UMBC (U of Maryland—Baltimore County): 3. What service and leadership experience have you engaged in through school or the community? 76-word version: As student council members, we had to work long hours. In doing so, we generally grew closer but simultaneously drifted apart from time..

...I was in charge of preparing for the festival and decorating the space given to the club. After realizing that our club did the worst last year, we had to do better this year. Because funds were allotted according to last year's performance, however, our club was allotted the least amount...

100-word version: As a member of the student association for organizing events, I helped prepare for various festivals... 163-word version: As a member of the student association responsible for organizing school events, I participated in preparing for various festivals... 193-word version..

U of Chicago: Superstring theory has revolutionized speculation about the physical world by suggesting that strings play a pivotal role in the universe. Strings, however, always have explained or enriched our lives, from Theseus’s escape route from the Labyrinth, to kittens playing with ball..

304-word version: Each day, regardless of what else I may have to do, I sit for at least thirty minutes and write. I write anything that enters my mind, good or bad. It gives me the chance to keep in the habit of writing for pleasure... 320-word version: All my life, I have loved storytelling. Ma..

“Stereotyped beliefs have the power to become self-fulfilling prophesies for behavior.” - From Men and Women in Interaction, Reconsidering the Differences by Elizabeth Aries, Professor of Psychology, Amherst College The Lady Her icy hands grabbed my arms once again. Halting at the sp..