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Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. Here in New Mexico, when a car is no longer wanted, it may not go to the junkyard. Instead, cars may end up … Read moreThe Arroyo Car

Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”. – Quote from The Sign of the Four by … Read moreBeing A Detective in Life

Explain a time in your life when an obstacle changed who you were? The screen glowed brightly in her face as she would check her Facebook, and wonder why people did this to her. “Who would be mean enough to treat a person like this?”, she would always ask me. The cruel, menacing, and terrifying … Read moreThe Invisible Bully

Write an essay in which you tell us about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how and why this person is important to you. As dawn broke and the rays of sunlight shined through the tiny cracks in the cabin walls, I woke up to the sound of creaking doors … Read moreEverlasting experiences

Prompt B of ApplyTexas: Describe a circumstance, obstacle or conflict in your life, and the skills and resources you used to resolve it. Did it change you? If so, how? The shutter button is released, causing a chain reaction: the lens opens and closes in the span of microseconds, and, for a moment, the world … Read morePhotography

Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. Countless books, documentaries, and museums recount the story of the Jewish Holocaust. Comparatively few people, however, have heard of the modern holocaust that took place in Indonesia twelve years ago in my hometown of Jakarta. … Read moreA Modern Holocaust

Describe your dream job. If I had been asked a couple months ago to describe my dream job, I could have told you my dreams to the last detail. It would have started something like this: ‘I walk into a hospital every day, greeted by friends and colleagues. I want to do general surgery in … Read moreFact or Fiction?

Describe a personal experience. Although I do not affiliate myself with any particular religion, I have been a Buddhist nun at temples and an altar server at Christian churches. I can chant the meditations of Buddha in Thai and Sanskrit and recite Catholic prayers in English and French. My exposure to both religions has helped … Read moreGrowing Up in an Interfaith Home

Common App – Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you’ve already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design. Momentary sadness descended on my face. The crescent moon in the night sky looks just as beautiful as ever, but today something is … Read moreFlipping Through Myself

A Personal Narrative “One more bucket of ears and you can go inside,” Momma said. Those days spent picking corn in midday Mississippi August heat are ones that I remember well. I vividly recall my toes digging into a mix of decomposing potato roots and freshly toiled soil, the weight of the bucket I lugged … Read moreMississippi August