It started with a smiley face. When I was seven years old, I thought it would be a great idea to express my irritation to a household inconvenience with a drawing on the wall in my garage. While initially scolded for the softball-­sized, party-­hat-­wearing, bright orange creation, my parents eventually warmed up to the creature. In fact, the drawing is still there and has been a helpful tool every day since I drew it. What I had...

Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you? Solid rubber balls fly toward me at up to 50 miles per hour, yet I feel completely safe. In the crease, a ten-foot circle that surrounds a lacrosse goal, my performance may determine if my team wins or loses, but despite this pressure, I am perfectly content there. In a lacrosse game, no player on either team...

What do you value about the College of Human Ecology's perspective, and the majors that interest you, as you consider your academic goals and plans for the future? It started with a smiley face. When I was seven years old, I thought it would be a great idea to express my irritation to a household inconvenience with a drawing on the wall of my garage. While initially scolded for the softball-sized, party-hat-wearing, bright orange creation, my parents eventually warmed up...

Emblazoned on our University Seal is a flaming heart which symbolizes St. Augustine's passionate search to know God and love others. What sets your heart on fire? Since I began attending Hebrew school in pre-school, I have learned about the importance of performing “mitzvot,” or good deeds, and giving “tzedakah,” or charity. While giving “tzedakah” at temple means contributing a small amount of money each week at services that will support a local organization, I committed to take a more...

I only interviewed for Cornell. It was an alumni interview. From what I've gathered through my...

I'm involved in Design for America at Cornell. It's a great extracurricular that directly applies to what I'm studying (Design and...

My favorite course has been environmental psychology. It opened my eyes to the kind...

Curious, passionate,...

Cornell was my top choice school and where I decided to attend for many reasons. It is extremely beautiful, with several hiking trails, gorges, lakes, and more to explore! Ithaca has a downtown (the Commons) which has a lot of character...