672-word version: Because I was born with dysfunctional viscera, I was hospitalized for several months when I was young. I remember my parents being at prayers all the time and watching me day after day and night after night beside my sickbed... 627-word version: Because I was born with dysfun..

If someone asked me whom or what I most resembled metaphorically, I would simply give him a thumb`s up sign. This would not mean to affirm the question, but to simply illustrate the answer: I think that I am one of life`s thumbs...

I press the Play button which triggers an electrical charge that traverses through my IPOD, shoots up the wires and signals the components of my headphones to discharge beautiful, uplifting melodies riding along a rhythm divine...

I hate wrestling. Even now as Captain of my team watching clips or photos turns me off and prevents me from wanting to return to the mat. I have beat Tetris on the hardest setting, read Dostoevsky...but by far I was challenged most physically and mentally by wrestling...

...As dust particles and extraterrestrial materials combine under the universal gravitational force to form a mass that does not have a distinct shape at first, the mass rotates, collects more particles and materials from its surrounding...

Research (optional) Caltech applicants demonstrate their passion for math, science or engineering in a variety of ways. Prior research experience is not required to gain undergraduate admission to Caltech. However, if you have written a research paper on a math, science or engineering project, you..