UW--Madison: Activity Statement Briefly explain (in 50-100 words), how you decided which activity was the most important to you. UMD--College Park: In addition to answering two of the questions above, please include any additional information you would like to provide if extenuating circumstances..

465-word version: ...As a child, I preferred watching TV or playing computer games to hiking. So I always complained about hiking, but it eventually grew on me as my father’s friends, unbeknown to them that it was rather a therapy for me, encouraged me with their compliments that I was more..

242-word version: History – All Schools (First Choice College) History is extensive and influential, but every moment of that history is swift. Similarly, my decision to major in history was swift but will have lasting effects. Many of my peers enjoy instant gratifications, like fast food re..

UT—Austin: Topic A (optional) Describe a setting in which you have collaborated or interacted with people whose experiences and/or beliefs differ from yours. Address your initial feelings and how those feelings were or were not changed by this experience. UT—Austin: Scholarship Es..

479-word version: Common Application In order to assuage my homesickness when I got to 고등학교명 Foreign Language High School, I joined the school orchestra though my earlier encounter with music with the KBS(Korean Broadcasting System) Choir ended in complete disillusionment... Tufts: There..

906-word version: I was a member of an intra-school club, 클럽명 (Physics Research Club). In Korean, "클럽명 일부" means "의미" and "클럽명 일부" means "의미." With the purpose of attaching wings to our thoughts as Icarus once did, I tried to spread my wing..