“Papillon, déploie tes ailes et envole-toi vers la lumière.”  (Butterfly, open your wings and fly towards the light.) - Le Papillon des Étoiles by Bernard Werber I discovered sealed boxes labeled “fourth grade” in storage. It had been six years since my family emigrated from Korea, but because of the frequent moves over the years, some of our belongings were perpetually being packed and unpacked in U-Haul boxes. In one such box, I picked up a book with...

1) Research I conducted two environmental research projects with my partner, Jordan Sanford, since sophomore year. Our first project was the Utilization of Optical Fibers to Maximize Algal Biofuel Production, in which we extracted glycerides from microalgae, Scenedesmus obliquus, that was irradiated with light, delivered by a solar powered optical fiber net to enhance algal lipid production, thereby producing an alternative renewable fuel. This project received Honors Award at the Long Island Science Congress and Syosset High School Advanced Research Award,...

I am a girl of many interests. My passions include dance, film, language, programming and literature. From an early age, I have sought environments that encourage my desire to learn and explore. I need more than a university that merely provides classes; rather, I need a university that allows me to grow both as a scholar and as a human being. Because BU values an individualized learning experience that mirrors my own ideals, it is the perfect university for me....

Bacteria work for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. I cannot. This was the central obstacle I encountered in my research on Microbial Fuel Cells - a self-sustaining system in which bacteria generate electricity while purifying wastewater. My problem? I wanted to measure bacterial activities day and night, but the search for an adequate measuring system within budget turned out to be impossible. But the impossible didn’t stop me: instead, I decided to make my own measuring system,...

Technology has not always been my greatest passion - I was better at breaking computers than fixing them. The first time I considered learning how to code was when I got a Tumblr blog. Soon, I became fascinated with theme settings where hundreds of lines of code were used to make my website play music, alter the shape of cursors, or even break the entire website. Since, I gained a wider perspective on what computer science entails beyond editing a...