My grandmother’s apartment stands tall amid the dirty streets of Calcutta, India. As our car rumbles out of the gates, the windows condense as the cool air-conditioning clashes with the dense midday heat. I wipe away a section of glass, and look out into a world like no other: beautiful yet terrible, humbling yet inspiring. Everything is in constant motion, while in the background, a discordance of yells, horns, and bells permeate the thick air. Cars, carts, and three-wheeled...

I have always had a problem-solving mind geared towards math and science, and I want to apply my skills to become an engineer. I discovered my passion for taking theoretical knowledge and applying it to practical problems during my summer 2014 internship at The University of Akron’s Polymer Science department, the second best in the country. This was an incredible opportunity for me, as I was able to work under one of the top experts in polymer science, Dr. Dhinojwala,...

The word that describes Columbia to me is opportunity. Columbia is a treasure-trove of resources and brilliant minds within dynamic New York City. When I visited Columbia, I was struck by how integrated Columbia was with New York, both in terms of the campus and the connections established with prominent firms and industries. Columbia provides its students with every resource necessary for their success, from world-renowned faculty, to state-of-the-art facilities such as the Columbia Genome Center and the Columbia University...

What appeals most to me about Northwestern is that it houses some of the world’s top scholars and innovators in Evanston who are accessible and willing to work with undergraduates on research projects. After my summer 2014 internship at The University of Akron’s Polymer Science department, the second best in the country, where I designed and implemented a procedure to test the effect of varying gecko toe pad surface chemistry on the effectiveness of the self-cleaning of its feet,...

I interviewed with Northwestern, Columbia, Duke, USC, among others. Each interview followed the same general trend ...

Diversity clubs seem to...

It's not as large as it seemed back then. I went to a boarding...

I'm one of the most well rounded applicants. I...

I plan to leave myself in as versatile of a position...