Princeton Version
We hope to get to know you even better through your thoughts on two of the following topics. In addition to the essay you have written for the Common Application, please select two of the themes below and write a brief essay (of about 250 words) in response to each.

Princeton`s unofficial motto is "Princeton in the Nation`s Service and in the Service of All Nations". In what ways do you imagine using your talents and convictions in service to communities – large or small – during your lifetime?

327-word version:
...In the enormous encyclopedia I retrieved from my fathers study, it listed the five essential qualities of the term "life": motion, metabolism, growth, response to stimuli, and reproduction. Cars move, so "motion" was satisfied. To move, cars metabolize gasoline for energy...

Stanford Version

286-word version:
...Then I realized that the "response to stimuli" was similar to emotion because both react to the surrounding environment... "Reproduction" was the most difficult and abstract...