Blue ... like the water that swallows me no matter how hard I kick my feet. I groan. Squeezing my eyes shut, I try to fall back to sleep. However, with the birds relentlessly chattering in my ears and the sun rays seeping through the slits of my eyes, sleep is impossible. Sighing, I slowly open my eyes and the blue greets me once again. This blue color of my bunk bed repeatedly reminds me of the thing that controls my...

Originally, I wanted to pursue a career in medicine. I hope to prolong people's lives because I personally experience a loss, my grandfather who died of cancer. Because I was young, I did not realize that I would never see my grandfather. The abruptness of seeing my grandfather alive and then gone did not register in my mind. Eventually I realized the concept of death. As a result, I feel obligated to save people's lives. However, I later realized that...

Since elementary school, I like my math and science classes. I love math because there are many different ways to solve a problem. Furthermore, I see myself using math everyday. Science, on the other hand, intrigues me. I liked the hands-on experience that my science class often offered. I remember in eighth grade my science teacher asked us to draw the answer to "what is science?" I finally realized that science is everything. I was first drawn to Brown by...

I recall the conversations my two older sisters had when they were applying to colleges. Discussing their possible majors, they constantly brought up engineering. Upon learning that engineering incorporates math and science to solve practical problems, I developed an interest in engineering. In the summer of my sophomore year, I went to New York to see my sister, Lila, present her research project for the Cornell Gateways to the Laboratory Program. She talked about her investigation in the role of...

I first heard of Brown when my oldest sister was applying to colleges. She mentioned Brown's SNC system which appealed to me. Then, this summer I attended a language program where I met Ronald who showed me the value of true motivation or what he calls "drive." That summer there was a college fair. I was not very enthusiastic to go to the college fair. However, he wanted to show me Brown. How can a boy who barely knows me...

As a Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholarship recipient, I had the opportunity to attend Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Program to further my education in mathematics and science. Taking chemistry and physics classes introduced me to more advanced technology than that of my school, The unfamiliar instruments...