College Essay # 205

205. Describe how you met your best friend.

Attending a boarding school was nerve-wrecking already and having people come up to you and ask you random questions just makes you wonder whether the place you're attending is worth it or not. During my student orientation in 2007, my supposed roommate approaches me in the dining hall while I'm sitting with my parents and introduces herself. "Hi, my name is so-and-so, and I'm going to be your new roommate." And then she leaves. I look at my father with a confused look and he returns my puzzled face with a knowing smile. It was that minute I felt like Woodstock was not a school worth attending. The school I came from in the States was the complete opposite than that. No one cared about you and you had to mind your own business. You make friends when you put in the effort, not the other way around. That took me by surprise as it was something I was completely unaware of. But even with this fact, I thought I was going to make no friends. I felt different already.

After my parents left, it was time for me to venture out in this unknown world and find someone I could trust. This new roommate of mine, took me around introducing me to everyone. Though a kind gesture, I never asked for her to conduct such an act. A bit irritated, I followed her like a little puppy while she talked about her summer and introduced me to everyone. But meeting 50 different people, I was unable to find someone as weird as a girl who was eventually going to be my best friend.

I woke up extra early the next morning, pumped up to go to school for the first time without my parents. I enter the dining hall with my new roommate/friend/leech to be seated among a few girls who were in our grade. Apparently rumor had it, that I was a cocky girl who had an American accent and was weird. Apparently, I had an accent, apparently that made me American, and apparently that didn't make me Nepali. Though that logic didn't make any sense to me, I took it and didn't care. People glared at me around the table as though I was something that fell from outer space. Most seemed normal, but there was one girl sitting right across from me who caught my attention. She was sitting there with a red sweatshirt and a bright, silky pink backpack. She was spreading peanut butter on her toast and then she started sprinkling sugar on it. I looked around at everyone to see whether they thought that was weird, but everyone seemed to continue on their way to finishing up whatever they had on their plate, or try anyways.

Then she started talking. She explained to me that at Woodstock, breakfast was the best meal of the day because the things that are served are things you know. I gave a puzzled look and she continued in her loud, boisterous, and somewhat obnoxious manner. I just listened. She introduced herself and asked me my name. I answered, "Spreeha." She looked at me and said, "Are you Spanish because your name starts with an S?" I turned around to everyone and they were looking at me eagerly. They probably thought I was going to say yes, but explained to her that I was Nepali who had just moved back home from the States.

If that wasn't weird enough, while walking up the hill, she grabbed onto my backpack and asked me to pull her up. Wait, not even ask, she demanded I pull her up. When I got to school, I tried to steer clear from her. I found her very ... eccentric. That was definitely not my type of person. But we managed to run into each other in the weirdest of occasions, and grew close.

She is know the one person I can call my best friend. I would do anything for her and I know she would reciprocate the same gesture. She knows that I love her idiotic ways because that defines her. Though I'm not big on having best friends; I feel like take advantage of you, she somehow managed to get to my heart and remain there.

College Essay # 97 - William and Mary

97. If you were to develop a Mt. Rushmore representing the 20th century, whose faces would you select and why? (William and Mary)

Mount Rushmore is known for the faces of the brave Americans who helped the country become what it is today. But if Mount Rushmore were turned into the significant faces of people that changed the world today, the faces would be:

1. Jean Piaget, the famous psychologist of the 20th century. Before him, the idea of the world was that children and adults thought the same way, just that children weren't able to conduct things the way adults were yet. But he showed the world that the development of humans starts from the mind of a child to a mind of an adult. After this revelation, children were treated in a different way. Children were treated like children rather than adults, which was done in the past.

2. Adolf Hitler, the infamous Nazi. This man is the prime example that shows the world what not to be. Although he had a negative influence on the world, it was definitely an influence. The way he massacred those Jews with gas chambers, starvation, and what not, people soon realized the determination one had to attain power in the world. Action was soon placed thereafter to stop such things from happening ever again in the history of the world.

3. Oprah Winfrey, the woman who showed the world that hope can do a lot. A woman raised in the ghettos of Chicago, knew only a life of poverty, gang violence, and rape. She soon took her talents and showed the world what she was able to accomplish. Radio-hosting in her early years, and then progressing over the years to create her own television show, Winfrey was able to reach out to many in need. Few years ago, she opened a school in a country in Africa to educate little girls in need of getting away from the patriarchal society that dominates much of Africa. She showed the world that a little good deed extended to those in need, goes a long way. She is known as one of the world's most influential people.

4. Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian leader that showed the world the idea of non-violence. Facing discrimination while starting work in South Africa, his determination to change that mindset led his beloved country to gain autonomy. Either ways of war nor sacrifice, Gandhi showed his people that success can be attained through peaceful means of negotiation, protest, and determination. Many other influential leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela took his ideas and allowed black to be free in the United States, and led to the ending of Apartheid in South Africa. 

College Essay # 220

220. How does money matter in your life?

Many say that money makes the world go around and some say that it's happiness that makes it go around. Well I disagree with the idea of money making the world go around. Yes, money is the key to everything, money will buy you everything, and if you don't have money, you will be no where in life. You will be on the streets trying to survive for half of one meal. It's pathetic; the way people depend on money, makes the world revolve around money.

The importance of money in my life is not as important as I thought it would be. I know that I need it to buy things, go to college, earn a living, work hard, pay for my meals, my shelter, and blah blah blah. But there are other things to life than working, and eating, and buying, buying, buying. But happiness, I agree with some in the world, makes things go around. Yes, you may feel like I'm just saying that to make myself look better. Don't get me wrong, I realize how important money is. But if you're not happy with your job, you won't perform well and may get fired, demoted, and so on. If you don't have a job, you have to either rely on others for money, or you may have to beg, borrow, or steal. This doesn't give you a stable life. You're always hunting for food to eat, and place to sleep, and clothes to wear. Happiness is the key to make money, to have money, and to enjoy the money that you have.

If you're not happy with the college you're attending, and you want to drop out, all the money your parents invested in you and in that college goes to waste. Colleges don't to refunds and exchanges like supermarkets. It's a once and for all thing. 

Nothing starts with money. It starts with the idea of happiness and how it affects the way you use, spend, and save your money.

College Essay # 250

250. If animals could talk, what would your pet say about you?

Last holidays, my family was split between getting an Apso or a Pug. When I saw a pug face to face, I realized they weren't the way I expected them to be. They make too much noise from the nose because their nose passages are so small they can't breath, they look like aliens, and their fur feels like a prick when you touch it and it has red spots in its eyes. My family were split in the decision. Before seeing a pug, I decided that I wanted a pug along with my sister and my mom, while my dad thought it would be nice get an apso. But if we were to get a puppy, I'm sure it would be a pug. My sister tends to get her way with everything, which I find quite annoying at times ... actually most of the times. So lets say our family were to get a pug.

If animals could talk my pet would probably say that I was a lazy caretaker. She would say that I was excited when I first met her, but then slowly started caring less and less. The dog would say that I would walk her and pick up her droppings when my parents told me to but then would say that when they weren't around, I would tell my sister to do it. Which I feel I would probably do.

The sad part about me, according to my dog, would be that every time she came around to playing with me, I would pet her a couple of times and then tell her to run along. I really wasn't interested. She wouldn't understand why, because dogs, have an ego about themselves. They feel loved and cherished and they feel like their the best looking one. I feel like pugs aren't, they look like aliens. I wouldn't want to take care of a dog which was looking like that. I wouldn't understand why I was taking care of it. I feel like if my sister was the one who chose to buy this type of dog, she should be the one taking care of it not me.

But on the other hand, if it was an Apso. I would treasure the dog like no other. I would want to pet her long hair and comb it and bathe it. I would love taking the dog for a walk, I would love feeding it and I would love playing with it. I would things completely opposite as compared to if I was taking care of a pug.

Although this may look bad on my part, and it may look like I go for things like look pretty and it may look like I only care about superficial things, I fee it's a bit different than that. If I get the things I want, I take extra care of it but if I don't get things I want, I won't really mind for it and will only do it if needed. I wouldn't put my heart into it.

College Essay # 78 - Hood

78. If you could travel through time and interview any historical figure, whom would you choose, what would you ask, and why? (Hood)

According to my point of view, Adolf Hitler was a man filled with insanity. The things he did, the people he killed, the ideas he plotted, and those he manipulated to follow him were all plans conducted by a crazy man. His ideas were only things he could understand. Many have tried to explain and "justify" his actions to a certain extent but everyone is stuck at the question of morality. Was it right? Clearly not. Was it sane? Clearly not. Was it beneficial? For those who hated Jews, but not to the world.

