Undergraduate / common app: the world is small - OPINIONS? [2]

this would be topic of my choice. grammer check please? and i'd really like opinions on the ideas and structure/style. constructive crits please. i want to know if this essay would work or if its fixable or if i'm going to have to rewrite an entirely new one on another idea

thanks!

I've noticed that the world has changed since the last time I looked at it.

The trees have grown shorter; the clouds are no longer as high as they were before. Apples aren't as big as they used to be; the pink wildflowers that grow every summer have never looked so small and far away.

My mother's shadow used to be so long. Now mine matches hers in length.

Even many of my childhood friends have changed. They moved; they drifted; they look another direction and walk away before I can tap their shoulders and ask, "Do you remember me?"

I've kept some; I've lost some; I've found new ones. The hourglass keeps going, and no matter how much sand I try to keep in my fingers, it all runs through the gaps eventually.

But they are still mine. I still own a part of everything I've touched, everywhere I've been, everyone I've spoken to, everything my shadow has trailed upon.

By existing, I've influenced. My being has made imprints on my family, my friends, my teachers, my classmates, just as they have left a shadow on my personality. As I am a part of them, they are a part of me.

Sometimes I wonder, what kind of person would I be if I had never met this person? If that person didn't exist? If this event had never occurred? If something else happened instead? Did coming to this museum change my perspectives? Did hearing this song change me? Will this conversation have an effect on my future self?

But I will never know. And as much as I wonder, as much as I wish for it, the past is not something I can bring back and edit. Every passing second is the final draft of life, which, when put all together, will become a beautiful mural of successes and failures, happiness and sadness, regrets, beliefs, motivations, dreams, aspirations, and faded memories.

The past is like a dream, a dream that determines your present, and your future, which, as quick as anything, suddenly becomes a part of the past too.

Why is it, that the last time I looked at the world, everything was so much bigger? As intimidating as it was before, it was exhilarating; it was an excitement beyond compare. To run through tall grasses and crouch low and become invisible to everything outside. To look up at the big blue sky that never ended even after your neck couldn't reach anymore and feel weightless against the blooming apple tree; to have all the time in the world.

I have changed; I have experienced; I have grown. If, before during that last time I looked at the world, I thought I was invincible, I know now that I am not. If I jumped off the Empire State Building, I would not fly, nor would I float down to safety like a feather. Rather, I'd suffer quite a terrible end.

Yes, the world used to appear to be so much bigger, but now, everything is bigger in a different way. There is so much more to explore, so much more that I've never realized before, the last time I looked at the world. There is the world of music, the world of art, the world of mathematics. There is the world of literature, which grows extensively as each writer writes out the shadows of his thoughts or colors of her imagination. There is the world of history, which grows with each passing second. There is the world of science, the world of mysteries and modern magic, this world that explains anything and everything in existence.

Since the last time I've looked at the world, I have been introduced to the universe, and perhaps that is why the world does not look as large as it was before, because there is something bigger, brighter, a lifetime's worth experience to come.

Undergraduate / Brown PLME other interests supplement - music, piano [3]

i'm afraid if i answered the prompt wrong. was i supposed to focus on only one subject rather than 3(4)? does it not flow well? am i jumping from one topic to another too quickly? do i need a conclusion?

also if someone would check my grammer that would be wonderful. thanks!

Since the Program in Liberal Medical Education espouses a broad-based liberal education, please describe your fields of interest in both the sciences and the liberal arts. Be specific about what courses and aspects of the program will be woven into a potential educational plan.

As long as it is about reaching my goals, science is my first priority. But even though my future goals lie in my expertise in the sciences, I also have other interests that I want to explore while participating in the Program in Liberal Medical Education.

I have always wanted to take Latin. Though the language may not be used any longer, I find it to be a very useful language to know, since it is essentially the mother of nearly all the Western languages. That and the fact that many terms in the sciences are derived from its roots stir my curiosity to learn it. I am interested in taking the "Introduction to Latin" course and "Essentials of the Latin Language," perhaps then moving onto the "Introduction to Latin Literature" course. Hopefully with knowledge in the language of Latin, learning other language such as Spanish or French, or even just the terminology in the sciences, will prove beneficial in the future.

As a child, I've always been interested in ethics and philosophy. Since elementary school to now, when I couldn't sleep, I thought. I thought about everything, from what the purpose of life could be to a society vs. family debate. Though I do this less now, because of the little time to think when there are AP statistics problems waiting for me to finish through every night, I am still curious, and I still want to go back to those days when I could ponder the world's secrets and never find an answer. Classes such as "Introduction to Analytic Philosophy" or "Contemporary Moral Problems" appeal to me as interesting courses that could stimulate critical thinking. I would also like to take the "Science, Perception, and Reality" course along with a class on logic.

Art and music are subjects that I will always have with me. Growing up with piano and later on, flute as well, music has always been prevalent in my life, and even through my transition to independence, that will not change: the harmonious sounds will continue to play a part in my life. I am looking into taking the wind ensemble course along with the "Introduction to Composition" course. And with my alter ego, the amateur artist, within me, I will continue to draw out my dreams and color the world. Hopefully my artistic skills could improve by taking classes such as "Studio Foundation" and "Accessorizing Painting." So long as my eyes can see, and my ears can hear, so long will I be the musician and artist that accompany the aspiring physician I am to the path of success.