“So does that mean that I get to have two houses?” Thus is the sweet, naïve pondering of a young child who always recognized only the best in each situation. The glamour of having two houses soon diminished in the harsh light of that ugly word––divorce. Before I fully understood the nuances of what this word would bring to my family, I thought that having two houses would be a good thing; this impending separation of my parents...

The United States educational system has provided me with many opportunities to thoroughly learn about the history and the greatness of our country. However, it has also afforded me many other outlets to learn about America’s relation to the rest of the world as well as the nuances of global politics. Throughout my high school career, I have participated in Academic Worldquest, a program aimed toward teaching America’s youth about internal issues. Three times out of the last...

USC ended up being the perfect school for me. It is a balance of everything that I wanted in a school. It isa large school, but there are so many small communities within the school that...

I interviewed with two schools. The first school was Harvard and I thought it went well, but I'm not surprised that the interview did not lead to an acceptance. My second interview...