Columbia: Please tell us what academic class has been your favorite and why. (1500 characters) 1472-character version: Columbia Although I had studied chemistry in high school, I was merely interested in laboratory experiments back then as they were the ventilator of my frustrations, never reall..

Claremont McKenna College: Leadership is a constant theme and emphasis at CMC. In fact, one of the ways we describe CMC students is "Leaders in the Making." Choose someone, fictional or nonfictional, historical or contemporary, whom you consider to be a leader. Suppose you are this perso..

Tell us where you have lived-and for how long-since you were born; whether you`ve always lived in the same place, or perhaps in a variety of places. (300 characters) 296-character version: When my sister and I were eight and seven, respectively, we ventured in New Zealand, Australia, and India, a..

Barnard College: Pick one woman in history or fiction to converse with for an hour and explain your choice. What would you talk about? (1000 characters) 991-character version: Barnard College Scarlett O’ Hara from Gone With the Wind intrigues me in terms of her determination to achieve goal..

690-word version: "Shut up! I know you’re lying. How could you be so untrue to yourself?" A small dorm room suddenly explodes into an enormous battlefield with my declaration of war against my adversary. "How could you say I`m lying? Don`t you dare accuse me of what I didn`t d..

455-word version: ‘Why do most artists become legends almost only posthumously?’ was the seemingly inconsequential question that consistently badgered my thought throughout high school, little did I know then that the answer to the question would have an impact not only on my comportme..