The drumming of my heart crescendoed as I tried to muster up enough courage to raise my hand in response to the teacher’s “Any thoughts, class?” Looking around the room to check for other raised hands and finding none, insecurity festered inside. Do I raise my hand and point out the fallacy in the protagonist’s rhetoric at the risk of being wrong, or do I save myself the embarrassment and forever hold my peace? By the time I...

I plan to take my current interests for math, science, technology, engineering, and, more recently, human health, to a university for further cultivation. With faculty members who are distinct leaders in their respective fields and the opportunity to engage in cutting edge research from the get go, I look forward to attending a postsecondary institution to hone my problem-solving skills. I am also thrilled at the prospect of collaborating with the best and brightest of my peers who share my...

Last spring, my father collapsed and had a heart attack due to coronary heart disease. After hours of surgery, the doctor let my family know my father’s heart had flatlined for a good minute before a subsequent angioplasty and stenting procedure saved his life. In the aftermath, I dedicated what extra time I had to learning all I could of my father’s condition and the various medical procedures involved. During my research, I couldn't help but connect the...

My world -past, present, and future- has every bit to do with my family. From growing up in a rural town surrounded by rice paddies and rickshaws in Indonesia to my current aspiration to pursue biomedical engineering in America, my family's influence is at the bottom of it all. Growing up in a family of first generation immigrants set the stage for a lonely childhood, characterized by working parents and absentee siblings. Thus, it was impossible to receive any sort...

Read, read, read! Don't stop at required reading, go above and...

determined, chill,...

the campus is HUGE! Definitely consider...

Definitely my commitment to my high school's robotics...

I did not end up taking out a loan. In order to decide, I looked at the total grant/ scholarship money...