I feel that everyone is unique in his or her own way. What sets me apart from everyone else is my ambition and focus. I really look forward to making a major contribution in my chosen field of neurosurgery. Some people believe they are here to make a certain amount of money, but I truly believe that I am here to make an impact on my world. I believe that I am here to change the course of history, somehow,...

Of all the literary characters I have encountered throughout my experience as a reader, only one stands out to me as the person I would most wish to emulate. That character is 15-year old Christopher John Francis Boone from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Although Christopher is autistic, he appeals to me because he personifies my character as well as the person I desire to be. Described as “being in his own world,” Christopher’s perception...

PROMPT -- "We know that diversity makes us a better university -- better for learning, for teaching, and for conducting research." (U-M President Mary Sue Coleman) Share an experience through which you have gained respect for intellectual, social, or cultural differences. Comment on how your personal experiences and achievements would contribute to the diversity of the University of Michigan. Cross-cultural research helped me to appreciate both cultural diversity and human kinship. For my psychology class, I researched the differences and...

Typically, when one reflects on the concept of world hunger, he or she relates to the lack of essential victuals available to underprivileged people. To me, however, the concept of world hunger applies to the mind, and identifies with the desire for knowledge. My perceptions of hunger are not concerned with my immediate community in Chicago, or with anywhere in America. In fact, the mental hunger I view exists habitually in my homeland, Nigeria. What do I observe in regards...

Progressive Thinking – [Excerpt] I decided to experiment on what emerges when one combines two ideas, one the polar opposite of the other, in order to examine whether a truly dichotomous product will emerge. Having chosen my ideas, transcendentalism and absurdity, I placed them in a particle accelerator. Finally, the product materialized in the vicinity. Indeed, the product was a translucent entity closest in semblance to the DNA helix. I unraveled the matrix of the structure only to find the blueprint...