MIT: Please tell us more about your cultural background and identity in the space below (100 word limit).

100-word version
Back in Korea, I am labeled as the 1.5 generation, a limbo generation, so to speak, that normally carries a negative connotation...

Brown: We all exist within communities or groups of various sizes, origins, and purposes; pick one and tell us why it is important to you, and how it has shaped you. (1000 characters)

166-word version
Back in Korea, I am labeled as the 1.5 generation, a limbo generation, so to speak, that normally carries a negative connotation...

KAIST: 3. 해외에서 학교를 다니게 된 동기와 현지 생활을 통해 지원자가 어떠한 영향을 받았으며, 어떻게 성장했는지 구체적인 사례를 들어 기술하십시오. (띄어쓰기 포함 한글 500자 또는 영문 알파벳 1,000자 이내)

173-word version
...In Korea, I am labeled as the 1.5 generation, a limbo generation, so to speak, that normally carries a negative connotation...

Columbia: Please tell us what you found meaningful about one of the above mentioned books, publications or cultural events. (1500 characters)

NYU: Please respond to each of the following questions using a maximum of 1,500 characters (spaces and punctuation included) in the space provided.
B. What intrigues you? Tell us about one work of art, scientific achievement, piece of literature, method of communication, or place in the world (a film, book, performance, website, event, location, etc.), and explain its significance to you. (1500 characters)

246-word version
The identity crisis portrayed in the Joy Luck Club was meaningful as I, too, am an immigrant to the United States. Back in Korea, I am labeled as the 1.5 generation...

JHU: Write a brief essay (250 words maximum each question) in which you respond to the following questions. (freshman applicants only):
2. Tell us something about yourself or your interests that we wouldn`t learn by looking at the rest of your application materials. (While you should still pay attention to sentence structure and grammar, your response is meant as a way for us to get to know you, rather than a formal essay.)

UM-Ann Arbor: Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong, and describe that community and your place within it. (Approximately 250 words)

Tufts: Think outside the box as you answer the following questions. Take a risk and go somewhere unexpected. Be serious if the moment calls for it but feel comfortable being playful if that suits you, too. The suggested length for questions 2 and 3 is 200-250 words.
2.There is a Quaker saying: ``Let your life speak.`` Describe the environment in which you were raised-your family, home, neighborhood, or community-and how it influenced the person you are today. (200-250 words) (1800 characters)

UVA: 2. Answer one of the following questions in a half page or roughly 250 words:
What is your favorite word and why?
Describe the world you come from and how that world shaped who you are.
Discuss your favorite place to get lost. (This question was written by U.Va. students who live in one of residential colleges, Brown College at Monroe Hill.)
Discuss something you secretly like but pretend not to, or vice versa.

UIUC: ESSAY #2
In an essay of 300 words or less, tell us something about yourself that isn`t covered elsewhere in this application, some interest or experience of yours that you think the University of Illinois should know about as part of the admissions review.

247-word version
...The 1st generation refers to those who immigrated to another country for the first time, the 2nd, the children of the former, and the 1.5, obviously somewhere in between the two...

UChicago: Respond to Question 1 - and, if you choose, Question 2 - by writing a paragraph or two for each question. Then choose one of the six extended essay options, indicate your choice, and write a one- or two-page response.
This is your chance to play, analyze (don`t agonize), create, compose - let us hear the result of your thinking about something that interests you, in a voice that is your own.
Question 2 (Optional): Share with us a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, blogs, magazines, or newspapers. Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own. (one or two paragraph)

268-word version
The identity crisis portrayed in the Joy Luck Club was meaningful as I, too, am an immigrant to the United States. Back in Korea, I am labeled as neither the 1st nor the 2nd generation Korean residing abroad, but the 1.5 generation...

Stanford: Virtually all of Stanford`s undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate - and us - know you better. (2000 characters)

330-word version

Dear roommate,

...The 1st generation refers to those who immigrated to another country for the first time, the 2nd, the children of the former, and the 1.5, obviously somewhere in between the two...

Best,
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