I have often been told that the number one fear in the United States is public speaking. No doubt, my presentation on the Hyoid Bone played a part in this. Formulated in the darker part of my sophomore year, which may or may not share a connection with the prospect of summer break, my Hyoid Bone SpeechTM is the result of what happens when Forensics and Human Anatomy collide. Trademarked because I suspect no one will ever try such a...

DUKE ESSAY - Freedom is vital, for, without such, human interaction is naught but instinct. Though genetics is by no means a shunned institution, stepping out of the theoretical and into the actual is a challenge only possible given freedom. For me, reaching actualization, that of labs, arrays, and solutions, is the only goal worth getting. Duke champions this realm. Located in the Research Triangle, the biological center of the world, Duke offers abundant space, modern infrastructure, and world-renowned personnel....

UPENN ESSAY - Connections are as important as the foundation they are built upon. Social connections breed opportunity, mental connections breed theory, and physical connections breed love. Despite this, in college, educational connections are usually left to the student to build. Research is often unrelated to the classroom, put forth at the behest of a professor, and volunteer efforts even further estranged, allowed to the discrepancy of various support groups. Such is not so at Penn. Each program at Penn...

"Personality Quirk" UNC Question - I’m the devil. Not literally, though, I just advocate for him on the side. As one can guess from this wording, I am a person prone to arguing, no matter it be a trite topic, or an important idea. I have an increasing tendency to be decreasingly agreeable as a subject remains uncontested, for it is in complacency that I find issue. Thus, it only comes natural that I be so unnatural, so unwilling...

JOHNS HOPKINS ESSAY - When I wake-up in the morning, I do not think of the Self. Instead, I grapple with my alarm, groan about the day ahead, and curse my early morning aches. Every single moment of my existence need not be used to develop a singular side, a strange amalgamation named “Connor,” but instead to simply live and experience, for only through that can true self-actualization be realized. In essence, there is no specific major labeled after me,...