<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Akshat Srivastava — Writing</title><description>Physics and mathematics at NTU. Astronomy olympiads, problem-solving, and the occasional dad joke.</description><link>https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/</link><language>en</language><item><title>College Decisions</title><link>https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/decisions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/decisions/</guid><description>A comprehensive reaction to my college decisions</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>College</category><category>MIT</category><category>Ivy League</category></item><item><title>Interviews</title><link>https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/interviews/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/interviews/</guid><description>My experience with university interviews</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>University</category><category>Oxford</category><category>MIT</category><category>NTU</category><category>Yale</category></item><item><title>Indian Astronomy Olympiads</title><link>https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/indian-astronomy-olympiads/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/indian-astronomy-olympiads/</guid><description>Analysis of the National Standard Examination in Astronomy (NSEA) and the Indian National Astronomy Olympiad (INAO) papers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>astronomy</category><category>olympiad</category></item><item><title>Failure</title><link>https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/failure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/failure/</guid><description>What does it mean to fail?</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>College</category><category>Oxford</category></item><item><title>The Day of Early Action</title><link>https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/the-day-of-early-action/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bunchofcellulose.github.io/blog/the-day-of-early-action/</guid><description>Time to apply to college! Not so fun as it sounds sadly.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>College</category><category>MIT</category></item></channel></rss>