A Letter to My Future Roommate

A thousand miles away from home, I sat in a cramped apartment littered with Bruce Springsteen CDs, listening to my Spanish home-stay family talk about their day. Every evening, just before dinner, the four of us would gather for [...]

From the moment I first learned about the University of California - Irvine, I knew that it was the perfect place for me to pursue my academic and professional goals. As I delved deeper into my research and analysis of the [...]

Believe it or not, I’ve already designed my own course. It is my school’s first ever film production class. When structuring the syllabus, I had to pack everything into one hour and twenty minute classes that happened every [...]

My father is a rocket scientist. Literally. He and my mother met while working as engineers at NASA. Brilliant, logical, extremely analytical, and with a PhD in Biomechanical Engineering, he is the most overqualified [...]

From a young age, music has been an essential part of my life. I remember listening to my parents' vinyl records and being mesmerized by the melodies and lyrics. As I grew older, I began to explore different genres of music and [...]

What was it about Claudia’s brain that made her forget our entire conversation? Is her inability to remember my response affected by a specific part of her brain? I pondered as she asked me, “What is your favorite subject in [...]