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.

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My heart raced as I called my parents, but the anticipated blessings for my romantic relationship crashed. Stripped of rhetoric, the message was simply "You can be anyone, but not gay." But I am. 

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Brown's Open Curriculum allows students to explore broadly while also diving deeply into their academic pursuits. Tell us about any academic interests that excite you, and how you might pursue them at Brown. (200-250 words)

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Students entering Brown often find that making their home on College Hill naturally invites reflection on where they came from. Share how an aspect of your growing up has inspired or Common Application

1 challenged you, and what unique contributions this might allow you to make to the Brown community. Electricity quickly impulsed through my nerves as I called my parents, but the anticipated warm

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Brown students care deeply about their work and the world around them. Students find contentment, satisfaction, and meaning in daily interactions and major discoveries. Whether big or small, mundane or spectacular, tell us about something that brings you joy. (200-250 words)

One winter afternoon, I wandered past a demolition site of a factory in Hebei. The scene unleashed a flood of thoughts – the city’s miserable history, its aching process of modernization, and the bu

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What three words best describe you? (3 words)

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Most meaningful extracurricular commitment

A fellow debater likened me to Don Quixote, charging persistently but tilting forever and ever at the imaginary windmill. I resonated with this sentiment.  While debaters in resource-rich regions be

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Why Brown?

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Campus Statement

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Academic Division College of Arts & Sciences Primary Major of Interest: Chemistry (incl Biochemistry) Secondary Major of Interest (if any): English Literature (incl Creative Writing Focus) Pre-Professional Interest (if any): None What you are interested in studying and why

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Academic areas at Emory

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Please answer one of the following questions: Emory University has a strong commitment to building community. Tell us about a community you have been part of where your participation helped to change or shape the community for the better. Please provide your response to your second selection here

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School/Program College of Arts and Sciences First Academic Interest Chemistry Second Academic Interest Sociology What about your individual background, perspective, or experience will serve as a source of strength for you or those around you at UVA? Feel free to write about any past experience or part of your background that has shaped your perspective and will be a source of strength, including but not limited to those related to your community, upbringing, educational environment, race, gender, or other aspects of your background that are important to you.

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List a selection of texts, resources and outlets that have contributed to your intellectual development outside of academic courses, including but not limited to books, journals, websites, podcasts, essays, plays, presentations, videos, museums and other content that you enjoy.

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A hallmark of the Columbia experience is being able to learn and thrive in an equitable and inclusive community with a wide range of perspectives. Tell us about an aspect of your own perspective, viewpoint or lived experience that is important to you, and describe how it has shaped the way you would learn from and contribute to Columbia’s diverse and collaborative community.

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In college, students are often challenged in ways that they could not predict or anticipate. It is

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insights you have developed as a result.

Forming a school band has always been my dream.  Although there were passionate classmates, the blueprint was suspended due to a rather restrictive school environment. By proactively seeking oppor

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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.

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What attracts you to your preferred areas of study at Columbia College?

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What academic areas fit your interests or goals most comfortably? Chemistry Other Academic Interests? Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Other Academic Interests? English A topic or idea that excites you related to your academic interests?

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Consider Testing Yes Why Yale

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1. What inspires you? Debate. In absence of accessible resources, I self-taught and explored diverse topics. To make debate accessible to kids in Chongqing, I led

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2. Teach college course, write a book, create art A verbatim theater of my peers’ daily banters at school. By collecting quotes in private interviews, composing music to interact with the quotes, this work embodies our immediate feelings every day. 3. Who has had a significant influence & what impact? Anton. As my first date, he taught me how to love, to be loved, and protecting myself from hostility against the LGBTQ+ members, but simultaneously committing to amplify queer voices in my community.

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Essay

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Gratitude Question

Dear Anton, Merry Christmas! Just trying to sneak past the parental radar with the sentence above! It's been almost two years since I left that cyan night lamp on your desk. I was glad you liked

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Community Question Common Application

1 My heart raced as I called my parents, but the anticipated blessings for my romantic relationship crashed. Stripped of rhetoric, the message was simply "You can be anyone, but not gay." But I am. 

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Arts and Science Essay

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Supplemental Essay

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Why Duke?

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1 songwriter and arranger. We had successful performances, even when one member was assigned a different task and the performance date suddenly changed, we still lightened the school vibe by singi

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Orientation, identity, expression response

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First-choice academic interest: Chemistry Second-choice academic interest: Undecided Academic Interest Statement

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Question 1 3. Describe a time when you felt empowered or on top of the world. Essay #1 response:

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Question 2 2. Reflecting on a community that you are part of, what values or perspectives from that community would you bring to Pomona? Essay #2 response

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Communities Essay

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Why that College or School?

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Short Answer Prompt Vanderbilt offers a community where students find balance between

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Short Response

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Please explain why you wish to study in the academic areas you selected above.

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Based upon your exploration of Rice University, what elements of the Rice experience appeal to you?

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Please write an essay on the topic selected.

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Box submission Upload later via your Rice Admission Student Portal Resume submission Upload later via your Rice Admission Student Portal Box upload acknowledgement Yes, I understand the instructions. Honor System acknowledgement Tian Gao

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Short Answer Essay

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Short Response Topic Selection There is a Quaker saying: Let your life speak. Describe the environment in which you were raised and the impact it has had on the person you are today. Short Answer Essay

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Application

1 non-queer peers became more aware of their inadvertent discriminations towards the community; I felt proud scrolling through on social media how peers across my school warmly celebrated in Pride M

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Short Response Topic Selection Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel of Dartmouth’s Class of 1925, wrote,

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Short Response Essay

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"Any person...any study" Writing Supplement

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Arts and Sciences Response Common Application

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