I knock on the window of a parked yellow cab. The heavily-accented driver loudly utters a “no” as he shakes his head vigorously, but another yellow one pulls up to the curb. There is so much to do here in New York City. As the taxi pushes its way down Broadway, we whiz by blobs of grey and black scarves, overcoats, and ties. I’m let off at the Majestic Theatre near Times Square to meet my mother for the...

What makes you happy? There are many things that make me happy. Some of them are more important, like finally understanding the proof for an orthogonal in multivariable or playing my heart out in “Fantasie Impromptu” by Chopin on the piano. Some of them are insignificant, representing just a speck in one day. One of the smallest, most trivial ones is sticking my entire hand into a 41 ounce bag of Skittles. While I read The Canterbury Tales, my left hand...

What's your favorite word and why? “Do you want to continue ballet?” Well, it isn’t my favorite. “Do you want to go to Yellowstone Park and camp there?” I’ll think about it. “Do you ever want to do anything for sure?” Some of the time. Nearly everything prior to high school was planned and executed for me. The only thing required of me was to actually do it, but in most cases, I did it half-heartedly. My mom...

Tell us about a time when your curiosity led you someplace you weren’t expecting to go. When the last ray of sunlight fades, darkness shades the ground with an eeriness beyond the fence of our backyard. Looking at the dark monster that has emerged erases all memory of the beautiful lake and lush trees and replaces this scene with a black tar pit and dead spine-chilling branches. I have always been afraid of my own backyard, the area behind...

First semester, even though I signed up for a few clubs, however I didn't put any of them on my top priority list, so they ended up getting forgotten and I didn't know many people from an of my clubs. What ended up happening was too much time...

1. SMART!! maybe too smart in the case of some people. It can be intimidating at times 2. Studious. People may be studious but don't worry, it is definitely the work hard play hard scene at my University 3. Diverse....

Photography. I never knew I even liked photography because of all the iPhone accessibility and filters. I took an Intro Photography class and I fell in love and now I am trying to start up my own...

I didn't actually transfer, but I did think about it, and I did end up deciding to take a gap year after my freshman year. It's not that...

Waiting until the last minute. I always do it and I always mess myself up, especially this time. I was finishing my...