ishrat,
SC
B.S., Computer Science
Lover of ultimate frisbee and Kanye West. Turned down the Ivy League to attend the University of South Carolina as a Carolina Scholar. Here is my story.
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University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Applied for a B.S. in Computer Science
Accepted and Enrolled Legacy: NoSchool Specific Essays
Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others. ----- I work at a 100-square-foot shoebox of a fragrance store located in the armpit of South Carolina. Perfume Bazaar is the last place on earth I would have expected to be diverse; but somehow, it's a cosmopolitan paradise. Any day at the Bazaar, bustling or slow, brings with it a cornucopia of people from vastly different walks of...Supplemental Essay: Intellectual interest374 WordsFive years ago, during a winter break in India, I would spend much of my time in my grandfather's machine shop, where he manufactured sewing machine parts. Here, I would help him shape raw bars of pig iron into artfully chiseled “feed dogs,” using drills, lathes, milling machines, and a furnace. Seeing how the individual components of his intricate process came together in a systematic, efficient way fascinated my analytical mind. I enjoyed this approach of problem solving, and wanted...Supplemental Essay: Extracurricular activity162 Words“7:30. Academic team. Be there.” “But—” “No buts.” The line cut off. At Dutch Fork, I had always seen academic team as an activity reserved for the geniuses—a group I believed to have no business with. So naturally, I was reluctant when a friend on the team tried to get me to join. Eventually, though, he convinced me to come to one meeting. I quickly found the quiz bowl life to not be for the faint of heart—starting out,...Supplemental Essay: Intellectual interest157 WordsWater running down my back, motioning with my hands, I chant to myself: “Okay, so because lambda-d-b is h over p, and the quantity K plus E-naught squared equals—” “Ish, it's 2 AM, go to bed!” my suitemate yells from the other room. I've always been a teacher at heart. From demonstrating energy conservation to middle schoolers to trying to explain calculus to my younger sister to walking myself through physics derivations in the shower, it's something I constantly find myself...Supplemental Essay: “Why us” school essay211 WordsWhen I look into my dad’s face, I see a brilliant, successful engineer who is the best at what he does. But, I also see a man filled with regret for not following his passion. When he was my age, he chose to study electronics at a prestigious Indian engineering college to support his family, forgoing an opportunity to do what he loved—teaching. I can’t thank him enough for being able to give me a stable upbringing...Supplemental Essay: Diversity statement108 WordsDing-dong. “Hey, Asif, do you want to play outside with me and Steve?” “Sorry, Ishrat, but I can’t. I have prayer time now.” During the summer after second grade, I briefly resided in a Little India outside Detroit, MI. Having been raised in an exclusively Sikh community, I was thrown into a cultural melting pot. Through friends like Asif, a Bangladeshi-American Muslim, and Steve, a Catholic Indian from Goa, I explored completely new perspectives on faith and living life....Supplemental Essay: Amusing anecdote100 WordsWhenever I heard the words “physics research group,” I would always picture a crowd of reclusive geniuses huddled around a chalkboard examining some recondite equation—I'd never expected to leave my research internship missing the people there. Over the course of the summer, casual small talk between studying high-redshift galaxies would evolve into lively discussions over everything from electrodynamics to the NBA. I began looking forward to waking up at 6:30, not just to conduct intriguing research, but also to spend...Supplemental Essay: Extracurricular activity414 WordsTuesday, November 28th, 2017. For the past three months, we had been working tirelessly toward today: SPARK’s launch date for the 2017-2018 school year. We couldn’t mess up—for the initiative to see the light of day next semester, this had to go perfectly. A week earlier, -, -, -, and I had received word from Outreach that 33 students had registered for the launch. At the time, this was music to my ears—finally, all that time spent on...School Specific Advice
5 adjectives that describe a typical student at my school (Feel free to elaborate!)5 Wordschill, sociable,...How important school spirit is around athletics at my school32 WordsIt's an SEC school -- the school spirit is going...Research, job or internship opportunities available to students at my school157 WordsIn-state at least, SC gets a lot of flak for not being "prestigious," but that doesn't mean that the academics are bad. If anything, they're amazing, and due to the Honors College, at times better than what you'll see at Ivies. Moreover, getting a research internship is...How I would describe the wider community surrounding campus71 WordsSC is located in downtown Columbia, so it's a fairly urban campus with buildings emanating throughout the city from its main...How to increase chances at my school166 WordsA lot of people ask me how I got Carolina Scholar, the award given to the top 25 in-state applicants to the university. Honestly, I really don't know -- to be honest I wrote my essays in the span of two days and turned them in 10 minutes before the deadline. Furthermore,...
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What I’d change about my application process395 WordsLooking back, I really wish I'd been more realistic about money while I was picking colleges. Being a middle class family from the South, my FAFSA numbers came out to be way higher than what my family could afford -- my parents made this clear to me -- but I ended up applying to the schools I applied to anyway under the impression that they would somehow magically exceed my EFC and live up to their promises of fulfilling 100% need. But the real world just doesn't work that way. Needless to say, I was disappointed to see that the financial...What set me apart from other applicants110 WordsI tried to fill a unique niche wherever I could. At Brown for example, I actually applied for Education alongside Engineering Physics, conveying my passion for teaching through my experiences with the SPARK...Recommended summer activities during high school and college95 WordsFind summer programs in anything you're even slightly passionate about, and apply for them. I didn't partake in one until doing research at a university the summer after junior...
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