Life experiences / contribute to Harvard

When I practice my trumpet, my headphones play rap music. When repetitions of the technical Brandt concerto sound more like auditory gibberish than romantic virtuosity, I deploy Drake to maintain focu

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Intellectual experience

“We need to drill underground to inject carbon, and the oil companies happen to have the best technical know-how for that,” [Name Redacted] remarked one lunch break. Ironic. Designing systems to retur

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EC/employment/travel/family experiences

I am grateful for the marimba pulsing behind my head, guiding my bold solo through each quarter note. The conductor raises his arms, and the remaining trumpets swell into a cascading culmination that

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Education plans

Seeking to defy the bounds of his humanity, Nero ordered for the Isthmus of Corinth to be split in two with six thousand spades. Enraged by an unlucky storm, Xerxes the Great sentenced the sea to thre

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Most significant challenge society faces

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Last two summers

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Historical moment or event you'd like to witness

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Extracurricular activity, job, or family responsibility

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Five things that are important to you

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Idea or experience that makes you excited about learning

“We need to drill underground to inject carbon, and the oil companies have the best technical know-how for that,” the student remarked one July lunch break in the lab’s kitchenette. Ironic. In designi

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Life experiences, interests and character that would help you make a distinctive contribution to Stanford

When I practice my trumpet, my headphones play rap music. When repetitions of the technical Haydn cadenza begin to sound more like auditory gibberish than classical virtuosity, I deploy Drake to keep

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What academic areas fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Environmental Engineering Other Academic Interests? Classics Other Academic Interests? Music A topic or idea that excites you related to your academic interests?

Synthesis. Integration. Collaboration. As environmental engineers devise dynamic solutions to climate change, a reliance on these values becomes crucial to our survival. Working in the lab last summer

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Why Yale

Yale’s emphasis on interdisciplinary yet fundamentally collaborative drivers of change excites me. At Yale, I can simultaneously pursue and redefine what it means to be a classicist, engineer, and mus

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1. What inspires you?

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Something about you

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Teach college course, write a book, create art

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What about your individual background, perspective, or experience will serve as a source of strength for you or those around you at UVA? Feel free to write about any past experience or part of your background that has shaped your perspective and will be a source of strength, including but not limited to those related to your community, upbringing, educational environment, race, gender, or other aspects of your background that are important to you.

Each spring, I flip to our yearbook’s superlatives to find the “Day Student Who Gives off Boarder Vibes” and “Boarder Who Gives off Day Student Vibes.” The [Name Redacted] day student fights an upward

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If you had 10 minutes and the attention of a million people, what would your TED Talk be about?

“We need to drill underground to inject carbon dioxide into the rock, and the oil companies happen to have the best technical know-how for that,” the graduate student remarked one July lunch break in

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