1,132-word version: Twelve strings are awaiting the strokes of my fingers. I am sitting on the wooden floor, with my back straight and one end of my gayageum laying gently on my crossed legs. After calming myself and setting everything in order, I solemnly put my left index and middle fingers on t..

622-word version: A Warehouse under the Stairway & Ignorance "This way." said, Father 신부님성함, a clergyman who administered the House of Foreign Laborers. Eager to appoint my schedule for volunteer work and go home fast, I endured the sightseeing, reminding me that this room wa..

I do agree with the idea that a person’s inaugural consciousness, or tabula rasa, is shaped from his or her environment and experiences. The first valid artwork that was drawn on my tabula rasa was inevitably religion and morals...

Duke: If you have participated in any significant research activity outside of school, please provide a brief description and limit your response to one or two paragraphs. Northwestern: If you have done any research or independent study outside of school, please include an abstract or summary..

535-word version: For the fourth time, my explanation on the results was rejected by Mr. 선생님성함, my advisor of the project. Disappointed, I came out of the science class feebly. For the past two months, I had gathered data for my science project. It was hard work. Every couple of days I had..

738-word version: Throughout my AP economics course, no other quotation from either course books or extended reading materials had persisted in my memory more than Mr. 선생님성함`s impromptu comment on knowledge... 766-word version: Throughout my AP economics course, no text or quote from any..