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..

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...

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..

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..

228-word version: Although I could have stayed home...I decided against it because I wanted to find out for myself if I could do the work I aspired... 338-word version: Although I could have stayed home...I decided against it because I wanted to be...completely independent... I wanted to find..

595-word version: ...Yes, I was the captain of the ship of my “dreams.” ...Yes, I am the coxswain of our little boat, and every time I sit on it, I reflect on the first day I started crew... 696-word version: At the 50th round in the same old ice rink, the coach yelled out “..