Harvard: Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences. (150 words maximum)

 

Brown: We all exist within communities or groups of various sizes, origins, and purposes; pick one and tell us why it is important to you, and how it has shaped you. (150 word limit)

 

150-word version
Despite my speculative researches, the legal age of 19 was always the spoiler, however enthralling the jobs sounded...

 

Princeton: Please tell us how you have spent the last two summers (or vacations between school years), including any jobs you have held. (About 150 words)

 

196-word version
Despite my speculative researches, the legal age of 19 was always the spoiler, however enthralling the jobs sounded. So, left with my only option, I virtually begged my dad for an internship at his furniture factory with pay...

 

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)

 

256-word version
Every summer, I pose the same old query: “How not to idle it away?” Despite my speculative researches, however, I encountered the one, same problem every time, age. No matter how enthralling the jobs offered sounded from National Park Research Center to Han River Control Agency, all companies in Korea...refused to accept minors under the legal age of 19...