One Point Seven Seconds Fists clenched tightly, shaking, I sat on the curb and waited. ∆X = ½at2 + V1t 30ft = ½(0)t2 + 17ft/sect 30ft = 17ft/sect t = 1.7 sec I thought about how I had finally messed up, and I had messed up badly. Waiting for my parents, I could only think of the physics of the situation. The acceleration was zero, so distance equaled rate times time. In one point seven seconds, my day went from the most outstanding to...

Penn will allow me to study not just engineering courses but also courses in the liberal arts fields such as business, linguistics, and writing. Starting when I was a toddler, my parents continuously found me in precarious situations. As soon as the dishwasher opened, I would be lying on my back, nose almost touching the door, trying to figure out how it worked. I am not sure if it was those incidents or the dismantled electronic toys that tipped them...

In the northern hemisphere, a western coastline (on the eastern side of an ocean), with a dominant wind blowing from North to South would experience

These essays were all used for my application to the University of Pennsylvania.