UI-Bloomington: Personal Statement
Use the space below to provide a brief personal statement (up to 300 words), sharing information about your background or experience that may not be readily available from the application or supporting documents. If there are any special circumstances related to your academic performance or to your reasons for your interest in Indiana University Bloomington, please share those here. (Note: 300 words is the limit, not your goal. Use the full amount if you need it, but don`t feel obligated to do so.)

300-word version
Although it has been quite a while since my subsequent injuries in lacrosse and my naïve decision to go to college in Korea rendered my resolve...useless time and again, I have only recently realized that times of seeming idleness...are the very moments of my life when I can unaffectedly and uninterruptedly reflect on my decisions...

MSU: Personal Statement
As part of your application for admission, a personal statement is required. Michigan State University is interested in learning more about your background, talents, and experiences and how you plan to apply them to your MSU education and future. Your statement may be considered as a positive factor to enhance your admissibility, as well as for scholarship consideration. Choose one of the personal essay topics below and write a short essay of up to 400 words.
1. Michigan State University recognizes that an assortment of interests, viewpoints, and life experiences are important in student learning and enhance the university community. Describe an experience, passion, or characteristic that illustrates what you would contribute to the MSU community and how this will add to the overall richness of campus life.
2. Describe a significant experience from the past two years which required you to interact with someone outside of your own social or cultural group (ethnic, religious, geographic, socio-economic, etc.). How did this impact you? What did you learn and what surprised you?
You cannot submit an electronic application for admission without the required personal statement. If you wish to complete the personal statement at a later time, you can save your online application, return to it later, and type or paste your essay into the box below. For best results, enter text directly into box below. Please note that copying and pasting text from Microsoft Word (or similar program) and/or applying special formatting to text will cause irregularities to occur.)

388-word version
Although it has been quite a while since my subsequent injuries in lacrosse and my naïve decision to go to college in Korea rendered my resolve...useless time and again, I have only recently realized that times of seeming idleness...are the very moments of my life when I can unaffectedly and uninterruptedly reflect on my decisions...

Rutgers: Required Essay
Essay Instructions: Rutgers University is a vibrant community of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. How would you benefit from and contribute to such an environment? Consider variables such as your talents, travels, leadership activities, volunteer services, and cultural experiences. (3800 characters)

606-word version
Although it has been quite a while since my subsequent injuries in lacrosse and my naïve decision to go to college in Korea rendered my resolve...useless time and again, I have only recently realized that times of seeming idleness...are the very moments of my life when I “can” unaffectedly and uninterruptedly reflect on my decisions...