The University Honors Residential Community brings together students who strive for excellence in every aspect of their lives, including academically and socially. These students come from different backgrounds and have different experiences, as well as a diverse range of majors. In order to further advance their academic careers while at the same time providing a space for students’ enjoyment, I would create an It’s Academic Club. I have been in the It’s Academic Club in my school for...

My mind is a constant jumble of words. It wasn’t always like this. I still remember the days when writing was a foreign concept, when hours were spent playing with scratched Barbie dolls and drawing stick figures on crisp sheets of paper. I’m still not sure of the exact moment when I started to write. I have a vague memory of writing an awful poem about babies in the third grade. Even more embarrassingly, it was published in...

My freshman year of high school was spent in Chennai, India. To say that moving was a shock for me would be an understatement. Gone was my luxurious townhouse, the smooth paved streets of our cul-de-sac, the shiny new floors of my old middle school. I was greeted with hot and dusty streets, roadside stalls selling day-old flowers, and classrooms with wooden benches and no air conditioning. Of course, this in itself wasn’t really as big of a travesty...

passionate, intelligent,...

I chose to participate in American Institute of Chemical...

My favorite course so far was Global Ethics (PHIL 2304) which I took...

Because I had several jobs and certifications in high school,...

It's important to go beyond your comfort...