UIUC: In an essay of approximately 300 words, choose one extracurricular activity, work experience, or community service project from the list you provided on the application and explain why you initially chose it, why you continued with it, and how you benefited from it. 312-word version: Ev..

UC—Berkeley: Additional Comments (optional) If you wish, you may use this space to tell us anything else you want us to know about you that you have not had the opportunity to describe elsewhere in the application. (no more than 550 words) 474-word version: As I am always open to new op..

97-word version: As the dorm proctor and the captain of Wooden Soldiers, a precision military drilling squad, I have experienced both ends of leadership... 153-word version: As proctor of a dorm resided by 120 girls...and the captain of Wooden Soldiers, a precision military drilling squad compris..

157-word version: Working as a teaching staff at 초등학교명 Elementary Summer School in Canada was one of the best summers I have ever spent. I went to school around nine o'clock every morning, Monday to Friday... 233-word version: In the summer of 2005, I volunteered as a teaching staff of..

Since 2006, I have participated in English classes at my school as a teaching assistant. Because I was the first such assistant appointed, I was asked to draft guidelines for future assistants. During afternoon English classes, I helped students in my year with their writing skills and with develo..

My mother’s face stretched awkwardly as she tried to smile over her depressed aura. She hung up the phone, and turned to me, her face so red that I thought she had been crying. Her mouth smiled, but a profound depression hung deep in her eyes. In a moment, the image of my Wonder Woman mother..