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.

I am a stalker. At every college tour, there's this one girl I keep seeing. The first time, I thought she was interesting. The second, a weird coincidence. The third time, I knew she had to be importa

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Themes 4. Using a favorite quotation from an essay or book you have read in the last three years as a starting point, tell us about an event or experience that helped you define one of your values or changed how you approach the world. Please write the quotation, title and author at the beginning of your essay. Essay

"You felt. . . something that was like the feeling you expected to have and did not have when you made your first communion. It was a feeling . . . which would be as difficult and embarrassing to spea

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Extracurricular activities or work experiences

The bell rings. Seniors burst out of doors pushing in a hormonal stampede, desperate to escape the student parking lot before the traffic starts. My own heart pounds, but not with the adrenaline of es

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Last two summers

Since my parents' divorce in 2005, and my father's return to his native [Place Redacted], I've spent most summers visiting him in [Place Redacted]. Summer 2018 continued this pattern, and I flew alone

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Penn Main Essay 1

Somewhere buried in the ether of my mom’s computer exists a picture of me at age 14, hopelessly in love: cheek pressed against the display glass, eyes fluttered shut with a small, private smile on my

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Penn Main Essay 2

Which one should I read? I flip through the collection. Tattered stickies mark “The Owl and the Pussy Cat,” “Jabberwocky,” and other childhood favorites. Performing for my mom’s literary friends isn’t

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Preferred start term Fall 2020 Admission plan Regular Decision Previously applied No School Specific Fee Waivers Amherst DIVOH Fee Waiver Financial aid Yes Gender Identity Woman Pronouns She/her Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community? Yes LGBTQ+ Identification I identify as bisexual. Additional Personal Information

"Mom, we're gonna be late to the airport," my dad says, rejecting the massive Bundt cake she offers. My Baba relents, placing the cake, hands shaking, on the traditional Balkan tablecloth: red with

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Significant Activity or Work

We start with Circle. We escape classrooms, run down to the music-hallway-turned-backstage, conglomerate in the auditorium, and form a lopsided ring, arms intertwined. Some speak, some listen. The pro

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Arts and Sciences Response

Somewhere buried in the ether of my mom’s computer exists a picture of me at age 14, hopelessly in love: cheek pressed against the display glass, eyes fluttered shut with a small, private smile on my

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Are you and/or your parent(s)/guardian( s) active members of the Society of Friends? No Have you ever been found guilty or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony crime? If the conviction has been pardoned or sealed, you are not required to answer yes or to explain the conviction. No In 150 to 250 words, please write about why you are interested in applying to and attending Swarthmore.

Everybody laughs. Herr Baier smiles too; I caught something about a "pool," maybe? The rest is gibberish. I sink into my chair, fiddling with my new Füller . The nib leaks blue ink onto my fingers. 

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Offer of the College - Line selection ...and Art an intimate friend Supplemental Essay

I have some very old friends at Bowdoin. I count John of Patmos as an intimate confidant. The merciless military leader, King Ashurnasirpal II, is more of a frenemy, and I've probably spent too much t

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Williams Writing 1 1. At Williams we believe that bringing together students and professors in small groups produces extraordinary academic outcomes. Our distinctive Oxford-style tutorial classes—in which two students are guided by a professor in deep exploration of a single topic—are a prime example. Each week the students take turns developing independent work—an essay, a problem set, a piece of art—and critiquing their partner’s work. Focused on close reading, writing and oral defense of ideas, more than 60 tutorials a year are offered across the curriculum, with titles like Aesthetic Outrage, Financial Crises: Causes and Cures, and Genome Sciences: At the Cutting Edge. Imagine yourself in a tutorial at Williams. Of anyone in the world, whom would you choose to be your partner in the class, and why? Essay 1

It's surprisingly warm for western Massachusetts in October, and I'm carrying my cardigan over my arm as leaves crunch beneath my feet. I'm heading to Titillating Tolstoy and Daring Dostoyevsky, my Ru

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Brown's Open Curriculum

Chemistry makes for good eating. When I lived in Germany, I discovered the chemical miracle that Germans call Laugengebäck and Americans refer to as pretzels. Bakers submerge leavened dough in caustic

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How will you contribute to the brown community?

