Received a full ride to Williams, honestly think my supplemental essay made me stand out:
Imagine yourself in a tutorial at Williams. Of anyone in the world, whom would you choose to be the other student in the class, and why?
Naruto Uzumaki. “If you don’t like the hand that fate’s dealt you with, fight for a new one!” As a man that refuses to accept destiny if it means failure, Naruto proves to be the quintessence of perseverance. Besides always wanting to be a ninja, I saw myself in Naruto when time and time again he overcame extreme obstacles to achieve his goals. From his humble beginnings as one of the Leaf Village’s worst ninjas to stopping at nothing until he became Hokage, the prime leader of the village, Naruto was especially inspiring to me. Naruto, an ongoing Japanese television series whose global success has earned it the title of one of the most influential shows of all time, tells the story of a boy’s path that defies all odds.
Naruto’s resolve is not the only characteristic that makes him remarkable. Despite being on the receiving end of countless jokes due to his low intelligence, Naruto has ingenuity and creativity that trumps his much smarter opponents in life and death situations. A pure “outside of the box” approach is conducive to any learning environment and his ubiquitous quote of “I never give up” has been able to keep me awake when coffee and other substances failed to during an all-nighter for a Physics exam.
It’s imperative to have varying opinions in a classroom, and trying things a bit differently—which is why I’ll go as far as saying that I would take Naruto Uzumaki as my classmate in Mathematical Ecology or Electromagnetic Theory over the Einsteins and Newtons of the world. With Naruto at my side, I’d be able to undergo an intensive tutorial while growing as a person through exposure to different ways of thinking… and of course dethroning prophecies and fate through a superhuman work ethic.