His ideas seem to amaze me. I was asked this same question in 7th grade. When I answered, Adolf Hitler, she looked at me like I was crazy. What's so crazy about wanting to know about a crazy man? I say nothing.

I have a list of questions I would ask him.
1. What caused really caused you to hate Jews?
2. In your mind, was it essential to kill them for the greater good of mankind?
3. Was there a more humane way of killing the people or was it the only way?
4. What made you kill yourself?
5. Near the end of your life, did you realize that you did something wrong?

I think Hitler was one of those characters that no one would understand until you met them. The Holocaust, Hitler and everything that came before, after, and in the middle, were things that are important to me because these are the things which fascinated me the most about history. But the thing is, I only know what my teacher has taught me and what the text book states. I don't know much else. I want to get a first hand experience with his thoughts. This was just wrong and maybe he had a reason, as crazy as it may sound. It might be legitimate. We only know what the Jews have told. We only know what the textbooks have said. Maybe there IS another side ... probably something far fetched to many of you. 

College Esssay # 236

236. What are some things you observed today.

1. Yelling at someone telling them to move out the way tends to give you a sincere apology.
2. The smell of fart  seems to come from all around you when you're sitting in a AP Chemistry exam.
3. It takes a small message from your crush to make you shine.
5. Dorm parents can annoyingly be interested in your life.
6. Some people just can't stand Christmas music.
7. Education systems are dumb enough to put an exam on the last day of school.
8. Elementary students can make someone cry when it comes to gaining a prize.
9. Asking someone to write a recommendation for you is an intimidating process.
10. Packing at the last minute is not wise.
11. People freak out when they don't know how you're going home at the end of the semester.
12. Shuffling and doing the Spongebob are overrated; an fat people who do it look ugly.
13. I have a mild case of tetrisitis. But so does Jyotika.
14. Diluted orange tang tastes like blood.
15. Bibliography and biography are the same thing for some.
16. School french fries taste like everything other than french fries.
17. Keeping a stack of bread in your room, only results to it being stale.
18. Stealing cheese when each person only gets 2 is inhumane.
19. Boys have fun at the end of the semester, while girls rot in a prison.
20. If you want to fit in, you need to go to college. - Accepted
 

College Essay # 222

222. Where do you go to hide and why.

My childhood was filled with mischief. My partners in crime were always my sister and my cousins. There was one summer I remember fondly. It was a big family gathering for a festival called dahsanyi, where goats are sacrificed. My sister, my cousin, and I decided that playing hide and seek when everyone else was in the yard was a fun thing to do. We turned off all the lights in the house and I was the one who was supposed to catch the two of them. It never occurred to us that the people in the yard would see that all the lights were out. Being childish, too preoccupied with the game, and naive, we went on our way to play hide and seek.

My cousin and my sister were too scared to hide alone in a big, empty house where all the lights were turned off, so they decided that they would hide in different places just in the same room. While trying to find them, I heard the door of the entrance open and bang shut. I didn't know what was going on and I thought it was a ghost, so I turned the light on of the room I was in. I was afraid and I was really scared of ghosts. But then I heard, the loud, thumping of footsteps on the wooden stairs. I heard my grandfather's cough. I knew it was time to run. But I didn't know where to. I heard him hitting the stair railings with something; I just didn't know what.

I knew instantly to take cover. My grandfather went into the study. I knew this was my chance. I ran down and fast but as softly as I could. I took my chance and went and sat in my grandfather's chair with the rest of the family. My grandfather comes with my sister and my cousin by the ear. I stood there laughing. Furiously, my cousin and my sister approach me and asked me why I didn't warn them. I wanted to save myself first. They told me that they were standing behind curtains on the windowsill of my room when my grandfather came in and hit them with an umbrella. I laughed so hard. My mom asked me whether I was part of it in her jester ways. She knew I was lying. My grandfather knew that but we make fun of it till this day.

I find hiding among a group of people the best thing. This way, you can protect yourself from others and you can't be yelled at in front of everyone, because the person shouting at you will be embarrassed along with you.