Fail-ee-er Urgh! Just thinking about that word makes me wince. Alas, I experience failure every day in my life. There is not a single experience that I can recount as a failure because I have experienced so many that giving preference to one over another seems unmerited. All my failed attempts at succeeding have taught me something or another and not one life lesson learned from these experiences is better. What people consider the humdrum undertakings, I consider opportunities. What...

During the summer vacation of 2014, I visited University of Wisconsin Madison. I had previously visited many others schools and held them into consideration, but none seemed to quite satisfy me. Sure, they were all great schools with major academic and extracurricular achievements but none of them seemed up to par with my expectations. During the tour, I found myself envisioning roaming down the halls of Madison, participating in the wide array of activities held in the arena, and volunteering at...

Step into the long corridors of Homestead, stop a hustling student and simply question if they know me. Most likely, the answer is yes. They wouldn’t know me due to my academic performance, athletic records or the circling school gossip. However, the one thing that they would admittedly distinguish me through is my stature. Weighing just over hundred pounds and standing 5 feet tall, I am what people would consider abnormal, or odd. Normally, oddity is automatically associated to being...

University of Chicago: Prompt: What's so odd about odd numbers? (Inspired by Mario Rosasco, Class of 2009.)

Independent, involved,...

If I had to change one thing about my application process, I would definitely tell myself...

If you are going into Medical, then I would recommend to do some type of...

I think that the one thing that distinguished me from others was the fact...

Since I want to go into Medical, I...