I opened the door and walked in. I was surrounded by the hot stuffy and curious eyes. It was hard to breathe. I saw an empty spot and tiptoed across the damp wooden floor towards the spot, which was usually the corner, where I could be unnoticeable. I sat down and the hardest and most intimidating..

In life, many undergo experiences that have lasting influences and mine was the death of a friend that compelled me to study abroad. Looking back, I was a student who was disinterested in studying and disregarded the advice of concerned teachers...

UMD-College Park: 5. Write your own question and respond to it. Please be sure to tell us why you think this essay represents you well. 312-word version What regrets have obliged you to have change of heart or mind? In middle school, I excelled in both athletics and academics without much effor..

551-word version: ...Curious, peculiar, or even eccentric, though it may reverberate through the catacombs from the tympanic membrane to the cochlear nucleus and inferior colliculus to the thalamus to the temporal lobe, the seemingly anachronistic wireless telegraphy, or the radio, has been the co..

Today, the Olympic Games are the world`s largest pageant of athletic abilities, competitive spirit and cooperative effort. Legend has it that the first Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece in around sixth century B.C. and recurred every four years in the summer under the custom established by..

600-word version: “You deserve the name Lego; you were the Lego block between me and the other girls.” She said to me on the breakfast table one day. I felt as though I had been asked out by the cutest boy in school while gasping for breath yawning and trying to rub the wax off of my d..