Some scientific advances are so counterintuitive that they completely change the way we think about the world. Examples are the ideas of Isaac Newton or Charles Darwin or Marie Curie. Which scientific discovery made during your lifetime has mot significantly affected the world around you? 309-wor..

Tell us about a friendship you have forged with someone from a different trace, class religion, or background. How did this friendship develop? What has it taught you? 645-word version: U of North Carolina--Chapel Hill ...Although I have plenty of American friends at school, our time to talk is u..

Many students expand their view of the world during their time in college. Such growth often results from encounters between students who have lived different cultural, economic, or academic experiences. With your future growth in mind, describe a potential classmate that you believe you could lea..

Lehigh seeks to encourage a campus environment of understanding, appreciation, and respect. Tell us why you think this is important. 284-word version: Lehigh ...They want answers about the world, their peers, and most of all, themselves. College provides that chance. It is the time for young peo..

My decision to study in the United States has been both my greatest challenge and my brightest opportunity. I had lived in Korea my whole life before I talked with my parents and, after many weeks of thought, decided to travel to the other side of the globe...

I sense that I can describe myself in different ways at different points in my life. The recent turning point in my life was the decision to study in the United States. Speaking in metaphors, before I came here, I was like a beam of light, monochromatically focused on a single direction...