In 2006, my school had an exceptionally strong wrestling team as the school had scouted wrestlers from across the country with scholarships. So, even before the season began, wrestling mats were already in place, and practice was already on for those who would participate...

UIUC: In an essay of approximately 300 words, choose one extracurricular activity, work experience, or community service project from the list you provided on the application and explain why you initially chose it, why you continued with it, and how you benefited from it. 312-word version: Ev..

...I was in charge of preparing for the festival and decorating the space given to the club. After realizing that our club did the worst last year, we had to do better this year. Because funds were allotted according to last year's performance, however, our club was allotted the least amount...

If you ever go to Brussels, Belgium, you must see Manneken Pis or “Little Man Wee” for it may render a sense of my upbringing. Although my legend of earning the nickname “Little Man Wee” is not so grand and did not attract adoring devotees as Manneken Pis’, it has had..

632-word version: “I thought something was wrong with her!” was what Ms. 선생님성함 said to my parents on the Parents’ Evening in 초등학교명. She was commenting on my inability to talk even a word in class. Barely eleven years old and completely new to a western country, I had a..

Twelfth at the Back of the Stage Twelve chords of silicon resound to make mellifluous resonances, each note resounding the Josun Dynasty when the ancestral instrument Kayakeum was made. Deft little fingers plucking the chords to play a Minyo, a Korean folk music, sadly do not belong to me. No, th..