Clothes Make the Man Do not be fooled by my ethnicity. I look Asian, but I am a hundred percent occidental in my thought. Biologically I am Filipino, but blood and genetics are not what define me: I am what I have lived. My American mother and French father adopted me (at birth) and we have lived in many countries, which has influenced my perception of the world. Mainly though, I see things through my mother’s American eyes, and,...

What I find most appealing about Columbia is the sense of familiarity I believe I would find there. The international and diverse student body at Columbia is similar to what I have always been part of. I live in a community of intellectual and artistic people and have grown used to academic challenge. Were I to attend, I could be continuing my present lifestyle, yet in a totally new place. Also, I want to have the typical campus experience, though...

Books read for pleasure in the past year The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Me talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaeris, 1984 by George Orwell, Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan, Cyrano de Bergerac a French play by Edmond Rostand Required reading most enjoyed in last year Dom Juan a French play by Moliere, Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt,...