Against the Current Running down stairs to get on the subway, I was met by a myriad of human beings climbing up stairs, just off of the recently arrived train. As if engulfed in a turbulent torrent, I trembled with anonymous fear...

It was an ordinary day. The alarm went off at 6:30 am and I woke to the smell of wet grass. I went into the bathroom to wash my face and looked into the mirror. However, this ordinary day the face of the boy which had been even for 14 years was distorted...

...Cleaning up my room last year, I found reminiscences of my elementary school life. Rummaging through the odds and ends, I found the diary. Without hesitation, I opened it and read the quotation on the front cover, “That`s one small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind.” Fascinat..

Northwestern: An old expression says, "what is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right." Give an example of a time when you made a choice that was not popular, but you felt was right. Why did you make this choice? What happened as a result? (500 words) 47..

Harvard: What is your favorite character? Why? (500 words) 494-word version: ...Frodo is my favorite movie character in that such an ordinary character assumes the most important role. Frodo embodies neither the remarkable powers of his mighty companions, nor extraordinary intelligence, but ha..

Harvard: What is your favorite character? Why? (500 words) 412-word version: Of all the characters that I have encountered through books and movies, two stand out as those who I most want to emulate. They are Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird and Dr. Archibald “Moonlight”..