361-word version: Johns Hopkins – International Relations
Don Overdore is the person who suggested that Johns Hopkins needed a student like me, that I would have great results there. A few years ago, I read an interesting work by Don Overdore, a third party with a different but objective perspective on Korea...

246-word version: Brown – International Relations
My grandfather died during the Korean War, or I thought he did. I had known it like that and so did my family. After several North-South summits, however, my family discovered that he was still alive and living in North Korea...

Tufts: Question-Self-identity and personal expression take many forms. Tastes in music, food and clothing can make a statement while politics, religion and ethnicity often act as defining attributes. Buttons on your backpack; a tattoo; the blogs you read and the web sites you visit; the minutia on your refrigerator or the doodles on your notebook are clues to your passions and viewpoints. Are you a vegetarian? Do you prefer YouTube or test tubes? Are you the drummer in an all-girl rock band? Do you like to tinker? Are you the umpire or the pitcher? Use the richness of your identity to give us insight: Who are you? (200 words)