The slope of my roof is 66 degrees. Most people feel uncomfortable carrying expensive equipment 25 feet in the air on a 66 degree slope. This is the place where I am most content. My roof is a site of enchantment and awe. This place is my springboard to the majesty of the universe; it is the place where I directly interact with my greatest passion - astrophysics. Everyone who knows me knows that astrophysics is the subject that occupies my mind more...

Franklin and Marshall has an astrophysics program and an on-campus observatory with great research opportunities. That is hugely important to me. Astrophysics is my passion and my desired career. I want F&M to be my starting point because I believe that it can give me the tools I need in my specific field while rounding off my intellect everywhere else. Doing astronomy with real equipment in beautiful Lancaster away from the light pollution of larger cities is a phenomenal...

Question: If you could do anything or be anyone for a day Answer: There is no doubt in my mind that I would climb aboard the (sadly fictional) Tardis with Doctor Who. This is partly because it would create a loophole to this question. In the Tardis, an object that exists outside of time, one single day on Earth could be an eternity for me. I could return within a day after living out a lifetime of wonder. I could...

Question: What two subjects do you most want to study? Answer: With regard to intellectual inquisition, I am a man of extremes. While there are countless academic fields that I intend to explore, my two greatest curiosities lie in science, at two extreme ends of nature - the bewilderingly enormous and the bafflingly minuscule: cosmology and particle physics. The human mind is often debilitated in its attempts to visualize the abstract concepts of these fields because they lie beyond the...

Question: Wesleyan President Michael Roth believes a liberal arts education is a pragmatic choice in these times. In what way do you see a liberal arts education having practical value? Answer: I am planning on double majoring in astronomy and physics. People are often confused when I inform them that I am applying to liberal arts schools. They assume that a liberal arts education is not practical for those who want a good education in the STEM fields. This could...

Question: What is one thing you want your roommate to know about you? (Harvard Question) Answer: When roommates get acquainted, there are some questions that are almost guaranteed to be asked. One of those questions – “Did you play any sports in high school?” – I have always been apprehensive about answering. When I answer honestly, the responses range from enamored expressions to disgusted dispositions. Thus, I usually dodge the question with the technically true response, “no school sports”, in the hope...

I had a long version and a short version, long version was exactly the word limit, short version was under by about 200 words, and every teacher I asked advised me to use the short version. I did, and it was successful.

I would've started earlier and taken...

I interviewed with Harvard, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Columbia, and had a positive interview experience with all of them. I left the interviews feeling confident that it...

I declined all of the other schools I got into because I would have been saddled with crushing debt from student loans....

I refused to take out loans, as should you. Your education should not...

I would make it so...

Greek Life,...

Astrophysics, because it's the only...

The average class size is NOT as advertised. Most...

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