Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?

I hope today is good. I hope today is excellent. I hope today is wonderful. As I gathered the energy for yet another difficult day of elementary school classes, these were the words I would repeat i

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Every Thursday, I help teach computer literacy to students with Down syndrome. Jane was the first student I met. With each new skill instructed to her, a smile–bigger than her last–would stretch acr

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16 Adrenaline overtook me as I stepped into the bustling banquet room where the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Undergraduate Research Symposium was in full swing. Rows on rows of posters; a diversi

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Would you like to be considered for the Global Gap Year Fellowship? No Would you like to be considered for the Joint Degree Program with National University of Singapore? No Would you like to be considered for the Russian Flagship Program? No Would you like to be considered for the Summer Study Abroad Fellowship? Yes Do you want to be considered for Carolina Spring Forward? Yes Why do you want to participate in the global opportunities you’ve selected, and in what ways are you hoping to grow through the experience(s)?

“Can we travel next summer?” “I am sorry honey. We have to work.” 18 I went to my bedroom and squeezed my eyes shut. One would think I was seeing pitch black, but I actually was seeing myself in I

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Communities Essay

“Daniellaaa! What are we doing today?” shouted Jane.  Every Thursday, I help teach computer literacy to students with Down syndrome. Jane was the first student I met. With each new skill instructed

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Why that College or School?

Growing up, I saw computer science only as a way to develop websites and games–nothing more. It has been years since that naive self and I have realized the various intersections that computer scien

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Why Purdue?

Growing up, I saw computer science only as a way to develop websites and games–nothing more. It has been years since that naive self and I have realized the various branches that computer science allo

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Why Major?

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Briefly discuss your reasons for pursuing the alternate major you have selected. (Respond in 250 words or fewer.)

20 Every Thursday, I help teach computer literacy to students with Down syndrome. Jane was the first student I met. With each new skill instructed to her, a smile–bigger than her last–would stretch

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Honors College Interest? Yes Honors Writing 1

Purdue’s Honors College reminds me of a STEM program I participated in: Massachusetts Institute of Technology MITES Semester. MITES was not like any other program. It brings together the best of the b

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Honors Writing 2

Sitting in my Worlds Religion class, I patiently waited for my teacher to give us our next assignment.  “I posted your guys' assignment in Google Classroom. You can use artificial intelligence for

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Supplemental Essay

Every Thursday, I help teach computer literacy to students with Down syndrome. Jane was the first student I met. With each new skill instructed to her, a smile–bigger than her last–would stretch acr

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Optional Essay

“Daniellaaa! What are we doing today?” shouted Jane.  18 Every Thursday, I help teach computer literacy to students with Down syndrome. Jane was the first student I met. With each new skill instru

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Honors College Yes Honors College Essay

Adrenaline overtook me as I stepped into the bustling banquet room where the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Undergraduate Research Symposium was in full swing. Rows on rows of posters; a diversity

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