...The excursion had been planed over the course of more than half a year. My friends and I meticulously prepared for every possible situation, emergency and predicament...

NYU Poly: If you could spend one day in New York City with a famous inventor, who would you like it to be, where would you go, and why? (500 characters) 500-character version: Mathematics-oriented – Polytechnic Institute of NYU I would bring Hypatia to the Empire State Building to obser..

Rochester: The Rochester Curriculum - University of Rochester students enroll with no required subjects as they design their own college path. Write about the subjects and learning situations that interest you most, and how you intend to use your autonomy here. (1000 characters) 988-character..

U of Notre Dame: The curriculum offered at Notre Dame varies from what you might expect (e.g. Introduction to Biological Sciences, Accountancy) to topics you might not (e.g. Theology and Engineering, Friendship: From Aristotle to Facebook). If you could introduce a new course and serve as the expe..

Carnegie Mellon: It`s Wednesday, ten years from now. What are you working on? (1000 characters) 922-character version: Carnegie Mellon ...You see, I was influenced by Salvador Dali’s realistic yet whimsically distorted portrayal of objects... Carnegie Mellon: Identify and describe an..

Notre Dame: Why are you interested in attending the University of Notre Dame? (approximately 150 words or 2000 characters) 1284-character (or 229-word) version: ...I suppose the interest stems from their natural disposition... Being that said, many students pretend that they are familiar wit..