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..

Each season and year at Johns Hopkins will have a different meaning for me. Fall will be a season of confusion. Fall marks the beginning of an entirely novel experience that may very well confuse me both mentally and physically with leaves changing their colors to add to my confusion...

242-word version: History – All Schools (First Choice College) History is extensive and influential, but every moment of that history is swift. Similarly, my decision to major in history was swift but will have lasting effects. Many of my peers enjoy instant gratifications, like fast food re..

You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit page 217. (3500 characters) 1686-character version: ...It has been thirty-six years since graduation. I contacted him several times before, but I could not catch up with him because we were both very busy with our lives... Since..

U of Chicago: Would you please tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers? Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own. 282-w..

I enter the pool with joy and zeal, but I quickly find myself struggling miserably to get out of a hold. “Can you stop that, dude?” I angrily ask number five in the blue cap. “Stop what!?” replies number five with a grin as he grasps my arm again. After guzzling down the ch..