Undergraduate / Raising a startup- extracurricular I am most proud of- Columbia University (150 words) [2]

What single activity listed in the activity section of your Common Application are you most proud of and why? (150 words or less)

Celeribyte was a product of experimentation fueled by caffeine and insomnia. Seemingly impeccable, she arose from a coding all-nighter with two strangers who by dawn I referred to as co-founders as we celebrated the baptism of our hack into an 'operational' taxi service. A week without any successful transaction shifted focus from coding to the users. Days were spent listening to taxi drivers understanding their needs. Nights were spent tailoring every single line of code to count towards providing rewarding taxi experiences. Weekly, I exposed our iterations to their critical yet constructive feedback. Engaging them in our design process bore fruits as we hit a steady three hundred rides per week in the pioneering estate. I had begun hacking my community's problems one line of code at a time. The strangers were no longer just co-founders; code and design had churned a cosmic brotherhood between us.