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Personal Statement “The best school award goes to SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, Bharatpur and the male topper of the district is Prabal Poudel”, headlined Kalika FM in 2008 July. It was not so usual in my community to care much about the school I am attending or to consider going places for education. However, the disparaging words that my relatives had for my move to a new school were coming to an end with the news of my little progress. In the same year, I was already set to transfer to yet another school, Budhanilkantha School, widely considered as the best in Nepal. As I think about it now, I realize I was not really looking for the best per se; I was in search for newer challenges and inspirations. I could find the same challenges at a larger scale while in Jacobs; a new beginning in a new country with a new set of academic and social peak to conquer. Jacobs has been a playground of juggle between social, academic and personal life and as they say, with the practice I have become better though not perfect. Be it about organizing cultural celebrations like Deepawali at Jacobs, being part of Robotics, Computer Science or Cricket Club or participating in the musical events, each of them has given me an opportunity to discover my strengths, abilities and weaknesses. However, my thirst for more new experiences and exposures has not been quenched. Now, I consider it is time to dive into yet another multicultural society and take on the new task set. Representing my locality at SOS, hometown at Budhanilkantha and my country at Jacobs, I have been a representative for my culture and heritage ever since I had migrated to seek new inspirations at new places. I would like to continue the same at Rice University where I plan to be the representative of more than 1000 students from more than 100 countries. At Rice I will also be part of a different teaching and learning environment and approaches. I am also extremely excited about the wider range of learning opportunities and ample facilities which not only aim at the intellectual growth but also the overall development of Rice students. Apart from the educational and professional attainments, I would also get to know about the American Culture and lifestyle in details which I have heard of, from my friends at Jacobs from US. As a whole, I expect Rice to be a guide and a forest, in sense, it would lead me through the novel endeavour in a new land and also at the same time, it should be full of petty to huge puzzles and surprises in every corner, teaching me tips and tricks useful for rest of the life.