227-word version: UIUC
Having visited Australia and Malaysia during middle school and having studied in an American boarding school for several years, I naively thought that I was a cosmopolitan and a diversified person. It is true to some extent that I have become more open-minded than before by befriending people of various backgrounds and experiencing several different cultures from early on...

246-word version: Boston U
Having visited Australia and Malaysia during middle school and having studied in an American boarding school for several years, I naively thought that I was a cosmopolitan and a diversified person. It is true to some extent that I have become more open-minded than before by befriending people of various backgrounds and experiencing several different cultures from early on...