“Lena would get good gas mileage. Like one of those hybrid cars...She would have state-of-the-art GPS. She would have airbags.” (The Third Summer of the Sisterhood) I would take a gas-guzzling sports car over that any day. I am not a cautious person and would rather have a fun ride than a boring, safe one. I used to think hybrids were slow and boring, but Lena proved me wrong. Lena is docile like a hybrid, but she shows a...

“This was the only one that worked!” are words I will never forget hearing from my freshman year honors biology teacher. Out of eight lab groups, my lab group was the only one that successfully performed the most memorable lab of the year. Mr. Patrick had ordered a kit that allowed us to cultivate recombinant bacteria. The signs of success were if the bacteria could survive being doused in penicillin. The rest of the class had produced empty agar plates,...

Debate, Project...

My favorite course so far has been Introduction to Web Design because I got to learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript,...

Athletic, Driven,...

The main thing I would change about Cornell if I were student body president is how Intramural Sports is run. There are many teams...

1) It's cold from the end of October until the middle of April. Coming from California it was a shock learning that winter could last so long. 2) Although liberal arts...

It's pretty easy to transfer schools here, but I would recommend trying at the end of your freshman year and latest at the end of sophomore year. If you want...

For my applications I went to an essay editor, but I let her edit my essay so much that a lot of my own voice was lost in my personal statement....

My parents hired a private admissions counselor for me and the main advice I received was to start essays during the summer before senior year...

The only school I interviewed with was Cornell and it was actually pretty intense since I wasn't expecting any hard questions. My interviewer...

Throughout highschool I would recommend: 1) Volunteer -- find a cause you are interested in and contribute to that. It doesn't matter what group it is through or how big the impact is as long as you are doing something you care about. 2) Do something to explore your intellectual interests. Whether...