Harvard: What specific plan do you have, if any, for using the education you hope to receive? (50 words maximum.) 50-word version: If given the extraordinary opportunity, I would use all my experiences from Harvard, first, to inspire my somewhat academically lackadaisical younger brother.....

Carnegie Mellon: List the books (if any) you've read this year for pleasure. Choose one and in a sentence describe its impact on you. 265-character version: The Art of War, Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Greek Myths... Han Feizi...showed me the qualities needed for an ind..

UC—Berkeley: How have you used or will you use your earnings? (Entries over 240 characters will be truncated. The following characters count as more than one: & > < and new lines.) 164-character version: I spent some of my earnings on gifts for my parents... UC—Berk..

Brown: How did you find out about Brown? For example, from a person, publication, campus visit, etc.? (300 characters) Version 1 (300 characters): ...But I found out about Brown from up-close while visiting my sister in RISD for thanksgiving last year... Version 2 (294 characters): ...I s..

Syracuse: Please answer the following questions on a separate document and upload it: 1. Who or what influenced you to apply to Syracuse University? 54-word version: As I am interested in business and technology management, specifically those managerial capacities related to sports, where be..

CMU: What are the strongest aspects of your portfolio, in your opinion?* We'd like to understand the criteria you use to evaluate your own work. What were your aims, and which aspects of your portfolio are you proudest of? What particular skills, strengths or qualities should we look for in y..