My Most Memorable Trip Essay

When my family goes on vacation, every day is filled with adventure around every corner. My mom, dad, sister Abby, and I were fortunate enough to go on a Carnival Cruise to Mexico. We took this fantastic and memorable trip in July, 2014. Our ship departed from Long Beach and was sailing to Ensenada, Mexico. This terrific voyage lasted four days and three nights, which were each filled with delightful adventures and activities. The cruise that I took to Mexico provided my family and I with…

Tell us about your previous internship experience. The summer after my Freshman Year, I worked as an Economic Research Assistant at the University of Michigan. I took on data analysis and visualization projects with limited direction and developed proficiency in R and Stata despite having little prior knowledge of either tool. Last summer, I worked as a Data Science Intern at Drift, an energy software startup seeking to make clean energy affordable and accessible to everyone. Here, I developed…

excitement. One of her most memorable and fondest memories comes from a Disneyland trip her family took during the park’s fiftieth anniversary. Her family was waiting in line for Dumbo the Flying Elephant. For Disneyland’s gold anniversary, there was a golden Dumbo on the ride. When Juliana saw the Dumbo, she knew that she had to ride in it. However, there was a little boy in line that also wanted the golden…

I stared in at my catcher, Drew Wessel, beads of sweat fell off my forehead. It was the bottom of the sixth and we were one out away from winning the World Series, he flashed me a two which meant curveball. I checked the runner, got my grip on the ball, and checked the runner again. I lifted my leg and let go of the ball. We were the last game of the tournament, it was August 1st and the daylight was just starting to slip behind the Rocky Mountains in center field. We were playing a team from…

up, so my mom acquired a new job in Daegu, South Korea. I enjoyed Daegu more than Hawthorne, but we ended up moving again to Vicenza, Italy. My mother works as a civilian for the United States Army, so I’m technically not a Military Brat. I like to call myself one, for I have lived a similar life. I currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I am trying to leave as soon as I can. I call Vicenza, Italy my home since that is where I actually grew up. I moved to Vicenza on July 5th, 2010.…

afternoon, seeing my parents after a year was so relieving. Of course the first thing Dad says is “I’m hungry and I want Mexican food”. So they took me to eat Mexican food at a little restaurant off of highway 281. Afterwards we ate fresh homemade ice-cream at the local dairy. Which eating Mexican and taking a trip to the local dairy with my parents was some of the things I did as a child. Childhood was the base of the happiness in my life. Having a loving family has been the best for my…

My ‘Near Miss’ During the 8th grade school year I went on a hunting trip in Colorado. I went with my dad and a bunch of his friends from around the area and some were even from Utah. I got to miss out of 8 days of school for it, and it was my first time ever going out west. I was super excited to go on the trip and could not wait for the day we started our 24 hour drive to western Colorado. It was a long but we finally got there. I met all my dad’s friends from Utah and saw all their horses…

When people ask me why I am interested in nursing, my thoughts always return to my late father. I was his caregiver for eight months while he battled with lung cancer. During his hospital visits and treatment we encountered many different nurses. Some of the most memorable were the hospice nurses that cared for him during his last days. My feeling at that time was that it takes a special kind of person to be a hospice nurse. I questioned how being a hospice nurse could feel rewarding.…

On June 3, 2002, born from Vera and Dara Mikell, was the dreamer, Chei-Ayn Marjea Mikell. Let us take a trip down memory lane through Chei-Ayn's life. Chei-Ayn was born originally from Chesapeake, VA in the Chesapeake General hspital. And as a child she attended KinderCare Learning center and progressed to Mack Benn Jr. Elementary School for K5 through second grade. Mack Benn is a wonderful school, and when Chei-Ayn was enrolled in Mack Benn, her parents noticed that she wasn’t being challenged…

By high school, I had become set on my aspirations to study medicine and become a doctor. My mind became engaged and excited to learn about the human body and all of our systems. I took several science AP classes that allowed me to indulge in captivating information while affirming the ambitions of my future. I also volunteered at the same hospital for three years because I loved the opportunity to help people in a medical setting while working with other teens with similar mindsets. However, it…