing unnecessary math just because some random article in a school newspaper told you to.

Issue 5, Volume 110

Humor

What I Really Mean During Open House Tours

Emily Chen 

The sheet they give you with all the tour information is close to useless.

Issue 5, Volume 110

Humor

How To Become TikTok Famous for Losers

Erica Sugimura, Emily Chen 

Only true fans remember musical.ly, the good old days when it was a singular Jacob Sartorius and not an army of Emma Chamberlain wannabes, when...

Issue 4, Volume 110

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