Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. My early childhood was filled with countless smiles and laughter, abundant toys and clothes, and the comfortingly familiar faces of aunts and uncles, grandparents and cousins. Until the age of five, I lived with my younger sister, mother and father in a cozy two-bedroom apartment located in Hackensack,...

Please reflect on what you consider to be an important personal experience related to your talents, interests, or commitments. Using this experience, please tell us what you learned about yourself. How will this experience prepare you for success at Rutgers? After moving to Houston from Long Island, I was blessed to find a myriad of service opportunities that I could partake in to contribute to my community. I volunteer with many service organizations including Health Occupations Students of America, Key...

Everything I am I inherited from my family. My untamable brown curls--my grandmother; my prominent nose--my mom; my humanitarianism--my dad. Before he came to America and had me, my dad was a family physician living in his Egyptian hometown. Patients flocked to his office for medical advice and treatment for their aches and pains. He cared deeply for every one of his patients and stayed awake through many a night to treat and support them. After coming to America, he...

After moving to Texas, I was thankful for the myriad of service opportunities that I could partake of. Although I am a part of many service organizations, the one that is the most important to me is the Breakfast Club, a student-led club dedicated to aiding the movement to end world hunger. Breakfast Club mainly volunteers at the food pantry at Cypress Assistance Ministries, a non-profit organization that serves those in financial crises, near homelessness, the elderly, or the unemployed....

Considering your lifetime goals, discuss how your current and future academic and extracurricular activities might help you achieve your goals. I love learning about the human body, which is why I will major in biology. I find everything—from the trillions of individual microscopic cells it is composed of to the structure of the brain—to be absolutely incredible. The human body has always been a captivating subject to me ever since I can remember, which is another reason why...

Describe an experience which caused you to change your perspective and/or opinon. How did this affect you? It was the first day of second grade. My stomach was a cage full of butterflies. It was my first day of school in Long Island, New York, with a new set of classmates. I was as nervous as I was optimistic about making new friends. Since I was a new student in Carle Place, a hamlet with an area of one...

Describe your academic interests and how you plan to pursue them at USC. Please feel free to address your first- and second-choice major selections (250 word limit) I love learning about the human body which is why I will major in biology. I find everything—from the trillions of individual microscopic cells it is composed of to the structure of the brain—to be absolutely incredible. What I find very interesting about the human body is its defense mechanism against invading...

USC students are known to be involved. Briefly describe a non-academic pursuit (such as service to community or family, a club or sport, or work, etc.,) that best illustrates who you are, and why it is important to you. (250 word limit) I have been volunteering at the food pantry at Cypress Assistance Ministries, a non-profit organization, on Saturday mornings during the school year for almost two years. My responsibility is to sort nonperishable food donations and assist in creating packages...