The quality of Rice's academic life and the Residential College System is heavily influenced by the unique life experiences and cultural traditions each student brings. What perspective do you feel that you will contribute to life at Rice?

Transitional periods are always difficult. Why wouldn't it be?
Why wouldn't they be?
We have to change our whole lifestyle, adapt to a completely new environment full of strangers that makes our first few days a little uncomfortable. Almost everyone finds the transitional phase difficult and I am no different than the others. In fact, I had some problem when I moved from grade ten to grade eleven.
I studied in Nepal's board for almost ten years. Then, suddenly, I changed my board of examination to GSCE A- level. The approach of study was quite different. A-level was more of a practical knowledge but whereas Nepal's board was only limited to theory. Hence, this transition was a challenge for me.
It was the day of GSCE A-level chemistry examination. The invigilator distributed the examination paper. As I looked at the question I recall thinking one thing, "Well, grade A in chemistry is now out of the bag." I didn't know the answer to most of the questions. My confidence went down(find a better phrase for went down- maybe plummeted? , heart started poundingto pound (parallelism) ,and I started shakingto shake (parallelism . Then I asked to myself, "Did you study chemistry for one whole year to come and shaketo break down in the examination hall?" I took a deep breath, remembered all my notes and wrote every answer I could. As the invigilator said "Times up. Put your pens down," I scanned through my paper and was pretty happy to see what I wrote.
The result was announced. Of course, there was no chance of me securing an A grade, but I managed to get a C. Some of my peers got AAA's . On the other hand, some even failed. All sorts of emotions were running throughout the class. Then at the exact same time I decided, "I will have another chance at grade twelve again. Why not study really hard and do really well on that one?" That moment onwards I started working almost twice as hard as usual. The days went by, months went by and my next A- level examination started. This time I was pretty sure to do well in this subject, and fortunately I got an A.
I gained confidence.This result developed confidence in me. It started to make me believe that life is full of problems and it challenges you every time. I now no longer fear the transitional phase of any kind because if today I know hard work is the solution ofto every problem.
I may not be one of the best looking at my academic scores. But I am glad that I faceda few setbacks. It has shaped me into the person I am today. It has taught me one thing, "I have eyes to see, ears to listen, and brain to process. Why can't I compete with the rest? All I need is a bit of hard work and belief."
At Rice, I want to share my unique Nepali culture and life experiences to inspire people to work hard. By constantly interacting with others I want to be a friend who can bring a slight happiness in other's lifelives and add diversity to Rice residential system.