niathuravil,
Rutgers
B.S., Astronomy and Astrophysics
Your local dancing astronaut with a passion for the political things in life.
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Background
Hometown
Princeton, New Jersey
GenderFemale
EthnicityAsian
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2020
First Gen College StudentNo
English First Language
Yes
Other Language(s) Spoken
Tamil, Hindi, Spanish, French, Korean, Mandarin
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Rutgers, State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick (Piscataway, NJ)
Applied for a B.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: NoSchool Specific Essays
Supplemental Essay: Unique question posed by school411 WordsAs I write this, I feel a rush. I feel ironically natural, typing away at a plastic keyboard, and letting thoughts and reflections rush out of my mind in a tsunami of words. I smile, because I realize that there is nowhere I would rather be than in front of a computer or a blank sheet of paper, waiting to have my ideas written all across it. I was introduced to the wonderful world of creative writing in the first...Read more...Supplemental Essay: Unique question posed by school462 Words5 splits. 10 sit-ups. 10 high jumps. This is how my dance class normally begins. I am clad in a yellow and green salwar kameez, and taking the appropriate half-sitting stance that is required of all students learning Bharatanatyam, one of India’s many dance forms. We warm up at the beginning of the class using strenuous stretching techniques to build up our stamina, my arms and legs twisting in excruciatingly painful ways, and at this stage, I begin to question why I...Read more...Supplemental Essay: “Why us” school essay379 Words
If there is one university in the world that accurately defines me, my personality, and my beliefs, it is New York University. I am quite an open person; I enjoy communicating with people and sharing my stories and perspectives, and listening to their thoughts in return. Ideally, I would love to meet a new person every day, and with a campus so large and widespread that it utilizes an entire city for it, I feel that New York University would...Read more...Supplemental Essay: Unique question posed by school155 WordsI attended my first Model UN in my ninth grade. Despite my nervousness, I finished the conference, with the sense of achieving something tremendous. Encouraged, I continued attending MUN conferences, picking up experience and relishing it. I started out as a delegate, and then moved on, as an Executive Board member and then a Crisis Director. In my senior year, I was given the honorable responsibility of holding my own environmental conference which, coincidentally, was what I started with. Attending...Read more...Supplemental Essay: Amusing anecdote207 Words
The situation was simple- I had accidentally registered for a piano talent competition when I had no knowledge of playing the instrument. I felt too embarrassed to withdraw my name, despite the competition happening in three days. I was told that it would be seen as a harmless mistake, and was urged to explain my situation to the organizers, but I wasn’t confident enough to muster courage to speak about a mistake I had made. I hadn’t yet...Read more...Supplemental Essay: Time off from school154 WordsIn the summer of 2014, my curiosity was spiked when I was sent a link to a Korean music video. Immediately afterwards, I found myself repeating Korean vowels while having a notebook dedicated to writing down vocabulary words- when they were in Korean, I would look up the English meanings, and when I recalled an important word in English, I would search for its Korean equivalent. Soon enough, within the three months of summer vacation, I had mastered the basic and...Read more...School Specific Advice
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It is said that Model UN is a harrowing journey, and my experience only confirms it. I was introduced to Model UN in my ninth grade, when I attended my very first environmental conference. I was nervous at the opening ceremony, and listening to the grand speeches made by the chief guests did little to relieve my anxiety. I tried my hardest during the two days of intense debate, supporting relief operations and countering accusations and arguments only to have...Read more...Supplemental Essay Unique question posed by school230 WordsTell us about an experience, in school or out, that taught you something about yourself and/or the world around you. (maximum 200 words) Three weeks ago, on a car journey, I witnessed a strange event- a married couple violently fighting on the roadside, locked in a brawl. What shocked me more than this was the sight of a crowd gathered around the couple, not offering any kind of aid. In the fleeting two seconds I could watch, I only wondered...Read more...Supplemental Essay Unique question posed by school239 WordsBe it inside or outside of the classroom, what have you done to challenge yourself intellectually? Describe an issue, topic or area of study that you have investigated or pursued. (maximum 200 words) The way that all organisms of the same species can speak various tongues, making different sounds to communicate different things, is what makes languages so fascinating to me. Additionally, I was brought up to speak English along with my mother’s native language, Tamil, and therefore, I was...Read more...Supplemental Essay Unique question posed by school486 WordsRutgers requires that you provide a short essay that is your original work. Please reflect on what you consider to be an important personal experience... How will this experience prepare you for success at Rutgers? (3800 characters) The beauty of language is something that evades many students, instead presenting itself as a burdensome “graduation requirement” To me, however, languages are friends. I compare each language I’ve picked up throughout my life so far to a human being, someone to help...Read more...Supplemental Essay Other117 WordsAll of my essays are real, true reflections upon some of my most treasured passions and interests. Mostly all of them revolve around a central theme- communication. I spoke about learning languages, meeting new people, solving problems, and writing, all of which I'm extremely passionate about. My aim was to let the universities and colleges know that when I'm interested in something, I look for depth, not breadth. This is why I didn't heavily include some of my more out-of-way...Read more...General Admissions Advice
What I now know about my school that I never would have known prior to enrolling267 WordsI always looked down upon the thought of attending my state school. I wanted in on the big leagues, like Princeton, NYU and Fordham. During the application process, I prayed that I would get into these schools with good enough financial aid packages to attend (my family has a strict no-loan policy for undergraduate studies), while my state school was a top-ranked public university with an incredibly affordable tuition. However, now that I've enrolled at Rutgers, I'm honestly...Read more...What I’d change about my application process111 WordsIf I could change one thing about the way I went about my college applications, it would be the scheduling of the tasks I needed to complete. I was a heavy procrastinator, and...Read more...List of schools I interviewed with and my interview experience388 WordsI only interviewed with one school, and that was Princeton University. I'd been suffering with a migraine all day before my interview (2:00 PM EST translates to the middle of the night in IST) and wasn't in the best of moods, which I knew my interviewer could identify. However, she was lovely, and we had a nice conversation (that, surprisingly, felt nothing like a formal interview), given that she was also an IBDP graduate in subjects similar to mine. My advice for prospective interviewees is to just relax. Most college interviews- A. proceed like how mine did- in an informal, conversational...Read more...Recommended summer activities during high school and college129 WordsI would highly recommend looking for an internship or even part-time entry-level work experience in the field that you are interested in. In case you don't know what to do yet, go internship-hopping. Look for flash internships (programs...Read more...What set me apart from other applicants26 WordsPersonally, I feel that my work and volunteer...Read more...High School Performance
Unweighted GPA3.20RankTop 25%
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