Undergraduate / a minor in Japanese. arigato gozaimasu ! [5]

In this second essay, please reflect on something you would like us to know about you that we might not learn from the rest of your application-or on something that you would like to say more about. We ask that you limit your essay to fewer than 500 words. I literally didn't know what to write in this I feel like my essays ask for EVERYTHING. So would this be good for this prompt?

Many students don't have other passions besides what they're going to major in. Along with robotics, I am passionate about the Japanese culture and language. I had a close person in my life that helped influence me when I began my freshman year and ever since then I have become entirely eager to learn more.

My parents were in the process of splitting up during the first two years of high school and I needed my friends more than ever at that time to take my mind off of the pain. I soon acquired a group of friends that I shared my daily activities with; however, a boy named Luis Trejo seemed more attached to me. We were like conjoined twins with telepathy because it seemed he understood what I was going through without me verbally expressing it. One night he had asked me if I watched anime and I was utterly dumbfounded since I did not understand the reason someone around our age would watch Japanese cartoons during their free time. A night came that I was free of homework, so he beseeched me to watch a show called "Death Note". I gave in and suddenly noticed that these shows were addicting because nothing was the same from the cartoons I watch on the television. I soon became to watch various shows and picked up some Japanese words along the way thus shows the big bang for my profoundness in the Asian culture.

Watching Anime was not just about the story line but also to analyze their pronunciations of certain words. I picked up easy words like "itadakimasu" to harder ones to say like "kousokuzoushokuromonju". I would create flashcards and try to use them in my daily life even if other people thought I was just being weird. There was one day where from watching so much anime and having learned many words I began to translate what people were saying to Japanese in my head. When I started to get serious about learning it I bought programs to help me read the characters, like Rosetta Stone.

I seem to have limited knowledge on the Asian culture because all I know is what the anime presents. This past summer I had the privilege to go to China for a week. It kept me in awe the whole time with the vast differences. I would like to learn more for one day that I get to study abroad.

The Asian culture and language have been a part of me for quite a while. I attend anime meetings in where we get to learn a few more words which I love. One day I hope to live in Japan and having Japanese as a minor in this college can help me reach the state to go.

Undergraduate / 'Robotic career' - Stanford [8]

Guys feedback on this would be awesome this is my top dream school.
Stanford students possess an intellectual vitality. Reflect on an idea or experience that has been important to your intellectual development.
Every child wants to be engulfed in the wonders and fantasies of Disney. The memory of going there with my family frequently is the reason that I went there a lot. Being a little girl going to Disney was amazing especially when your house was only five minutes away! The rides were awesome, terrifying and vomit inducing but nonetheless it was the most fun I have ever had. As a young child imagination tends t o grow wild but my thoughts went to how to reconstruct the robots and mechanics that Disney offered that gave me my love for robotics.

I lived in Orlando, Florida where everything seemed like a party and your worries wouldn't be considered. I had really bad struggles living there because my grandpa had just found out there was cancer in his lungs. My life was quickly turned upside down. There were chores for me, more than a girl at nine would have and I was the support system not just for my little brother but my mother as well. Those months seemed to be the hardest because there were days you could only feel sad and soon the whole family had nothing to smile about but to hope instead. However we had soon to learn a common interest, Disney. My grandpa worked in Disney and it's a place we visited quite frequent because it made us remember the good times in our lives together and that we were still alive.

Since I went there regularly I began to notice the details in the rides I like going to the most. The robotics in them made me so enthusiastic about the attractions. They would sing, dance and even throw water. There was an attraction in where the character Lilo goes out of his jail and starts spitting everyone but it's so dark you can only see it two times and the guns shoot you. It was so real and sync I tried to see how they were made; therefore, it was an attraction that I tried to keep a close eye on. When I went home I gathered an abundant of toys. I dissembled a car and a robot to cover the mechanics of my very own robot character. My obscure thoughts were only really based on an important facet, which was that the characters were very realistic. Based on that I then gathered Barbie's for a realistic feel on my robot. At the end of the day I just wound up making a huge mess by having scattered springs, batteries, wires and random parts then being unable to repair them. However even if my own robot didn't work out I got to see how I hard needed to try and research. The world of robotics doesn't stop there with me. I tried to recreate anything in my sight and let it use mechanics it originally didn't even have.

Robotics is now a passion I have. I can't say I can create a robot now but I want to learn how, Disney opened a window for me that I can see the details from the wires used to which batteries work better. I now want to go to a school for engineering. With patience I will succeed and that's what it takes to be a robotic engineer. My career is hopefully going to help me create inventions in which can help the people who work hard and by using my machine can feel like everything else is going to be easier for them.

The success for a person comes from a big bang and Disney was that for me. It enlightened me and showed me a world I can create. I now have a love for robotics. I plan to also use this as an outlet in order to have a connection with my family and how we were in Florida. Disney is the greatest place on earth for me because I now have a passion.