‘Never lose your self-identity, even in the darkest of times.’ As I wrote the final sentence, the last of my grief transferred through the ink and sank onto the pages. I had kept my journal with me for three weeks as I identified the sources of my sorrow. I was unlocking my suppressed thoughts whilst simultaneously looking at them through analytical eyes; I was healing myself. At first, I kept my journal because I had a desire to leave behind...

When I told my father that we were going to New Haven, he asked “which restaurant is this?” When we arrived, it wasn’t too far from my ideal restaurant. As we roamed through the streets of the campus, the luxurious aromas immediately grasped my attention. It had a perfect balance between the tranquil of the Manuscript Library and the noise of shouting students engaging in a game of ultimate frisbee. This tight-knit college holds the ingredients of an extensive...

I see chemistry as a lens through which I can satiate my curiosities and provide explanations to the “why?” of everything around me. Similarly, mathematics provides a unique realm of knowledge where every question has a definite answer either solved or unsolved. My interest in both Applied Math and Chemistry stems from my aspiration to further hone my analytical skills and develop my own understanding of society. Through both acquired and instinctive knowledge, I wish to eliminate the roadblocks in...

The human mind is a complex structure that varies among humans, but the one function it holds true for most is curiosity. It is safe to say that the delight of discovery and solving the mysteries of life not only provide us with tranquility, but it also opens us up to a vortex of a thousand more unsolved problems. The answer to these infinite series of mysteries is simple: Unsolved Mysteries 101. When Fibonacci wrote Liber Abaci, he proposed a sequence...