“Are we alone?” This question has haunted everyone from the ancient Greeks to modern scientists. Everyone has wanted to know whether or not the bright pin-points of light visible at night in the sky are merely dead clumps of matter, or if they have life on them possibly intelligent enough to communicate with humans. In recent times, with the advent of more advanced technology has come the possibility that, in the event that a civilization actually tried to contact us,...

One of the schools I chose was based off of the fact that it is in my home town and I had grown up in the culture of the university. I was also extremely familiar with the campus, which was an added bonus. The second...

I was involved my freshman year in the honors college, which is a residence organization for honors students and involved many events and several classes that we were all required to take together. I enjoyed...

One school was in the same city I'd grown up in so I actually made a campus visit my junior year of high school as part of a summer program put on by said college for local high school students....

I would highly recommend getting a job if possible during the summers, and if not, getting some sort of volunteer or internship experience. Volunteer or...

My school definitely has a particular culture and there seem to be a strong divide between people who love it and people who hate it. The sense of Christianity on campus is very strong, although not everyone is Christian or is serious about it and it is...