Thanks for taking the time to look at this. Hopefully large changes don't need to be made, I've done plenty of editing on my own, but bias is a strong force...Thanks!
1. Which aspects of Tufts' curriculum or undergraduate experience prompt your application? In short: ''Why Tufts?'' (Suggested length is 50-100 words .)
Tufts makes me feel as if even during growth, I am still apt to contribute to world discussions. The flexibility in its curriculum with the option of double majors and minors is very appealing.Tufts is very clearly to me, a collaborative school. The university doesn't hide information from its students (or prospective students), but instead asks "What do you want to know?" That assures me that I have a voice. Its location in the city of Boston and the quality and resources within the academic facilities also tell me that I could be my best at Tufts. (98 words)
2.There is a Quaker saying: ''Let your life speak.'' Describe the environment in which you were raised-your family, home, neighborhood, or community-and how it influenced the person you are today. (200-250 words)
"Mommy, are we rich?" At five years old, I looked up at my mother standing by my family's shared perfume stand; the female and Le Male scents were intermixed. She stumbled into the living room to catch her breath from her laughter. My father inquired "żQuĂŠ pasĂł Kayla?" Hurt, I asked him the same question. His laughter soothed my naivete. "No. We're not." I had always lived a comfortable life with my parents. They never divulged their financial state until I was applying to boarding school with Prep 9, yet I was often importuned to appreciate the things I have and to understand that "money doesn't grow on trees."
"You didn't know you lived in the projects all this time?" Jonathan from the second floor confronted me in the 7th grade. I only knew my life's circumstances , which were very different from those on TV. I spoke to my parents in either Spanish or English, and made weekly phone calls to my Honduran relatives. Yet, my brother and I always watched "Good Times" and "What's Happening?"in the car, while my father praised Venezuelan President Chavez's policies, or my mother updated my father on my Taekwondo pum belt. I was raised in a comfortable, clean and orderly, one bedroom apartment on the third floor of 41-04 on Vernon Boulevard for most of my life. I have never looked at the "Welcome to Queensbridge South Houses" with chagrin. My upbringing and my involvement in Prep 9 shortly after making this connection are to thank. (253 words)
3. Explore your nerdy side. (200-250 words)
"Ideas matter." This is the catchphrase of Prezi, a cloud based presentation software. I am an extensive user of this software and have even been recognized as so by the website in a recent email entailing new features that couldn't have come at a better time. I ended up making a Prezi version of this supplement question--as a therapy session. One feels in control when physically maneuvering their thoughts. For each project, I learn of new software to properly manifest my ideas. I enjoy the converting of mp3 files to flv files in order to play sound on slides, learning how to edit screenshots, and even importing PowerPoint slides into my Prezi. I can spend countless hours on a presentation, but not mind them since they're so therapeutic.
Often, I make analogies and jokes, yet educated and correct ones as to not receive reprimanding from my peers, after stressful tests or labs in the sciences. It must be the convenience of learning something that I will be able to apply to my interpretation of information that contains related topics, such as understanding the significance of RNAi in the curing of diseases, after learning what double stranded RNA was prior.I even uncharacteristically deliver my jokes or nerdy comments in a relaxed maybe confident manner, using the hand ministrations I usually mock. I like indulging in my nerdiness through casual conversations outside of the classroom, even with people I don't know too well. My nerdy side doesn't hold back at times because I feel assured in my thinking process, yet leave room for improving the joke or my logic.
[quote=koliva223]. Which aspects of Tufts' curriculum or undergraduate experience prompt your application? In short: ''Why Tufts?'' (Suggested length is 50-100 words .)
Tufts makes me feel as if even during growth, I am still apt to contribute to world discussions. The flexibility in its curriculum with the option of double majors and minors is very appealing.Tufts is very clearly clear to me, a collaborative school. The university doesn't hide information from its students (or prospective students), but instead asks "What do you want to know?" That assures me that I have a voice I will have a voice there. Its location in the city of Boston and the quality and resources within the academic facilities also tell me that I could be my best at Tufts. (98 words)
2.There is a Quaker saying: ''Let your life speak.'' Describe the environment in which you were raised-your family, home, neighborhood, or community-and how it influenced the person you are today. (200-250 words)
"Mommy, are we rich?" At five years old, I looked up at my mother standing by my family's shared perfume stand; the female and Le Male scents were intermixed. She stumbled into the living room to catch her breath from her laughter. My father inquired "żQuĂŠ pasĂł Kayla?" Hurt, I asked him the same question. His laughter soothed my naivete. "No. We're not." I had always lived a comfortable life with my parents. They never divulged their financial state until I was applying to boarding school with Prep 9, yet I was often importuned to appreciate the things I have and to understand that "money doesn't grow on trees."
"You didn't know you lived in the projects all this time?"(What project? I don't quite follow here, could you be more specific?) Jonathan from the second floor confronted me in the 7th grade. I only knew my life's circumstances , which were very different from those on TV. I spoke to my parents in either Spanish or English, and made weekly phone calls to my Honduran relatives. Yet, my brother and I always watched "Good Times" and "What's Happening?"in the car, while my father praised Venezuelan President Chavez's policies, or my mother updated my father on my Taekwondo pum belt. I was raised in a comfortable, clean and orderly, one bedroom apartment on the third floor of 41-04 on Vernon Boulevard for most of my life. I have never looked at the "Welcome to Queensbridge South Houses" with chagrin. My upbringing and my involvement in Prep 9 shortly after making this connection are to thank. (253 words)
I think this essay answers the part of the question about your upbringing well, but it did not convey much information about how it influenced the person you are today. I suggest you to take off some details in the second paragraph and replace the space to talk about yourself.
