What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?

Teaching might not be the most visible tool for impact, but it is through sharing my knowledge that I have found myself positively contributing to my school, local, and international communities. Thr

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Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom

I like to create, and computer science is an engine of creation, whether for social impact or just for fun. As our robotics team Co-Captain, I learned how to breathe life into our robot by learning f

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What have you done to make your school or your community a better place?

Teaching might not be the most visible tool for impact, but it is through sharing my knowledge that I have found myself positively contributing to my school, local, and international communities. Thr

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Engineering Response 1

Listening, open-mindedness, and mutual learning are key components of successful collaboration. I had the opportunity to practice all of these skills as a chatbot developer for local nonprofits. Worki

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Engineering Response 2

Cornell’s one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary Computational Sustainability Institute perfectly aligns with my goals of leveraging computer science for environmental protection. My interest has its roots w

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Most students choose their intended major or area of study based on a passion or inspiration that’s developed over time – what passion or inspiration led you to choose this area of study? (300 word maximum)

Khan Academy’s gamified learning platform motivated and engaged me in a way that reading my hefty math textbook never could.  Khan transformed his hobby of tutoring his cousin into a powerful educatio

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Many students pursue college for a specific degree, career opportunity or personal goal. Whichever it may be, learning will be critical to achieve your ultimate goal. As you think ahead to the process of learning during your college years, how will you define a successful college experience? (300 word maximum)

CMU is to me what a candy store is to a kid. I see a multitude of tempting opportunities to craft a successful college experience by growing as a learner, researcher, and community member.  I have g

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Consider your application as a whole. What do you personally want to emphasize about your application for the admission committee’s consideration? Highlight something that’s important to you or something you haven’t had a chance to share. Tell us, don’t show us (no websites please). (300 word maximum)

My once tightly knit friend group since freshman year recently split into two, and I was right in the middle. I quickly realized how trivial everyone’s differences were and how they escalated due to t

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Most significant challenge society faces

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Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities, a job you hold, or responsibilities you have for your family.

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Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you excited about learning

“We can’t get this house, the rooms aren’t square-shaped.” “A road leads directly into this one!” “The door faces south and the kitchen is southeast.” I was fed up with these silly excuses! I wa

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Note to future roommate

Greetings Roommate Who I Hopefully Don’t Scare Off, “I lost a lot of make-up, just get a single” was my cousin’s advice when excitingly asking about her roommate experiences, which I found out consi

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Something meaningful to you and why

My teammates and I were engaged in a friendly competition over who could fill the most trash bags by the end of the day. Our tennis coach called the clean-up day ‘an environmental service activity’, b

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Please describe why you are interested in studying engineering at Princeton. Include any of your experiences in, or exposure to engineering, and how you think the programs offered at the University suit your particular interests. (Please respond in about 250 words)

To address the financial hardships of Stock-Up, an imaginary paper company, I had to thoroughly analyze its finances and propose solutions to counter its underlying issues. While doing so, I witnessed

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Extracurricular Activity and Work Experience Briefly elaborate on an activity, organization, work experience, or hobby that has been particularly meaningful to you. (Please respond in about 150 words)

After interning with a technology company where I learned to build chatbots, I volunteered to develop chatbots for 6 local nonprofits struggling to adapt to changing times. I conversed with each nonpr

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Your Voice Please respond to each question in an essay of about 250 words. At Princeton, we value diverse perspectives and the ability to have respectful dialogue about difficult issues. Share a time when you had a conversation with a person or a group of people about a difficult topic. What insight did you gain, and how would you incorporate that knowledge into your thinking in the future?

“The rooms aren’t square-shaped.” “A road leads directly into this one!” “The house faces south.”  I was fed up with these absurd excuses! I was eager to put behind the cramped apartments I’d kn

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Princeton has a longstanding commitment to service and civic engagement. Tell us how your story intersects (or will intersect) with these ideals. Teaching might not be the most visible endeavor for making an impact, but it has enabled me to positively serve my school, local, and global communities.

Through Math Honor Society, I helped struggling peers understand basic math concepts by using real-world analogies like relating the rate of hearts lost in Minecraft survival mode to slope. I’d like t

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More About You Please respond to each question in 50 words or fewer. There are no right or wrong answers. Be yourself! What is a new skill you would like to learn in college?

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What brings you joy?

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What song represents the soundtrack of your life at this moment?

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Additional Information (Optional) Please attach a document if you wish to provide details of circumstances or qualifications not reflected in the application.

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List the titles of the required readings from academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school.

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List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read outside of academic courses that you enjoyed most during secondary/high school.

The Great Indian Novel; The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari; Siddhartha: An Indian Poem; My Experiments With Truth; 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything; Utopia

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Lectures/Talks:

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Other:

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A hallmark of the Columbia experience is being able to learn and live in a community with a wide range of perspectives. How do you or would you learn from and contribute to diverse, collaborative communities?

Helping my mom organize our neighbourhood’s annual Diwali party seemed easy enough. However, being tasked with surveying the wide array of cuisine and cultural stage event requests of the different fa

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Why are you interested in attending Columbia University? We encourage you to consider the aspect(s) that you find unique and compelling about Columbia.

The transition from bustling metropolis to tranquil intellectual haven when entering Columbia’s campus is one among many reasons I see Columbia as a distinctive place to learn and explore. While pur

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For applicants to Columbia Engineering, please tell us what from your current and past experiences (either academic or personal) attracts you specifically to the areas of study that you previously noted in the application.

When a buddy from North Carolina texted me asking to start an environmental initiative with him, I was on board. We developed EcoMap, an interactive map housing descriptions of various environmental c

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Penn Main Essay 1

During my time at Wharton, I would like to take my interests in entrepreneurship, technology innovation, and countering environmental/societal issues to a whole new level. My interest stemmed when I

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Penn Main Essay 2

For me, a successful Quaker experience would include immersion in community initiatives that serve Penn, the broader Philadelphia community, and the environment.  As a tutor for struggling hs peers or

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M & T: Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology

As an aspiring social entrepreneur, I want to create technological solutions to ameliorate pressing societal and environmental issues. Studying Computer Science gives one the power to create innovativ

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Displayed Leadership

I applied what I’d learned as a chatbot intern to aid nonprofits struggling to adapt to changing times. I discovered how chatbots could help businesses by enhancing the interactivity of a site and gen

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Part H. General Comments. Is there any additional information that you believe your college/university should know in evaluating your eligibility to be classified as a resident? If so, please provide it below:

I am a Texas resident and have lived in Texas for the past 5 years, and will graduate from a Texas public high school. I understand that officials of my college/university will use the information sub

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