UW—Madison: Activity Briefly explain (in 50-100 words), how you decided which activity was the most important to you. 96-word version: ...I decided baseball was the most important, because it made me realize the kind of person I am...

Yale: Please respond in 250 characters (roughly 40 words) or fewer to each of the questions below: 2a.) What excites you intellectually, really? 40-character version: Iliad, Plutarch’s Lives, Chinese History 2b.) Think about a disappointment you have experienced. What was your r..

UT—Austin & Texas A&M: Short Answer Questions for Scholarship Question 1: Special Circumstances—Special circumstances that affect your family's ability to fund your college expenses. (A maximum of six 80-character lines will be sent.) 456-character version (UT&mdas..

Harvard: What specific plan do you have, if any, for using the education you hope to receive? (50 words maximum.) 50-word version: If given the extraordinary opportunity, I would use all my experiences from Harvard, first, to inspire my somewhat academically lackadaisical younger brother.....

Carnegie Mellon: List the books (if any) you've read this year for pleasure. Choose one and in a sentence describe its impact on you. 265-character version: The Art of War, Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Greek Myths... Han Feizi...showed me the qualities needed for an ind..

UC—Berkeley: How have you used or will you use your earnings? (Entries over 240 characters will be truncated. The following characters count as more than one: & > < and new lines.) 164-character version: I spent some of my earnings on gifts for my parents... UC—Berk..