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1、(SuccessfulHarvardApplicant)1Subject:SuccessfulatHarvard,Princeton,Dartmouth,andStanfordHikingtoUnderstandingSurroundedbythousandsofstars,completesilence,andspectacularmountains,IstoodatopNewHampshire'sPresidentialRangeawestruckbynature'sbeauty.Immedi
2、ately,IrealizedthatImustdedicatemylifetounderstandingthecausesoftheuniverse'sbeauty.Inaddition,thehiketaughtmeseveralvaluablelessonsthatwillallowmetoincreasemyunderstandingthroughscientificresearch.AlthoughthefirstfewmilesofthehikeupMt.Madisondidnotof
3、ferfantasticviews,thevistasbecamespectacularonceIclimbedabovetreeline.Immediately,Isensedthatunderstandingthenaturalworldparallelsclimbingamountain.Toreachmygoaloftotalcomprehensionofnaturalphenomena,IrealizedthatImustbeginwithknowledgethatmaybeuninte
4、restingbyitself.However,thisknowledgewillformthefoundationofanaccurateviewoftheuniverse.Muchlikeeverystepwhilehikingleadsthehikernearerthemountainpeak,allknowledgeleadsthescientistnearertotalunderstanding.Abovetreeline,thebarrennessandsilenceofthehike
5、taughtmethatindividualsmusthavetheirowndirection.Allhikersknowthattheymustcarrycompletemapstoreachtheirdestinations;theydonotallowotherstoholdtheirmapsforthem.Similarly,surroundedonlybymountaintops,sky,andsilence,Irecognizedtheneedtoremainindividually
6、focusedonmylife'sgoalofunderstandingthephysicaluniverse.Atthesummit,theviewofthesurroundingmountainrangeisspectacular.Thepanoramaoffersaviewofhillsandsmallermountains.Somepeopleduringtheirlivesclimbmanysmallhills.However,tohavethemostaccurateviewofthe
7、world,ImustbededicatedtoclimbingthebiggestmountainsIcanfind.Toooftenpeoplesimplyhikeacrossaflatvalleywithoutascendingbecausetheycontentthemselveswiththescenery.ThemountainshowedmethatIcannotcontentmyselfwiththescenery.Whennightfelluponthesummit,Istare
8、dattheslowlyappearingstarsuntiltheycompletelyfilledthenightsky.Despitethewindyconditionsandbelowfreezingtemperatures,Icouldnottearmyselfawayfromtheawe-inspiringbeautyofthecosmos.Similarly,despitethefrustrationanddifficultiesinherentinscientifi