PHOW! There goes the horse hoof. Right on my butt. I try not to cry because crying is for kids but tears start cuddling my eyes with so much force that I couldn’t handle it. My fourteen-year old mind starts blaming dad for leaving me with this much hardship and I cry even more.  Mom once joked about abandoning me at the countryside during summer to experience ‘real’ life, but dad took it seriously. My country, Mongolia, is a...

I am probably one of the few people who’s been determined on their career since elementary school. My grandfather always looked happy in my eyes and he was the one who opened all the opportunities I now have. Combined with my interest in mathematics, I dreamed of being an accountant like him so I wanted to study finance since the first time someone asked me “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As the daughter of...

My career goals are related to banking, which is straightforward to learn on the job unlike, for example, computer science, so I believe it is more important for me to learn the skills required to be a successful banker through liberal education. From my research of 20 schools, Brown is the only school that has a liberal approach to education but without specific course requirements. This is specially appealing to me because I will be able to explore my other intellectual...