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.

According to medical professionals, I should have been fatherless before I entered high school. Dementia began to take control of my father long before I knew what it was, much less how to spell it. T

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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)

Read the beta, chalk up, pull on, and flow up the wall. My motivations for climbing were simple at the beginning: I was good at it, and it set myself apart from my peers. I dreamed of qualifying for b

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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?

From a young age, I have had elevated responsibilities in the home because of my father’s dementia. As I grew up, my father deteriorated, and my role as a caretaker required more time, thought, and at

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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.

In August of 2020, I had the fortune of volunteering at Our Lady of the Cedars Melkite Church’s Middle Eastern food festival, Mahrajan. In the week leading up to the event, I helped prepare food and s

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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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As a research institution that also prides itself on its liberal arts curriculum, Princeton allows students to explore areas across the humanities and the arts, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. What academic areas most pique your curiosity, and how do the programs offered at Princeton suit your particular interests? (Please respond in about 250 words)

I developed my desire to study Applied Mathematics in the most unexpected way possible: browsing YouTube on a Saturday morning. Watching “The Discovery that Transformed Pi” showed me how taking deriva

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Sibling Information

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Why Yale

In addition to possessing a desire to learn mathematics and apply my knowledge in multivariable calculus, statistics, and logic to understanding phenomena in the natural world, I wish, while in colleg

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Essays

Have you ever wondered why there are twenty different varieties of Prego spaghetti sauce? Or fifteen different GorillaGlues? I never did. In America, there is simply something for everything. I took t

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The Flock: The Flock is made up of the Black Vulture (Andy), Wild Ostrich (Fei), White Dove (Nick), Spread Eagle (Brent), and Little Sparrow (me). By day, the rest of the Flock are engineers, but at night, we all congregate in the gym to climb boulders and share our experiences.  Mike: Mike is the custodian at my school and advisor to the ping pong club, of which I am the captain.  Doug: Doug has been a mentor and friend to me in the past two years. He climbs around New England and runs marathons in under three hours while working a full time job.

These people have shown me how to embrace who I am and find true meaning in my own passions and actions, rather than societal expectations. The people in my community find purpose from doing what they

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Please enter your first essay.

My community is made up of the rock climbers I have been bouldering with for the past six years. One of my best friends from climbing is Brad Fauteux. Brad works as a carpenter. He is a strong climber

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Steaming Dim Sum on a warm, humid morning. Street food vendors lining every sidewalk and corner. Beijing Rd, or buck-ging lo as I learned to pronounce it, vibrant with shops stacking higher than any b

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We are looking for passionate students to join our diverse community of scholars, researchers, and artists. Answer this question, which corresponds to the school/program you selected above, in a half page or roughly 250 words. College of Arts and Sciences - What work of art, music, science, mathematics, literature, or other media has surprised, unsettled, or inspired you, and in what way?

The equation x^n+y^n=z^n (x,y,z elements of natural numbers, n being an integer greater than 2) was my first exposure to proofs and infinity in math. When I Googled “most difficult math problem in the

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I am a runner, and I have carried my foam roller with me wherever I go since September 2019. My foam roller is a typical one, composed of a stiff, orange foam body and ergonomic black grips to hold it

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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 use the Open Curriculum to pursue them while also embracing topics with which you are unfamiliar. (200-250 words)

I developed my desire to study Applied Mathematics in the most unexpected way possible: browsing YouTube on a Saturday morning. Though I had been learning Calculus for months, watching “ The Discovery

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Brown’s culture fosters a community in which students challenge the ideas of others and have their ideas challenged in return, promoting a deeper and clearer understanding of the complex issues confronting society. This active engagement in dialogue is as present outside the classroom as it is in academic spaces. Tell us about a time you were challenged by a perspective that differed from your own. How did you respond? (200-250 words)

From a young age, I have had elevated responsibilities in the home because of my father’s dementia. As I grew up, my father deteriorated, and my role as a caretaker required more time, thought, and at

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Short Answer Essay

As a math and science nerd who still wants a strong, well rounded education in other fields, I know that Dartmouth College will provide me with the perfect balance of a research institution rich in re

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Short Response Essay

Life started changing at age four. I lived in China with my mom for a year so that we could spend time with my grandmother while she was dying of cancer, but I was too young to understand the signific

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Activities

I squat down, anticipating my opponent’s next move. He acts. An orange streak whizzes straight towards my chest. I counter with my strongest backhand, but he anticipates it and returns with an equally

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Why are you interested

I became interested in mathematics from doing problems in class. Numbers and equations made their own natural language that I was able to pick up quickly. When I started taking AP science classes, I r

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Academic Interest Statement

I was laying in bed, surfing YouTube when I clicked on “The Discovery that Transformed Pi”. What started as a random morning procrastination click turned into eighteen minutes of my mind being bent, s

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Essay response:

I was first exposed to a diverse, collaborative community when I began rock climbing. Climbing introduced me to a microcosm of the world that existed beyond the borders of my town. Whether rich or poo

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What about being a student at Boston University most excites you? (250 word maximum)

As a student, I am a mathematics lover on the surface and challenge myself to find relationships between numbers and equations to see why things work the way they do, not just how. Below the surface,

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Trustee Scholars Essay Response

When I am on a boulder, trying to execute the beta properly, time slows down and my concentration dials in. The smallest factors, such as the humidity of the air or the tiny crystal I am standing on,

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What academic areas are you interested in exploring in college?

I developed my desire to study Applied Mathematics in the most unexpected way possible: browsing YouTube on a Saturday morning. Though I had been learning Calculus for months, watching “The Discovery

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Please provide your response to your second selection here

“I need to run today,” I would often tell my mom when I first began running.   Life was dictated by the need to train. I was so wrapped up in my goals that I became too focused on where I wanted to

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Additional Personal Information

When I was eleven, I flew alone to Guangzhou, China during the summer to visit family for three weeks. To my mom, this trip was a brief respite from the mentally demanding life as an assistant caregiv

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Significant Activity or Work

Read the beta, chalk up, and flow up the wall. My motivations for climbing were simple at the beginning: I was good at it and it set myself apart from my peers. I dreamed of qualifying for bouldering

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EC Essay

Read the beta, chalk up, and flow up the wall. My motivation for rock climbing was simple at first: I was good at it. I dreamed of qualifying for bouldering nationals, but when my time came in 2018, I

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Most significant challenge society faces

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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

I was laying in bed, surfing YouTube when I clicked on “The Discovery that Transformed Pi”. What started as a random morning procrastination click turned into eighteen minutes of my mind being bent, s

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Note to future roommate

How's it going Stanford roomie!?   First off, we did it! We're Trees!!!   If you arrive at my dorm after I move in, please don’t be alarmed by the stuffed pandas sitting on my bed! I promise they

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Something meaningful to you and why

Read the beta, chalk up, pull on, and flow up the wall. Rock climbing is simple, yet has helped me learn so much about myself. My motivations for climbing were straightforward at the beginning: I was

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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 Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown Angels and Demons, Dan Brown The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr An Abundan

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Websites:

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Youtube:

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TV:

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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?

I was first exposed to a diverse, collaborative community when I began rock climbing. Climbing introduced me to a microcosm of the world that existed beyond the borders of my town. Whether rich or poo

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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.

My desire to study mathematics has been rooted in recognizing the relationship between numbers and the physical world around me. At Columbia, I look forward to being able to tie in my studies of Appli

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For applicants to Columbia College, 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.

I was laying in bed, surfing YouTube when I clicked on “The Discovery that Transformed Pi”. What started as a random click turned into eighteen minutes of my mind being bent, stretched, and amazed. Th

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

Read the beta, chalk up, pull on, and flow up the wall. Rock climbing is simple, yet has helped me learn so much about myself. My motivations for climbing were straightforward at the beginning: I was

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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.

I was laying in bed, surfing YouTube when I clicked on “ The Discovery that Transformed Pi ”. What started as a random morning procrastination click turned into eighteen minutes of my mind being bent,

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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.

“You have one month to build a windmill that generates energy from electromagnets.” When Mr. Carroll first assigned this project, other kids in my class were playing with wire coils and neodymium ma

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Why Tufts?

I am a lover of knowledge. Despite my area of interest being mathematics, some of my favorite courses throughout high school have been writing and life sciences. Teachers have been impressed by my wor

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How have the environments or experiences of your upbringing – your family, home, neighborhood, or community – shaped the person you are today?

My community is defined by the friendships I have developed through extracurricular activities in high school, namely rock climbing, ping pong and running. The people in my community treated me as the

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In 150 to 250 words, please write a short response on the topic selected. You can type directly into the box, or you can paste text from another source.

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Doug: Doug has been a mentor and friend to me in the past two years. He climbs around New England and runs marathons in under three hours while working a full time job.

These people have shown me how to embrace who I am and find true meaning in my own passions and actions, rather than societal expectations. The people in my community find purpose from doing what they

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