Undergraduate / "The Extended Opportunities Program and Services" - extracurricular activity [6]

Be as mean as you would like.

In the 2009/2010 academic year I was elected to be the President of the Extended Opportunities Program and Services (E.O.P.S.) Honors Club at my college. That same year we were awarded with the "Presidents Award" and the "Club of the Year" award. These awards were but perks that came with a beautifully challenging experience. An experience that catalyzed my evolution into a "better" leader, thinker, organizer, and social being.

Maintaining a system of such magnitude was at first intimidating. I spent many nights just thinking and writing outlines about how I would orchestrate this intricate system that I had taken responsibility for. I felt like a civil engineer drawing the blueprints for the various systems of a small town. I feel that my preparatory outlines, my adventurous personality, and my work ethic were what made my experience a successful one. I would argue that the most valuable lessons are definitely not confined to a classroom.

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Undergraduate / "I love music and I look foreward to meeting you" - Stanford future roommate essay [5]

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Well sir, we did it; we made it to a great school! I hope that you too are as happy and relieved about this as I am. We now have a challenging road ahead of us and I am happy to have a companion for this journey. Now, for a glimpse of your future roommate...My name is Khashayar but you can call me Kash.

I love music. Although, I tend to gravitate more towards classic rock, I have a wide variety of tastes in music. I even like country! Some of my favorite pastimes are playing chess, surfing, watching films, hiking, and simply hanging out with friends. Aside from these I spend most of my time studying science and math. If you're interested in science and technology then you're in luck because I love to converse about these things. In fact, I love to converse period. Now I'm not a big fan of showers so I hope you do not mind the smell. By the way, that was a joke. Yes sir, I keep fresh, clean, and organized. In fact, my room today looks very similar to a typical room in a Zen Buddhist Temple. Also, I pride myself on being respectful and considerate so I think you may appreciate that about me.

I look foreword to meeting you and starting a great new relationship. I have a feeling that the next few years will be epic.

Undergraduate / "the mechanics of nature is intriguing" Intellectually engaging experience Stanford [3]

Hi, Thanks for coming. This is my essay for Stanford transfer admission about an intellectually engaging experience. If I could get some tips it would be much appreciated.

Although I find the mechanics of nature intriguing, I see her well being and sustenance to be of up most importance. This is what motivated me to do some personal research on the environment. Not to my surprise, I eventually found myself studying about the energy industries of the world. Here I learned about some different sources of energy and their various impacts on the environment when utilized. What really interested me were the seemingly simple concepts of nucleic fission and fusion for energy production. I researched the nuclear fuel cycle that involves the fission of the Thorium-232 isotope and compared it to that of the Uranium-235 isotope. What I learned amazed me. The negative aspects traditionally associated with nuclear energy are either significantly reduced or absent when Thorium nuclei fission. For example, according to some of my credible sources, not only is there less spent fuel produced by this method but the small amount that is has a much shorter half-life. I found this and an array of other supportive data very enlightening, especially since it is somewhat contrary to popular belief on the subject. So I decided to do a research presentation. I gathered my information from various research papers and dissertations and I gave a short lecture on it at the 2010 Honors Transfer Council of California Conference. Although I understood the notion beforehand, this experience helped open my mind to the idea that there is much to be discovered about the universe.

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