As I look into my childhood backyard in Florida, I walk to my left and see the racetrack, in the center a big hole filled with water –my laboratory–and to my right the wooden stage. In each of these places, I play a different character of Gabi. The racetrack is where I play the determined Gabi, where I win races against the all-time champion Danny – the scooter boy. On the wooden stage, I play the graceful and lithe Gabi,...

The campus I want to study at is the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. I am motivated to study here because I see myself able to grow, challenge myself, and strive in my passions at NYU Poly. With the school’s mission statement of Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, I know I will be challenged here. I want to partake in the “research renaissance” in NYU Poly’s labs and figure out solutions to hard problems in the classrooms. The idea...