On January 9th 2014, I set my feet on American soil for the first time. It was a long journey. I was born and lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo until I was fourteen, when my family was forced to leave our country and seek asylum in Thailand. My parents had owned a non profit organization that defended the rights of women victims of sexual assault. In the process, they made themselves enemies of officials of the national army who...

Boston University (BU) has and is everything I am looking for in a college: a fine private university, great programs and research opportunities, and a location in a big city. Boston University is a major private college which counts several Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners among its faculty and alumni and it will be an honor for me to acquire my undergraduate degree from a university of BU's reputation. Furthermore, it has a great biology and premedical program and will...

My undergraduate essay was for Boston University and they asked why I chose to apply to their institution. My essay provides major reasons why I personally wanted to attend the university, giving specific details and basing myself on my career interests and what the university could offer in those areas.

My...