The essays and academic guides are in PDF format so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or another similar program in order to read those.

Academic Guides/Notes
» AP U.S. History Notes - These were the notes I took for AP U.S. History. Our class used The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society, and were required to take notes in a certain format. This won’t necessarily help, because I took fairly personal notes, but it will definitely be a good quick-reference, especially if you use the same book.

Essays
» MIT Personal Statement - I don’t like this quite as much as my UIUC essay, but I do feel it describes me rather well.
» On Religion and Hypocrisy - January 2006 - The first of a potentially long series of essays detailing my philosophies on certain religious issues. This one is a bit of a barebones confession written to give my parents and friends an explanation which I could then use as a base in further conversation…
» On Religion and Hypocrisy - November 2006 - Simply a revised version of the original January essay. If you want to know what I stand for, this is where to go as it is more up to date. If you feel like figuring out how my philosophy changed between January and November, go ahead and dissect the two.
» Reinhard Memorial Scholarship Essay - I really enjoyed writing this essay. Unlike most of the other essays I write, this one for once wasn’t crap. It was interesting and allowed for a great deal of creativity. I started it at 12:45 one night and finished at 2:15 in the morning. That’s remarkably short for a 900+ word essay for me, considering I spend upwards of an hour on sub-300 word essays usually. But hey, when inspiration hits you…
» UIUC Personal Statement - Perhaps one of my favorite essays I’ve written. I’m not going to lie. It pigeon-holes me perfectly…
» UIUC Professional Statement - Boring little essay about my choice of major and what not.

Poetry/Lyrics
» Candlelight - This is a poem I wrote late one night because of a Card Captor Sakura manga scan … one of the chapter intros was just begging for a poem…
» Clear the Clouds - This is a song I wrote in 8th grade. I originally wrote it with a “Chevelle - Forfeit” type of guitar theme. I found it when I was going through my old hard drive looking for DBAG. Decided it was actually pretty good…
» Fly on Frozen Wings - This started as an eight line stanza on a flash banner I made for ADD … then I decided I liked it and kept it.
» Get Away - A poem. I wrote it in 8th grade. Found it on the old HD. I can’t remember what made me write it, but I did nonetheless…
» Make It Bleed - Needless to say I was a bit depressed when I wrote this…