<p>I love walking. But not when it’s pitch black in the middle of winter. My neighborhood has lousy lighting.</p>
<p>Personally, I have no redeeming talents or skills other than suceeding in school. I always pressure myself into going above and beyond everyone else’s standards and putting in more work than everyone else to prove to myself that I have a purpose. I’ve always just been okay at things like music and art, but I feel like with academics I NEED to be the best. It’s sort of a destructive yet empowering cycle.</p>
<p>My parents drive me to do well in school. Yes I am Indian, but my parents are different than most Asian parents. They don’t pressure me to do well in school. My parents drive me to do well in the sense that I want to see them happy and proud of me. I want to be successful and in a position where I can give my parents whatever they want and allow them to live the rest of their lives without worry. My parents are amazing people and I owe everything to them.</p>
<p>High School: To crush people and establish position. I’ve had some awesome upperclassmen role models and sometimes I might just have wanted to get myself known among them.</p>
<p>But I didn’t get to live the life that high school is supposed to provide! I didn’t get to fully explore my options, to develop artistic and leadership skills, to mature, to know what it is like to be “normal!” (But I wanted to be unique too)</p>
<p>->That being said, I’ve gone through slightly too many AP courses (pros being ridiculous AP credit advanced standing and learning how to work hard before college starts)… The bragging about how well you did in High School is kinda silly and I’d rather not haha 
Nor did I make top 10 or get top college acceptances although I only applied to one top college.</p>
<p>College: I simply love engineering courses and I’m going to do as well as I can. Well, there’s no time nor money for any elective and/or specific career-skill building courses the way I’m going, so I should’ve taken advantage of that in high school. It’s not really competitive for me anymore and I like that it allows me to focus on the things I want to and possibly slack off a little on pointless GE’s.</p>