My parents have always told me to stand up for what I believe and to never allow someone else’s thoughts become mine. They never in a thousand years thought that those words of encouragement would be used against them. Over the years, it has been hard for me to find who I really am and what my beliefs are. As a Nigerian only child, I have watched the people around me plan my life out for me without considering...

Deciding on what college to attend has been no easy feat, but I have always known that I would want to attend Carnegie Mellon if I was given the opportunity. I intend to study chemical engineering and plan to be a highly sought after Petroleum Engineer. My initial reason for selecting Carnegie Mellon was the usual, highly ranked Engineering department and highly ranked college but I decided to visit before I made up my mind because a lot of other...

I had to do something. The monotonous piano lessons were driving me round the bend. Ever since I was child I knew I wanted to play an instrument. The question was what instrument that was going to be. I wasn’t really exposed to a lot of instruments so I was pretty accepting when my parents got me a piano teacher and scheduled piano lessons for me. Piano lessons went well for a while and then it got to a...

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