Which one should I read? Performing in front of my mom’s literary friends isn’t unusual, but always nerve- wracking. I flip through The Oxford Treasury of Classic Poems . Tattered stickies mark “The O

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Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences.

“Point of order!” A woman calls. “Point of information,” I cry out.  The chairwoman bangs a gavel. The pews of this Unitarian Church aren’t very comfortable, especially not for my first 4-hour g

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What academic program at Harvard interests you? Humanities On a scale of 1 (absolutely certain) to 5 (very likely to change), how definite do you consider your academic plans to be? 3 On a scale of 1 (absolutely certain) to 5 (very likely to change), how definite do you consider your vocational plans to be? 4 On a scale of 1 (absolutely certain) to 5 (very likely to change), how definite are your extracurricular and/or athletic interests? 5 Are you applying for the dual degree program with the New England Conservatory? No Are you applying for the dual degree program with Berklee College of Music? No Online Coursework Yes Online Coursework Provider/Institution /Organization Edgenuity; MVP online courses, run through Lower Merion SD Online Coursework Digital Certificate URL see high school transcript Additional Intellectual Experiences

The tension in the room feels like static electricity. I can feel angry eyes fixed at me, but I push on. I’m not afraid of these boys.  “Math is not discovered,” I insist, “It’s invented. The langua

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Activity 1 Ethnic Groups For a sport, please indicate intended level of participation. Club/Intramural/Recreational EC Essay

“Point of order!” A woman calls. “Point of information,” I cry out.  The chairwoman bangs a gavel. The pews of this Unitarian Church aren’t very comfortable, especially not for my first 4-hour g

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As of this moment, what academic areas seem to fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Please indicate up to three. Chemistry Other Academic Interests? Comparative Literature Other Academic Interests? History of Art Why do these areas appeal to you?

Why does gold symbolize wealth despite its flimsiness and impractical malleability? Why do painters risk their health for colors like arsenic green and uranium orange? Why did Shakespeare choose lead,

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Why Yale

There’s something sacred about the smell of books. Something hushed and reverent about whispering poetry out loud, squatted next to the shelf, appreciating but not recognizing the meter. [Name Redacte

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1.What inspires you? The hazy view from a scratched-up SEPTA train window as I ride into Philadelphia. How many other eyes have stared through this glass? How many other lives are lived as I pass? Yale’s residential colleges regularly host conversations with guests representing a wide range of experiences and accomplishments. What person, past or present, would you invite to speak? What question would you ask? The chemist/physicist Marie Curie. My questions: “Was it soothing or searing to continue your work without your husband: your colleague in life and the lab? How did you survive personal tragedy while raising two daughters and persevering in the research that would earn you a second Nobel prize?” 3. You are teaching a Yale course. What is it called? Mendeleev’s Table: The History and Culture of Food through Chemistry, from Fermentation to Pasteurization. An undergraduate seminar that investigates art, literature, and ethnographic writing to explore how chemical reactions have shaped the story of human development. 4. Most first-year Yale students live in suites of four to six people. What do you hope to add to your suitemates' experience? What do you hope they will add to yours? “And over there I’ll put my 1965 Royal Safari typewriter. We can all type on it at any time we want, and we’ll deposit our filled pages in a sealed box. When our freshman year is over, we can read through it and make copies so we’ll have a tangible collective diary from our first year at Yale.” Essays

Chemistry makes for good eating. When I lived in Germany, I discovered the chemical miracle that Germans call Laugengebäck and Americans refer to as pretzels. Bakers submerge leavened dough in caustic

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Chosen essay

Prompt A: The bell rings. Seniors burst out of doors pushing in a hormonal stampede, desperate to escape the student parking lot before the traffic starts. My own heart pounds, but not with the adre

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