I will be taking a gap year before my freshman year of college at Stanford University in the fall of 2019.
For the next few months, I will be working on a project in collaboration with National Parks Board in Singapore to create an interactive online field guide for the Rail Corridor, traveling around Eastern Europe, spending time with my grandparents, nerding out at wildlife research stations, and pursuing what I love without the limitations of academic requirements.
Why Stanford University? The sheer volume, diversity, and coolness of available resources.
I plan to major in biology with a concentration in ecology and evolutionary biology and the Hopkins Marine Station at Monterey Bay, the 1,200-acre Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and the Center of Conservation Biology on campus excite me the most. Plus, the weather isn't half bad.
At SAS I learned never to doubt my own abilities and to take advantage of opportunities. I threw myself wholeheartedly into whatever I did because that's the only way to produce a result I'm proud of.
I vividly remember a physics class with Mr. Crawford and Mr. Evans, spending two hours discussing the space-time continuum, dark matter, dark energy, and black holes. I left the room—way after the bell rang—excited by the universe around me.
I was an officer of Global Issues Network and Students Against Violation of the Environment, and led the rainforest committee. I also participated in the Academic Quiz Club, mentored middle schoolers for National History Day, volunteered for TEDxYouth@SAS, and ran cross-country.
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