302-word version: Emory
As a senior in a preparatory school, I watched many of my classmates applying to well-publicized colleges from the Harvards to the MITs. But when I searched for colleges, I sincerely wanted to find one that would foster to my needs as I remembered my English teacher from my previous high school insisting that college experience should not be determined by just the name and that to become “a human being,” he or she must survive away from the comforts of the safe-zone...

 

262-word version: Emory
As a senior in a preparatory school, I watched many of my classmates applying to well-publicized colleges from the Harvards to the MITs. But when I searched for colleges, I sincerely wanted to find one that would foster to my needs as I remembered my English teacher from my previous high school insisting that college experience should not be determined by just the name...

 

132-word version: Rochester
As a senior in preparatory school, I watched many of my classmates applying to well-publicized colleges from the Harvards to the MITs. But when I searched for colleges, I sincerely wanted to find one that would foster to my needs...