College Experience Essay

single parent home, witnessing my grandfather become ill, and being physically assaulted by my father as a child. In each experience, I had neither control over the circumstances affecting my life, nor a confidant, which created the feeling of isolation. Although I have always been self-motivated and remained positive to endure hard times, it was not until I enrolled at Spelman College that I realized the value of community and a sense of control over one's life. A career in epidemiology, for…

made me realise that health & disease were not quite the black & white picture my medical school textbooks portrayed. Instead, they belonged to a much larger, complex, evolving organism, with far-reaching effects. As an Intern at Christian Medical College & Hospital…

When I began my college journey, being a special education is far from what I dreamed of doing in life. The journey I planned to travel down was that of a neonatologist. I had always dreamed of working with babies and helping them get to the stage in life where they were ready to go home and be with their family. It was the summer after my sophomore year when I got a job at a summer camp that I reconsidered. While working at the camp and seeing them light up when they finally got it, made me…

I am Victoria Bowie and I am on my way to accomplishing a bachelorette in User Experience Design at Lesley University. From a tender age, I have always been fascinated with technology and my mind would fill up with thoughts on how I could help society for the greater good of mankind. Daydreaming about how I can make a change in the world and actions that I have made to help others has been happening since my younger days, even up till now. I was fixing computers at the age of eleven and creating…

but rather high rolling plains, oil rigs, and cattle ranches. It is a far cry from the Midwest where I grew up. It is even a farther cry from the South American jungle where I lived and taught for the six years prior to living here. But my experiences living in a variety of places have taught me to enjoy the journey. After all, you never know how long you will spend in a particular place, and each place has something unique or special to teach to us. So, after surviving my first Montana…

Life in New Haven was fun with friends and family; I thrived in the loving environment. Weekends meant going for long drives through rural surroundings or running without a care on the beach. Then we relocated to India. I suddenly found myself in the midst of strangers; missed Ronald, Alicia and Zuhaan my pre-school friends. Moreover, the flies were annoying! Nevertheless, I made friends with Dhruva, Shikhar and Dennis, whom I met in the children’s park in our residential complex. Life was fun…

Growing up is a strange concept. The way our minds and our character grow come from the hardships and struggles that life sets in front of us. People handle situations differently. Some people decide to give up when faced with a difficult decision or situation. That 's not how I chose to handle things when I went through a very difficult year. After dealing with divorce, a school shooting, homelessness, poverty, a house fire, and various setbacks in my academic career, the possibility of just…

research experience in the US, which is the most advanced in technology. The other reason is that I would like to work with REGC, which is led by professor Lin Zhong, if I am allowed. Firstly, by actually meeting the leading professors in the US, which is also a leading country in many aspects including research, I 'm sure I will get motivated and inspired even more. I 'm also…

Knowing that I was going to college was a life-changing experience for me, and being the first in my family to attend college was very stressing. I was excited to move away from home and try to be as independent as possible and continue my education. I felt very nervous leaving home, because my parents are very strict on me, and how I was going to fit-in into this new experience. The night before move-in I was so nervous, all my things were packed and I was still worrying if I forget something…

hours playing them. His mom was worried and resolved to have him put into a camp for kids with this addiction. It was neat to realize the reality of an addiction that media can be through a real life experience. It is hard to put down an experiment and say it’s not true because it was a live experience. Thus causing me not want anything close to an addiction like that or to even touch video…