...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...

275-word version (out of 300 word limit): UIUC – Business Administration ...Because I did not have anyone in my family who went to school in the United States, he naturally became my biggest mentor, influencing me immensely to consider UIUC as one of my first choices for college. His experie..

1420-character version (out of 1500 character limit): Brown - Economics Ever since the journey of searching for colleges began, Brown has never left my mind for being the most “fun,” “liberal” and “exciting” school to be in... 1431-character version: Georg..

...That experience in 1997, however, probably introduced me to the term of “economics,” because it was the talk of the country then, later, and even now, and I had never ceased to hate it for renouncing me the right to my bicycle...

If you ever go to Brussels, Belgium, you must see Manneken Pis or “Little Man Wee” for it may render a sense of my upbringing. Although my legend of earning the nickname “Little Man Wee” is not so grand and did not attract adoring devotees as Manneken Pis’, it has had..

171-word version: Cornell - Biology Ever since I was a small child, I have always been engrossed with the inner-workings of living bodies of various yet essentially not dissimilar organisms... 1212-character version (out of 1500 character limit): Brown - Biology Ever since I was a small child, I..