As soon as I visited campus, I instantly
felt this sense of community and it was
very—it was something that I didn't
realize I needed until I stepped on campus.
And I realized this is a place where I
fit in and I don't have to make a hole
for myself to fit in.
So I was born in Tamil Nadu, India, where my dad was born.
And where my mom moved after she married my dad. And I moved to the US when I was
around five and we moved to the suburbs
of Des Plaines, Illinois, where I
currently reside and my family has been
there ever since. And I love the community so much.
My high school education was a liberal arts education.
I took classes in the humanities; I
dabbled in the sciences; I did fine arts
and all these other things. I absolutely
enjoyed it.
And I just want to transfer that into
college.
(Interviewer) And that was okay with your parents?
Um, initially my parents did not
understand that and then I told them you
can do anything with a degree from a
liberal arts college.
I definitely want to study neuroscience at Bowdoin and possibly dabble in English and philosophy.
I like to think of it as in: I'm not as privileged as some other people,
but I'm definitely more privileged than some people and so it's all relative.
And I think I should be very blessed to be in an elite private institution and I had
this opportunity to get a world-class
education.
I just feel like everyone here deserves to be here,
and that everyone is trying to fulfill their purpose in one way or another.
And it's just nice to know that we're all just here to learn.
