Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.

Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you to be a doctor or a lawyer."

My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.

Never would I have thought that I would meet Mick Jagger, much less be working on the same project.

I grew up listening to blues and rock 'n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world.

Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.

What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart.