Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.

I first felt a connection to classical music watching the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age four—musicians breathing, moving, and performing together as if a singular instrument. After falling in love

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Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes or contributed to group efforts over time.

The Zoom room was empty. Even before the [Redacted Content] Voice newspaper writers’ room moved online, few would wander to the arts section’s corner of the writers’ room. Now, in the unwavering sile

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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)

“It’s come full [Redacted Content]… no pun intended,” I joked, sending polite chuckles through the crowd of the admission panel I was hosting. I first toured [School Redacted] School in 7th grade in

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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?

My mom laughs at me. Each exhale falls in rhythm to the violin concerto that we play at dinner every night. I couldn’t possibly be serious. This wasn’t supposed to go on for this long. It began with

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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.

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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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"Why Northwestern" Statement

In elementary school, I kept both my journal and music stand next to my bedside table. After nightly practice sessions, I would put down my violin and tuck into bed with my journal, scribbling into th

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Prompt Essay:

It began with a macaroni box attached to a wooden slab with fishing wire, which my mom jokingly put together to resemble a violin. I was only four, but I kept placing it upon my shoulder. My dissonant

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Academic Interest

Growing up, I coexisted with my journal. In elementary school, I would put tuck into bed with it, scribbling jumbles of story ideas into the spiral-bound pages.  In this sense, I haven’t really chan

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DLAS Essay

Requesting a hosting service because of Chinese COVID-19 travel restrictions, living under quarantine isolation without family, and couch-surfing across the nation gave me many of questions to ponder.

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Why UChicago?

Growing up, I coexisted with my journal and my violin. When I was younger, I would put down my Suzuki music and tuck into bed with my journal, scribbling jumbles of story ideas into the spiral-bound p

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What's so easy about pie?

One syllable. Three letters. Millions of rhyming possibilities. Infinite conceptual opportunities. HAIKU PIE A brittle surface crimped over bubbling secrets in saccharine depths. PALINDROME PIE I pr

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