When I volunteered for Help for Brain Injured Children (HBIC), I was like most teenagers, I wasn’t too aware of the life that kids with different developmental disabilities faced, and I never paid much attention to the special education kids at my school. I can even say that I had a preconception of what these “types of people” were like and used to judge them mainly because I didn’t fully understand them. At this camp, the volunteers helped...

Coming from Southern California, a place with great diversity both in the type of people you find here and the different cultures you can encounter, I have been exposed to many different situations and circumstances. Due to growing up in this diverse environment, I have been able to learn from all different types of people. Different types of people, people from different cultures and have lived through so many different events throughout their lives have given me a new look...

The world I come from and the person I have become is all due to my family. Both sets of grandparents were all teenagers during WWII, and being Japanese Americans, they were all, with the exception of one of my grandmas, interned. All of them suffered great losses, having to give up all their possessions, their homes, the lives that they were accustomed to. After the war ended they left the camps and had to rebuild their lives starting from...

Coming from Southern California, a place with great diversity both in the type of people you find here and the different cultures you can encounter, I’ve been exposed to many different situations and circumstances. Due to growing up in this diverse environment, I have been able to learn from all different types of people. Different types of people, people from different cultures and have lived through so many different events throughout their lives have given me a new look...

When I volunteered for Help for Brain Injured Children (HBIC), I was like most teenagers, I wasn’t too aware of the life that kids with different developmental disabilities faced, I never paid much attention to the special education kids at my school. I had a preconception of what these “types of people” were like and judged them mainly because I didn’t fully understand them. At this camp, volunteers helped run activities, accompanied the campers on field trips and...

When I volunteered for Help for Brain Injured Children (HBIC), I was like most teenagers, I wasn’t too aware of the life that kids with different developmental disabilities faced, and I never paid much attention to the special education kids at my school. I can even say that I had a preconception of what these “types of people” were like and used to judge them mainly because I didn’t fully understand them. At this camp, the volunteers helped...

My academic interests include studying psychology, human development, French and education. I would love to be able to study as many of my interests as possible to get the most out of my college experience and USC offers many opportunities when it comes to majors and minors. If accepted, I would like to major in Psychology, focusing on the areas of developmental and social psychology. In addition to that, I would like to minor in either French or Children and...

Describe yourself in three words. First Word: Compassionate Second Word: Strong Third Word: Caring Favorite food: Chicken con Broccoli Favorite fictional character: Elizabeth Bennet Greatest invention of all time: the computer What do you like to do for fun? I enjoy hiking and working with children Role model: My Grandpa, Harry Takahama Favorite book: The Sunflower or Sense and Sensibility Best movie of all time: Lord of the Rings Trilogy or Pride and Prejudice Favorite musical performer/band or composer:...

My personal statements and supplemental essays have a lot of the same themes and elements. Most of them describe and event or time in which I became me and how I have changed as a person. My essays show my background, the family and environment in which I was raised. They show my personal struggle and development as an individual. Some common themes that many schools have been looking for are what makes an applicant an individual, they are not...

I had an interview with an admissions officer at USC. While I was talking with him, I realized that what they were looking for were not perfect academics,...

I would recommend doing some volunteer work or internships in the...

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I would have had more teachers...

I would definitely make sure to try and knock out as much...

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