However, the genuine significance of any instilled value is the true realization of its worth, an individual act which inspires the imbibing of that instilled and realized principle. As young as I am, I do not claim to have realized the magnitude of the significance of education. However, in my young mind, what I have realized so far is that a good education is one of the foundations of a fruitful and fulfilled life. I believe education or the lack of education helps shape an individual. Like a good book which tickles the imagination and stimulates an individual to realize lessons and insights, a good education inspires an individual to fulfill his or her full potential.

It is indeed a privilege to me to have been given the chance to broaden my knowledge and amass sensible values in order to realize my full potential. And I understand that choosing a good university,...

As every good book inspires values, likewise, every good school inspires the learning of values. To me Stanford is like that imagined marvelous bookstore with rows and rows of books in all shapes and sizes; a true treasure trove of knowledge, wisdom, and values. Like that marvelous bookstore, Stanford has so much good things to offer that it makes one confused in a good way on which one major to specialize in.
I believe Stanford is an institution which has proven itself to have imparted the knowledge of values and that to me is the most important reason that makes Stanford the place for me; a place where I can learn the values that will mold me to someone who pushes barriers, strives for the better, until my full potential as an individual is fulfilled.