The lessons I have learned in tennis can apply to everybody’s life. When someone begins learning tennis, the main focus is to keep the ball in play. Keep the ball going back and forth until you win the point. I honestly struggled keeping up my motivation in high school. However once I finally found a very steady source, it made life much easier and it kept me going much longer. I lived in Missouri until I moved to New...

Losing one parent can make life extremely difficult. At the time I lost my father for the first time, I was at the age of twelve. He was in jail because he made a terrible, selfish decision so I felt little sympathy for him and no effects from his one month absence. In addition, the rest of my family was in good health and in a good financial situation including secure transportation. However, the second time he was arrested, not...

As I began dissecting the cow’s oddly enormous eyeball for my fifth grade science club, I felt a new interest in science developing. I remember the various questions it raised in my mind that ranged from “Why is the eyeball larger than it appears on a live cow?” to “What is this dark, slimy liquid?”. My curiosity in the biological aspect of science was sparked. Science class had always been my favorite class in elementary school and still remains...

The University of Chicago is where someone like me, an eccentric, curious person with various passions, can find people to identify with. I want to find a school that has a community that is like that. A recruiter came to my school and spoke to us about how there is a Chipotle appreciation club, a circus and how there was a time students built a nuclear reactor. There is pretty much everything at this school. I do not have a...

The first essay was used for Questbridge, which asked to describe an experience which caused you to change your perspective and/or your opinion. How did this affect you? The second essay was for Rutgers which asked: Rutgers requires that you provide a short essay that is your original work. Please reflect on what you consider to be an important personal experience related to your talents, interests, or commitments. Using this experience, please tell us what you learned about yourself....

I would have started much earlier. I procrastinated at the end, which made have hurt some of my supplemental essays. I also would have finished...

I interviewed for University of Chicago and Princeton. UChicago is probably one of the weirdest ones to interview, but it also really helps them see if you're the student they would want and if the school is one you would want. For me, I fell in love with UChicago way more after...

For one, ask your recommenders early for a recommendation! Also, ask your junior teachers that you feel genuinely...

When writing your essays, try to incorporate how characteristics that really shows that you'd be someone that would fit into...

During the summer, the best thing you can do is advance on one of your passions (or multiple if you adventurous), but make sure it's meaningful. Don't do things you know you really couldn't care less about if it wasn't for college. I...

A few things I think set me apart. For one, I'm someone who has overcame huge obstacles and was still...

Apply to scholarships early!! I mostly worried about the Questbridge Match Scholarship (which I ultimately did win), but some of the great scholarship like Horatio Alger, Coke and...

Most likely, I'm going to medical school to eventually...

So I decided to three safeties because I knew TCNJ would be a school that might not offer too much aid, but I could easily be accepted to and possible get outside scholarships. Rutgers was known for good aid to good students and getting into the honors college would be...

I ultimately chose to attend because I was...