231. Invent a game and explain the rules.

You are locked up in 99 floor building. You are in the first floor and there is nothing between first floor and very top floor. Only things that are in the building are 3 switches for a light bulb, elevator, and a light bulb in very top floor. Okay, now you need to find which switch is for the light bulb. Only one switch is the switch for the light bulb. Two other switches are fakes. Wait! You can only use elevator twice; up and down. Remember that there are no stairs, windows, or anything else. Now find which switch is for the light bulb. If first switch is the right one, explain. If second switch is the right one, explain. If third switch is the right one, explain. You need to give me a reason because any three of them can be the right one depends on your reason. Now begin the game!
Is it too hard? Here is my answer. You turn on first and second switches for 30 minutes and turn the second switch off. Then you take an elevator and go up to the top floor. If you see the light on then obviously second switch is the right one. If not, touch the light bulb and see if it is hot or not. If it is hot, then first switch must be the right one because you turned the first switch for a long time and thus, made the light bulb hot. If not hot, then the answer is the third switch because it is cold. So did you now get it? Thank You.

187. People attend school for many different reasons (for example, expanded knowledge, societal awareness, and enhanced interpersonal relationships). Why do you want to attend university?

Honestly, most students don’t like to study. I see almost everyone complaining teachers for giving homework during weekend, stressed to study for exam, and sleepy for staying up for essay. They want to play sports with friends or play computer games. But why are they attending university? I only see one reason: they want to get a good job and earn a lot of money. I too am like that. This is an undeniable answer that every single student has in their mind. Perhaps few might really want to attend university to expand their knowledge, but again as I said it is only “few” students. I want to attend university to get a good job and earn a lot of money. I don’t think this is a bad motive. Anything that motivates you to pursue university degree is fine. If you are passionate to learn more, then it is better because you will learn a lot in university. But even if you were primary reason for attending university was not to learn, you will still learn more in depth than high school and eventually become skilled in the area you learn. So I do not want to say that my major reason for attending university is to expand my knowledge. 

164. How has your family history, culture, or environment influenced who you are? (University of Florida)

How has my family influenced who I am? I should probably begin with my dad’s advice. My dad always tells me, “Challenging is always difficult. But this is the very time to challenge.” Whenever he tells me this, I say this in my mind: “he’s right. This is the very time. How I do now will decide what I will become in the future.” However, I tend to forget this significant truth as time pass and try to avoid challenge simply because it is hard. Whenever I am in this situation, my dad keep on revive the need to challenge as if my dad knows I forgot about it. In this sense, my dad is a pace-maker. He is like a small device in my heart that constantly helps me not to stop. Because of him, I do not easily give up even though hardship comes on my way. Because of him, I do not stop run for my goal even though everyone else stop just like how heart does not stop to beat. On the other hand, I have my mom and sister who always cheer me whenever I look behind. Although I am away from house, they are very close to me. If I am happy, they will celebrate me. If I am tired, they will take out my burden. If I am sad, they will cry with me. Whenever I call them, they will listen, understand, and share together. Just like how food is physical energy, my mom and sister is my spiritual energy. Without them, I would never have been able to come this far. My family made me to come this far. They are my energizer.

163. What is your favorite word, and why? (University of Virginia)

Without question, there is not a single person who does not know Picasso Pablo. He is one of the famous artists in our history. However, when we look at his works such as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and Three Musicians, they look like paintings a seven years old made. So what is the reason that he is so famous out of so many other great artists? The answer is simple: he disregarded the world of perspectives and naturalism. Before him, all artists focused only on depicting objects from one viewpoint. In other words, they focused on painting objects exactly same view. Therefore, whoever could realistically paint was the best artist. Picasso, however, ignored the conventional notion of beauty; he broke up, analyzed, and re-assembled objects in an abstracted form. This is what we now call cubism.

Picasso is a “creative” artist. I also want my life to be creative. Therefore, my favorite word is creative.