St Johns College

Explain why you have chosen your major. I made my first movie when I was seven.It was a two-minute slasher flick entitled “Psycho Killer on the Loose”. I spelled “psycho” wrong on the movie’s hand-drawn title card. It starred my five-year-old brother as “the psycho” and my best friend as a teenage girl who aimlessly … Read moreA Passion for Film

Discuss a book that has particular significance for you. What makes this book great in your view? What effect does it have on what you think or how you think? All that Lillian Linton, also known as Mr. Victor Linton to her chauvinist employer, craved for was to be was an independent English lady. She … Read moreMy First Feminist Role Model

DESCRIBE A PLACE OR ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU ARE PERFECTLY CONTENT. WHAT DO YOU DO OR EXPERIENCE THERE AND WHY IS IT MEANINGFUL TO YOU? Among the rooms in our small old house, the one at the extreme is aroom I find banal. A room lacking luster, with very small woodenwindows that barely lets light rays … Read moreThe Uninteresting Place

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. There I sat on the piano bench, leather sticky where shorts ended and legs began, and all I could think was, “No, please … Read moreThe Piano

Select some experience from which you have derived exceptional benefit and describe it, explaining its value to you. I watch people. I don’t mean to say I watch out for them. I do that too, but I always mean what I say. I watch them. It’s always been a game of mine, watching them. When … Read moreThe Nature of Humans

Select some experience from which you have derived exceptional benefit and describe it, explaining its value to you. One of the most important events in my life was, oddly enough, a calculus project.The assignment was to make a short film about trigonometry, which made sense given that our teacher was also president of the Movie … Read moreTangents and the Intangible

Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud, and how does it relate to the person you are? I am a ruthless Amazon: five foot eight without my favorite three-inch heels. Silently I stalk my prey, the tip … Read moreA Writer on the Prowl