I have had a peculiar obsession with nooks and hideaways for as long as I can remember. I have always tended to attribute certain feelings to certain places; whether it was the tree house I hid in when I was little, or the roofs and other fascinating (yet ordinary) places which nowadays let me enjoy their sublime view. In my mind there is a mini-map of all of these "divine" places scattered throughout Belgrade. As they have profoundly different effects...

Human mind is one of the least understood areas in science. I have always found it amazing how the physical existence of our brain translates into something as transcendent as thoughts. We are aware of neurons and synapses, neurotransmitters and receptors, but little is known about what happens at a fundamental level. What is "mind"? How exactly is it related to the brain? Will we ever be able to truly understand it and make a mathematical model of it? Or,...

Hello, my name is Andrej. Or, better yet, I am Andrej. Names are powerful; they define us from our birth. When you think of it, they are just our parents' hopes compressed into a single word. This word, however, inevitably shapes the way we come across, as well as the way we define ourselves. After reading about the so-called "name-letter effect", I myself started noticing that some of my aspirations seem subconsciously dictated by the way my name sounds and...

The first essay was for Penn. The second essay listed was for Dartmouth's prompt about names.

Memorandum To: All employees From: Andrej Ilic Date: 2/18/2017 As you all probably know the last month was a major success for Retrospect Bioengineering – our latest prototype retrovirus H7 was shown to be 100% effective in preventing HIV infection in chimpanzees, but it was also shown to be highly transmittable. This marks a new era for the company: an era in which we should carefully predict all the potential applications, as well as all the potential risks associated with this technology. In...

URBS 480 with Prof. Lamas - I enjoyed this instructor and class immensely. The course material was admittedly difficult and abstract,...

Dull,...

Strive for...

I guess my...

I chose them...

Penn has a relatively large and isolated campus. It is surrounded...

All students are welcome and encouraged to speak with a member of the advising staff in the...

Being able to learn and work in an environment as diverse as Penn creates richer experiences. There’s so much to learn from even just one person....

1) Apply ED. They blatantly tell you that ED gives you a huge boost. Even if you are deferred, it should help you in the RD round. 2) In the Why Penn essay, the important part of the question is how you are a match for Penn (not just the other way around). 3) Supplemental stuff is very acceptable at Penn. I sent in a supplemental...

Being an amateur musician, my favorite place at Penn is definitely the Platt Student Performing Arts House. It provides administrative and...

As I am in a dual-degree there is no running away from the fact that my schedule is typically dense. I try to populate it...