U of Chicago: Superstring theory has revolutionized speculation about the physical world by suggesting that strings play a pivotal role in the universe. Strings, however, always have explained or enriched our lives, from Theseus’s escape route from the Labyrinth, to kittens playing with ball..

100-word version: As a member of the student association for organizing events, I helped prepare for various festivals... 163-word version: As a member of the student association responsible for organizing school events, I participated in preparing for various festivals... 193-word version..

Columbia: Briefly describe which single activity listed in the Activity section of your Common Application represents your most meaningful commitment and why. (150 words or less) Rice: Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (150 word limit)..

Georgetown: In the space available discuss the significance to you of the school or summer activity in which you have been most involved. 596-word version: Proffering myself to Master Lee, my long mentor since elementary school in Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, as an assistant coach, I was..

502-word version: Tetris! Although it seems overly simple and outdated by today’s standards, it espouses an especially enlightening representation for me as it parallels our society... 948-word version: Musing upon a great inventor and his invention of the twentieth century, the effigy o..

If someone asked me whom or what I most resembled metaphorically, I would simply give him a thumb`s up sign. This would not mean to affirm the question, but to simply illustrate the answer: I think that I am one of life`s thumbs...