The War of the Words The situation looked grim. Trapped and quickly running out of space, I started towards the dreaded corner, pencil in hand. Whoa! Where the F did that come from? Seriously though, where did that “F” come from. This crossword was a mess. I had started with a hand drawn 15x15 grid. A blank 15x15 grid. The possibilities were endless. Using a series of black spaces and letters I would fill in each of the 225 squares. Easy....

Because of the infamous “Where Fun Goes to Die” reputation of UChicago I thought that everyone at the school would be intensely and overly competitive with each other. However, when I visited one of the university’s on-campus open house days I realized I couldn’t have been more wrong. While all the students did have a certain intensity, it was because they were all so passionate and excited about their courses, professors and the other students they were able...

I am drawn to engineering because I enjoy solving problems. One place where I have to consistently solve problems is in computer programming. In the programming course I took last summer we had to solve complex problems using code. We started with simple commands like input and output and worked our way up to more complicated programs such as designing games (hangman, tic-tac-toe etc.). I learned how to take a large, and seemingly daunting problem and break it into small...

Two areas I am interested in within the College of Arts and Sciences are Statistical Science and Computer Science. My first experience with statistics was last year when I took AP Statistics in school. It quickly became my favorite class. More than any other math class I had taken, statistics had very clear real-world applications. While there's nothing wrong with imaginary numbers and the fundamental theorem of calculus, they do not have the evident impact on everyday life that probability,...

I’m interested in attending Georgia Tech mainly because of the diversity present on campus. Specifically, I am interested in attending the College of Engineering largely because Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering has graduated more female engineers than any other school since 2007, which is a wonderful testament to the diversity encouraged within the Georgia Tech community since the school obviously encourages women to pursue a field which is traditionally male-dominated. I also like how Georgia Tech provides diversity outside...

To me, “Progress and Service” means that Georgia Tech students and faculty are always striving to be the best and make innovations in their respective fields. In the College of Engineering, the desire for progress is clear through the Cooperative Plan and Research Option because students are given ample opportunity to have real-world engineering experience and therefore experience progress and innovation even as undergraduates. The second part of the moto, “Service” means that in addition to being successful, Georgia Tech...