A masked figure corners an innocent pedestrian in a dark alleyway. His menacing eyes are trained on the defenseless young man; he isn't bluffing. Quivering in fear, the victim frantically rifles through his pockets. You think this criminal wants money? Wrong. Imagine the look of horror on the poor lad's face as this villain starts to stuff live lobsters one-by-one into his pants. The next day, our lawless friend returns and confesses out of guilt, and his unwavering honesty moves...

I always thought of myself as a lone hero. "If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself," was my motto. Out of nowhere in the seventh grade, a mission surfaced on my radar: designing a Japanese banner from scratch. Never before had I encountered a mission of such high artistic magnitude. The only artistic superpowers I had were in origami, but who would use origami on a Japanese banner? Desperate, I had no choice but to...

I adore scientific experiments, where small "strokes of the wand" can yield an infinite array of possibilities. My voracious appetite for discovery, a defiance against rationality, thrives off the truth that infinite possibilities inherently exist in anything, no matter how small. Big things truly come from small packages: a principle that expands my thirst for curiosity. As I conducted experiments in the classroom, I was also performing magic. One Mento dropped into a cylinder of coke, along with a dash...

- Funny story: I decided to change my personal statement last minute to the rest of my colleges I applied to, and I got either waitlisted or rejected from them (I realized later how crappy my new one really was). Never second guess yourself when writing essays! Be confident in what you write about! -Colleges typically like to hear really interesting or extremely ordinary occurrences/anecdotes uniquely connected to your aspirations, core values, or what defines you. You don't need...

(This is for my High School) -More academic opportunities. What's weird is that my school...

-Basically all the cinematic arts/creative...

This goes back probably all the way to middle school, but finding a PASSION for myself and working towards it to achieve an unexplainable...

High School: Research, Internships, starting a business, learning new skills College: Same as...

-Be an entrepreneur or showcase your ability to think about new ideas and/or reach out to your community...