Stanford University

The Stanford community is deeply curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom. Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning. (100-250 words.) Interestingly enough, I have this long checklist of random questions I’ll write down that emerge in my consciousness, and I’ll progress the check off the questions that I found answers to. I wrote the first question on the list in ninth grade: Why can’t I tickle myself? I checked that question off the following summer, after asking a neuroscientist who presented at a research workshop I attended.…