I have decided to summarize my personal statement because it contains very personal information of which I do not want online. My personal statement talks about my struggle as a child. When I was five my mother was diagnosed with stage 4 Breast Cancer and when I was ten she passed away. After her passing my sister became an avid alcohol and drug abuser, dropped out of high school, and spent time in a juvenile detention center. Also following my mother's...

What's so odd about odd numbers? Every single day when I am in the shower I stare at my shower scrunchie. It hangs from a bar and rests in space, dangling just feet above the drain. But what intrigues me about the scrunchie is its odd shape. The material it is made of causes the ball to have irregular twists and turns, making the shape almost impossible to characterize. In fact, it resembles a Calabi- Yau Manifold, a geometric figure...

Yale is such an amazing place. The people here are incredibly nice, talented, and humble. I feared I would not fit in well here but I have truly found my home at Yale...

Be honest in your application. Be real. So many people beef up their applications to sound impressive and are over the top, but the admissions committee is looking for people to admit, not robots. Don't...