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Write a brief essay, either autobiographical or creative, which you feel best describes you. I see it in the eyes of my friend Jill, the true Red Sox fan. Every game, she’s there with her eyes transfixed to the glow of the television. She doesn’t just want to believe it; she knows that this is … Read more“Passion”

Describe a significant extracurricular interest. An electric current of energy surges through my veins. I want to jump or scream, but all I can do is move my index finger an single inch along the sliding button. The house lights dim as my finger slides the lever downwards. From the lighting booth, I look down … Read moreAll the World’s a Stage from the Lighting Booth

Briefly discuss a current global issue, indicating why you consider it important and what you suggest should be done to deal with it. The exponential increase of the population at a global level is an alarming reality that merits the attention not only of those countries which are most struggling with the burden of a … Read moreWhispers From the Future

Write something that shows you want to be in the school of nursing and health studies. I can remember as a little kid that when someone would get hurt on the playground, everyone would get upset at the sight of blood. Unlike everyone else, I would be the first to offer to bring them to … Read moreWanting to be a Nurse

In the space available discuss the significance to you of the school or summer activity in which you have been most involved. Towards the end of my trip to Russia this past summer I volunteered for over one hundred hours at a summer camp for partially deaf and partially sighted, most of whom are also … Read moreEchoes of Russia

Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence. (500 Words Maximum) Zhu Qin, a peasant girl who had been isolated from civilization her entire life, knew nothing of the world that existed beyond the mountains. Not a single person in her family had had any prior education whatsoever; … Read moreMy Grandmother’s Influence

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below (1000 character maximum). The fan is chugging away overhead, desperately fighting off the heat that Jinhua’s summers are infamous for. But I am oblivious: I’m finishing my drawing of Mickey Mouse. With pencil in hand, markers sprawled about, and … Read moreArtist

Why do you want to go to college? Looking down at the college preparation pamphlet laying on my dresser never seemed so dramatic, but with every word I read, and every page I turned, I could practically feel my future rushing towards me. As I approach the end of my high school I experience, I … Read moreWhy I Want a College Education

Explain a struggle you have faced in your life that helped define who you are “Aap meri choti shezadi ho, Hannah,” my Pakistani grandfather told me before I moved to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. I was later able to translate his loving Urdu words into English: “You are my little princess, Hannah.” I am … Read moreMy Confusing Cultural Identity

Common Application essay on diversity “Dinner is ready!” Every Sunday a member of our family takes a turn choosing what we’re having for dinner, and today was my turn. My mother had prepared all of my favorite food, from foie gras to sea urchin sushi to satay. As we began eating, my mother asked me … Read moreDiverse Identity