The first words my tenth grade physics teacher spoke to my class offered me the chance to finally seize the opportunity I had been waiting for since I was a kid. Mr. Sobhani introduced his plan to have every physics student in school patent an invention by the end of school year. Unlike what he had expected, only one student demonstrated any enthusiasm. I was that one student, having always yearned to bring my endless ideas into reality. Initially, Mr....

Princeton Quote “The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks that much time to think while dressing at dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus melancholy hour.” Fahrenheit 451 Even though Beatty, an antagonist who opposes intellectual advancement and vitality, makes this statement to refer to the subtly ironic tragedy of technological advancements that yield less desire to ponder, I do not mean to suggest that mankind would be better off without such advancements. In fact, I have dedicated much of...

Stanford Roommate Hello, future roommate! By the time we're officially roommates, I'll have lived in the United States for two years. I moved here from Iran, where, unlike USA, there is no cultural or ethnic diversity. However, you'll never have to worry our different ideologies may come between us. My favorite part of international travel has always been discovering the diverse cultures of various nations. I am trilingual, speaking English, Farsi and Arabic, so if you're ever interested I can...

Stanford Intelectual Vitality Observing nephrologist Dr. C proved to me that contrary to the popular belief that medical occupations are black-and-white and simply procedural, they involve just as much creativity and innovation as engineering, architecture and art. After I observed his examinations, made eager inquiries, became more familiar with various kidney and blood ailments, and grasped general nephrology concepts, Dr. C began challenging me to proffer my own diagnoses and treatment recommendations. One particular patient, suffering from common diabetes symptoms,...

Why Yale? After receiving admission to the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET), the most highly selective and gifted school established specifically for the development of exceptionally talented students in X, I was proud of such accomplishments as earning the highest GPA each year, breaking historical school GPA records, winning state titles in Academic Decathlon, and receiving athletic awards in soccer. When introduced to the crowd of my peers as our school's “Student of the Year,” the speaker...

I’ve attached a couple here and tried to include various ones from different schools. I guess these essays were good enough to get me into places, but when I was writing my essays, what I found really unhelpful- and even sometimes distracting- was spending hours reading the “successful essays” and trying to figure out what was so special about them. All I can tell you is that the whole application process is a sad story. You basically have to...

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Students at Yale are very humble and down to earth. Moreover, Yale is investing so much money in the sciences, so finding research opportunities here are very easy. All it takes is to send an email to a professor. Also...