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Sometimes asking the right question makes all the difference. If you were a college admission counselor, what essay question would you ask? Please craft and answer your own essay prompt – in your response, reflect on what your chosen question reveals about you. “Colleges are selecting from a large pool of applicants to form their … Read more 2,000 People, Infinite Community

Tell us about spiders. Until now, it has never occurred to me that a spider taught me how to forgive. In all honesty, I never knew how to feel about my father. I loved him because I was supposed to. But I feared him even more. I feared him like I feared spiders. Perhaps those … Read more Learning How to Forgive

Grit has been identified as a significant predictor of success. Describe a situation in your life that truly demonstrated a unique degree of grit. Why were you so motivated? What did you learn from the experience? I’ve come to understand that when I choose a path in life, I’m bound to face some roadblocks along … Read more Grit to withstand

Tell Us about spiders. Did you know that arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is one of the most common fears in the world? It affects approximately 10% of men and 50% of women worldwide, myself included. This past July, a man residing in West Seattle attempted to kill a spider in his home using a … Read more Along Came A Spider…

From small, faculty-led classes to funded undergraduate research, the University of Richmond offers the benefits of both a liberal arts college and the opportunities and resources only found in large research universities. Tell us how you would utilize these resources in order to reach your goals. One of my favorite business mantras is from Simon … Read more The Golden Circle

Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. One year ago, on a muggy summer morning, I boarded a plane with some of my classmates and teachers, headed for … Read more Asking Why Not

Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. Here is Burma in the spotlight’s glare: cheap Chinese products, bad roads, on-and-off electricity, censored internet, starving people, useless education, brain drain, corrupt government, no freedom of expression, and hopelessness. This is what it’s like in my deteriorating country, a … Read more Upon Leaving Home