Guys, this is the first time I join this forum! I'm applying to QuestBridge National Match. Here are my short answers. Hopefully someone can read it and give me some feedback, negative, positive, what you like and dislike, tell me everything! Don't mind me!!!! Thank you everyone!!!
What are your favorite books, movies, and/or types of music?
My favorite movie is Mary and Max, which filled my eyes with tears even after the third time I watched it. I hope that someday I will have Mary and Max's friendship, the true friendship despite distance and age.
What is your favorite source of inspiration?
It's simple, Science. Findings and inventions in every field of Science incited me to learn and absorb knowledge every day. Scientists never stop working to challenge and change the world; they are my greatest inspiration.
How do you spend a typical weekend?
I spend most of my Saturdays babysitting my niece, learning how to cook Vietnamese food from mommy, and finishing up homework if I have any. On Sundays, I see my students at Vietnamese class then spend time with family.
What is the compliment that you have been paid that you are most proud of? Who gave you the compliment?
In ninth grade, I designed and sold Christmas cards to my classmates, who loved my unique designs and told me that I had a special talent of bringing happiness to people when I put all my thoughts into making the cards.
How do you rejuvenate yourself?
Music is what I seek for when I feel lazy and "not doing anything." I would turn on a pop song, stand in front of the mirror, "dance" and laugh at myself for looking so stupid. Then I'm refreshed and ready to be productive.
What do you consider to be your most significant achievement?
"Acceptance score: 30.5; Luong Hoang Van Khanh: 31.5!" "Dad, look! I got in!" Passing the entrance exam of the most selective middle school in Vietnam opened up in front of me the door to three years of excellent education.
If you could change one thing about your high school, what would it be and why?
I wish Olympic High was not divided into five specialized, career-oriented schools, because in one big school, students would be exposed to different interests rather than just Medicine, Engineering, or Business.
What historical event do you wish you could have participated in and why?
Ever since I heard the story about Archimedes and his legendary Eureka, I have dreamed to witness the story and talked to him because Archimedes's passion for science had gone beyond what a scientist nowadays would show.
What about college most excites you?
Truthfully, I am both excited and worried the most about living independently from my parents which I believe is the only way for me to reach maturity and start to get really involved in my own college community.
Tell us about a concept or subject that intellectually excites you. Why does it interest you?
"... So today, we will talk about Autism in children and what parents should expect."
"Autism? Dad! What is Autism?" - wondered I while doing math homework.
"No idea, but we can find out by watching the program." - suggested my dad.
I dropped my pencil, looked up to the television screen, and suddenly paid absolute attention to the next thirty minutes of What a Family Should Know Program, which changed my whole point of view on a mental disorder: Autism is neither insane nor dangerous like what I had always referred to when I saw mental patients; it is a complex and beautiful phenomenon of human brain, especially those of idiot savants. Idiot savants are autistic people, most notably Kim Peek the Rain Man, who are gifted with extraordinary abilities such as reading two pages at the same time and mastering a new language in a week, yet they might not be able to finish a sentence without giggling. I am excited about studying and conducting research on these individuals for the rest of my life because they are evidence showing that the human brain, not the sky, is the limit.
What are your favorite books, movies, and/or types of music?
My favorite movie is Mary and Max, which filled my eyes with tears even after the third time I watched it. I hope that someday I will have Mary and Max's friendship, the true friendship despite distance and age.
What is your favorite source of inspiration?
It's simple, Science. Findings and inventions in every field of Science incited me to learn and absorb knowledge every day. Scientists never stop working to challenge and change the world; they are my greatest inspiration.
How do you spend a typical weekend?
I spend most of my Saturdays babysitting my niece, learning how to cook Vietnamese food from mommy, and finishing up homework if I have any. On Sundays, I see my students at Vietnamese class then spend time with family.
What is the compliment that you have been paid that you are most proud of? Who gave you the compliment?
In ninth grade, I designed and sold Christmas cards to my classmates, who loved my unique designs and told me that I had a special talent of bringing happiness to people when I put all my thoughts into making the cards.
How do you rejuvenate yourself?
Music is what I seek for when I feel lazy and "not doing anything." I would turn on a pop song, stand in front of the mirror, "dance" and laugh at myself for looking so stupid. Then I'm refreshed and ready to be productive.
What do you consider to be your most significant achievement?
"Acceptance score: 30.5; Luong Hoang Van Khanh: 31.5!" "Dad, look! I got in!" Passing the entrance exam of the most selective middle school in Vietnam opened up in front of me the door to three years of excellent education.
If you could change one thing about your high school, what would it be and why?
I wish Olympic High was not divided into five specialized, career-oriented schools, because in one big school, students would be exposed to different interests rather than just Medicine, Engineering, or Business.
What historical event do you wish you could have participated in and why?
Ever since I heard the story about Archimedes and his legendary Eureka, I have dreamed to witness the story and talked to him because Archimedes's passion for science had gone beyond what a scientist nowadays would show.
What about college most excites you?
Truthfully, I am both excited and worried the most about living independently from my parents which I believe is the only way for me to reach maturity and start to get really involved in my own college community.
Tell us about a concept or subject that intellectually excites you. Why does it interest you?
"... So today, we will talk about Autism in children and what parents should expect."
"Autism? Dad! What is Autism?" - wondered I while doing math homework.
"No idea, but we can find out by watching the program." - suggested my dad.
I dropped my pencil, looked up to the television screen, and suddenly paid absolute attention to the next thirty minutes of What a Family Should Know Program, which changed my whole point of view on a mental disorder: Autism is neither insane nor dangerous like what I had always referred to when I saw mental patients; it is a complex and beautiful phenomenon of human brain, especially those of idiot savants. Idiot savants are autistic people, most notably Kim Peek the Rain Man, who are gifted with extraordinary abilities such as reading two pages at the same time and mastering a new language in a week, yet they might not be able to finish a sentence without giggling. I am excited about studying and conducting research on these individuals for the rest of my life because they are evidence showing that the human brain, not the sky, is the limit.
