Stanford University

PROMPT: What matters to you, and why? (250 word limit). "Medicine, law, business, engineering—these are noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love—these are what we stay alive for." I could not put it more bluntly than Robin Williams in his quote from Dead Poets Society. I am heading toward a career in psychological research and I hope to contribute information that will enhance the lives of many. However, what I work, eat, and sleep for is and will always be art. When I look around the world, I see suffering large and small. People work themselves to…