NYU: If you had the opportunity to bring any person -- past or present, fictional or nonfictional -- to a place that is special to you (your hometown or country, a favorite location, etc), who would you bring and why? Tell us what you would share with that person. (500 characters)

597-character version:
George Orwell in most of his novels had always talked about the negative consequences of too much power in society...

Occidental College: Choose a book you have read in the last year that most affected you and clarify its effect.

153-word version:
1984, a celebrated novel of George Orwell, pioneered on the idea of a big brother watching people wherever they go and whatever they do...

UMBC (U of Maryland-Baltimore County): What service and leadership experience have you engaged in through school or the community? (500 characters)

447-character version:
Studying away from home in India, to tell the truth, I was not really interested in any activity other than school work until I became a member of the soccer team...