Honors Program Application Essay

“Abid, pass me the ball!” I screamed at my friend as we played football in the rain. He looked at me and smiled like he knew I would score a goal, and passed the ball. As soon as the football hit the net, a loud sound ruptured the air. I looked back and saw the most horrific sight of my life. Abid was struck by a lightning, and it melted him in half, literally. He was smiling while the creamy brain was coming out in a corner of his head. It was like when you fry an egg and the spoon touches the corner of yolk and it spills all over the egg white. My friends and I paused for a moment, not knowing what to do, until someone screamed. Everyone ran off to their houses, leaving Abid’s perished body on the football field. I felt useless to save my best friend. I used to hallucinate and could not sleep at night because I kept on getting flashbacks of that frightful scene. Later, I found out that …show more content…
In addition, I am interested in the Human-Computer Interaction Specialization as it focuses on how technology and our interaction affects our daily life. I wish to also minor in electrical engineering; with the combined studies of both fields, I intend to develop my interest in redirecting lightning strikes and developing a method to allow such technology to be affordable so that it can be made available in countries such as Bangladesh. I am also interested in Professor Michael Bender and his work in algorithms as I wish to analyze lightning strike occurrences through the data analysis and algorithm techniques to determine where strikes are likely to occur. Moreover, Stony Brook University’s Honors College and the University of Scholars emphasis on research regardless the students prove to be a valuable aspect that I intend to take advantage