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.

"What are you doing?" I looked up and saw the student in front of me turned around, eying my graph paper.     "Origami." His confusion wasn't surprising; when most people thought of origami, they di

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Communities Essay

As soon as I stepped into [Place Redacted], I was immediately intimidated by the other tournament attendees, all at least ten years my senior. They were discussing Gotrek, Eltharion, and a host of oth

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Why do you want to study your chosen major specifically at Georgia Tech?

I became interested in Georgia Tech during a rafting trip on the Ocoee River, where our guide informed us that Tech students had designed the 1996 Olympic rapids. At the time, I was more concerned wit

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Most significant challenge society faces

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Last two summers

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Historical moment or event

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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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One thing you are looking forward to at Stanford

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

In sixth grade, I asked my math teacher what calculus was, and he said it was using infinity to find the area of weird things. Although I was yet to learn algebra, I was hooked, and around ninth grade

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Note to future roommate

Dear Roommate, I worry. Not just about obvious things that everyone worries about, like moving to a new state, living alone, and actually studying in freakin’ Stanford. But about the stupid things.

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Something meaningful to you and why

Superficially, climbing, origami, miniature painting, and clarinet playing appear to have very little in common. What connects these interests and what draws me to them is a common thread of failure.

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Essay 1 - Tell us about a time or experience in which you encountered failure.

To me, failure is not a lack of success, but an inability to progress. Nowhere in my life is this more apparent than in my origami. A year ago, I dove into my magnum opus, an armored warrior, horns, s

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Essay 2 - Tell us about a life situation, media story, or topic – beyond or outside of a classroom or formal assignment – that has captivated you, inspired your curiosity, and lead you to delve more deeply into learning about a subject on your own.

In sixth grade, I asked my math teacher what calculus was, and he said it was using infinity to find the area of weird things. Although I was yet to learn algebra, I was hooked, and around ninth grade

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Essay 3 - Tell us about how you have collaborated with and worked together within a small group of your peers on some task or endeavor in the past, or about how you imagine you will work with your Caltech peers in the future.

At its core, climbing is about problem-solving, and there is no better way to solve a problem than to climb with others.  Unlike most climbers, the first thing I’ll do when examining a climb is findin

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