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Biology, Stanford University
Engineering bidirectional chemical regulation of endogenous genes.
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THE BEST ESSAY ADVICE YOU WILL EVER GET
Yo peeps, so as you can probably tell, I’m about to blow your mind. You might want to sit down, grab some water, you know, keep yourself hydrated. Maybe do a few stretches.
Now that you’re all ready, let’s begin! A girl who wrote about hotdogs and Costco got into Stanford and most Ivy League Schools, a student who wrote about his love for food got into Stanford, while Cornell’s admissions officer’s favorite essays were about lint and failing the driver’s test four times. Observing a pattern here? All these people chose kind of silly topics to write about. You might be wondering, “Yo,why would I want to sound stupid in front of the admissions officer, this doesn’t make sense!” . Well, that’s a valid argument. Now read this excerpt from one of the essays I mentioned above.
“While enjoying an obligatory hot dog, I did not find myself thinking about the ‘all beef’ goodness that Costco boasted. I instead considered finitudes and infinitudes, unimagined uses for tubs of sour cream, the projectile motion of said tub when launched from an eighty foot shelf or maybe when pushed from a speedy cart by a scrawny seventeen year old. I contemplated the philosophical: If there exists a thirty-three ounce jar of Nutella, do we really have free will? I experienced a harsh physics lesson while observing a shopper who had no evident familiarity of inertia’s workings. With a cart filled to overflowing, she made her way towards the sloped exit, continuing to push and push while steadily losing control until the cart escaped her and went crashing into a concrete column, 52” plasma screen TV and all. Purchasing the yuletide hickory smoked ham inevitably led to a conversation between my father and me about Andrew Jackson’s controversiality"
Yes, yes, she’s literally talking about hot dogs and Costco. Now don’t underestimate her, this girl got accepted to 5 Ivy League Schools and Stanford. Jeez, that’s impressive. So now, you might be thinking , “Okay, enough of this, just get to the juicy part, give us the magic potion!” . Luckily enough for you, I’m getting to the point.
If you want to write an essay that slays everyone else’s like Beyoncé, first you gotta be true to yourself. You’re 17 or 18, you don’t want to end poverty or save the world. Maybe you enjoy pepperoni pizza, maybe you love watching horror films, maybe you love shopping at Macy’s, whatever it is, write about it.
The key is to choose a seemingly silly topic and present it in an intellectual light. Your ability to turn something silly into something genius will impress them and make you more memorable. In order to do that, you need to have a lot of knowledge about the topic you chose, which is why you need to be true to yourself. But then again, don’t write a pointless essay, don’t tell the officers that you can stuff 20 cheese balls in your mouth. Although I think it’s impressive, the admissions officer will beg to differ.
So there’s the secret formula to write a winning essay. Best of luck and I hope you get into your dream school!
Diyanshu Emandi
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I have a love hate relationship with pyshics..
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hey was up
I am not meant to do this job, I am not meant to talk to strangers multiple times a day, I am not meant to be in confrontational situations multiple times a week, I am not meant to directly witness the failures of our society and how they impact children without being able to really help change that in a meaningful way, I am not meant to be tasked with memorizing hundreds of pages of regulations, I am not mean to have to keep an extremely high level of organization and memory. I am not meant to do this at all. It goes against my entire personality, my passions, the way my brain works. It makes me mental illnesses worse, it is eroding my ability to function in society, it is eroding my will to live. I am not meant for this life.
I was talked out of perusing my passions by my parents, and then kept from being able to do so by my ex. Now at 41 I am in a career I never wanted and was never a fit for me. I am in debt, I am struggling, and I have no way to leave my current career and start a new one without taking a significant pay cut. Capitalism makes it impossible for me to pursue a fulfilling life.
Listen to your gut, follow your instincts, don’t let people talk you out of pursuing what you wish to do, don’t bend to pressure. This is your life not theirs this is your well being, this is your choice, shut out all the rest and listen to your own voice, you will thank me in the end.
hey how are you
Hello! I’ve been MIA because I’ve been busting driving home for the summer!
I go to school in Minnesota, and my parents recently moved to Connecticut. Which means I had to drive back. In total it’s 30+ hours of driving, 1,400 miles, halfway across the country and I did it all by myself. I’m very proud that I was able to do it by myself and get home safely.
Time for a little bit of relaxing before I fly to Texas and start working!
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