Tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed or add a category of your own. 197-word version: “Dr. Kyoto’..

Some critics say that novels teach us how to live. What novel has taught you something about how to live? What did you learn? 49-word version: Siddhartha is a beautiful novel that taught me to take a wide view of the world... You can bring together two people from any two periods in history to..

Some critics say that novels teach us how to live. What novel has taught you something about how to live? What did you learn? 53-word version: I learned to look at an issue from various angles. In One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the protagonist McMurphy protests against Nurse..

The last two lines of Robert Frost`s poem, "The Road Not Taken," are: "I took the one less traveled by/And that has made all the difference." Discuss an instance when you departed from your plan while pursuing research, independent work, or a non-academic activity. What differe..

If you were a member of the committee that was reviewing this (your) application, what is the single most important aspect of your application that you would emphasize in order to convince the rest of the committee to offer this candidate (you) admission— and why? (850 character limit) 664-..

Please tell us about something you did last Sunday afternoon (or the Sunday before that, or the Sunday before that…). (850 character limit) 438-character version: Last Sunday, I watched the movie Butterfly Effect. The power of the concept put forward in Butterfly Effect still manages to ab..