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)

 

150-word version
Growing up, being educated, and acquiring an identity in a conservative society like Korea, where the communal norm is to “keep to yourself,” the concept of “brother’s keeper” seemed very distant...

 

UC—Berkeley Scholarship Essay: 200 words or fewer. Please describe an endeavor during high school in which you accomplished a leadership goal and created a positive impact among your peers.

 

176-word version
Growing up, being educated, and acquiring an identity in a relatively conservative society like Korea, where the communal norm of the majority is to “keep to yourself,” the concept of “brother’s keeper” seemed very distant...

 

UVA: Answer one of the following questions in a half page or roughly 250 words (Please select the prompt you are responding to):
- What’s your favorite word and why?
- The Honor Code at U.Va. states that students will not lie, cheat, or steal. This strengthens our Community of Trust. What would you add to the Honor Code and why?
- In 2006, graduate student Robert Stilling discovered an unpublished poem by Robert Frost while doing research in U.Va.’s Small Collections Library. Where will your Stilling moment be in college?
- We are a community with quirks, both in language (we’ll welcome you to Grounds, not campus) and in traditions. Describe one of your quirks and why it is part of who you are.
- To tweet or not to tweet?

 

250-word version
Growing up, being educated, and acquiring an identity in a conservative society like Korea, where the communal norm of the majority is to “keep to yourself,” the concept of “brother’s keeper” seemed very distant from me until I became the Chair of Student Guidance Committee...