I am in a sea of people; the subway is teeming with commuters, all soaked from their battle with the storm. Our shoes squeak in harmony; for a moment I am a worker bee, and there is something romantic about this. Five o’clock in New York City makes a vibrant person like myself question how I could turn into a dazed commuter. Morally torn between my fervor for work and the fatigue of the insipid nine-to-fiver, the only word...

If curiosity killed the cat, then I was meant to be a dog. Like a moth to a flame, I was drawn to my school’s science research program. The entrance assignment for my program was to comprise a list of areas in the sciences that I would be interested in studying; my list ranged from Neuroscience to Ecology, Epidemiology to Marine Biology. I have always had an extremely wide range of interests, not just within the sciences, but within...

The University of Pennsylvania has a strong emphasis on "fit". Through their supplement essays over the years they are concerned with understanding why you are a fit for their school. Before...