451-word version: Cornell – College of Arts and Science
I am interested in chemistry and chemical biology because I suspect that these two studies are indispensable in understanding both animal and human behavior. In studying these subjects, I am especially intrigued by chemical reactions that occur in the animal as well as the human body as they could very well be the stimuli responsible for various behavioral effects...

 

 

771-word version: Carnegie Mellon
Besides its renowned faculty, illustriously diversified student body, myriad of prominent programs both international and domestic, just to mention more than a few, I am committed to CMU due to its simultaneous offers in biology, psychology, and chemistry at three distinct colleges. As CMU is one of the few select private schools that offer such opportunity, I had no choice but to apply for a spot in this demanding and yet certain to be rewarding program...

 

 

498-word version: U of Michigan—Ann Arbor
The concept of Pygmalion effect, derived from a story about a Cypriot sculptor in Greek mythology, is still prevalent today, currently even being studied in psychology as a phenomenon that can directly influence human behavior...

 

 

 

Northwestern Statement

 

Besides its commitment to liberal arts education to prepare its students for an “increasingly (more) complex and interconnected” world..., just to mention more than a few, its cutting-edge department in neurobiology and physiology with worldly recognized faculty, of course...

 

 

555-word version: Georgetown
Besides its “emphasis on intellectual vitality, a global viewpoint and community service” and commitment to “an integrated education and of productive research in the liberal arts” in order to prepare its students for an increasingly more complex and interconnected world, its research-intensive neurobiology program in the New Science Center..., of course...