171-word version: Cornell - Biology
Ever since I was a small child, I have always been engrossed with the inner-workings of living bodies of various yet essentially not dissimilar organisms...

1212-character version (out of 1500 character limit): Brown - Biology
Ever since I was a small child, I have always been engrossed with the inner-workings of living bodies of various yet essentially not dissimilar organisms, especially on the genetic and molecular level...

211-word version: Duke - Biology
...As my inquiry into the subject intensified more and more, I was completely enthralled by the fact that every microscopic molecule in the bodies of living organisms is in constant motion to keep them resuscitating...

1328-character version (out of 1800 character limit): Stanford - Biology
...As my inquiry into the subject intensified more and more, I was completely enthralled by the fact that every microscopic molecule in the bodies of living organisms is in constant motion to keep them resuscitating...

372-word version: Carnegie Mellon - Biology
When I was around nine years old, I did my first dissection of a frog in a science club. The prospect of putting the scalpel on the etherized frog’s bulging abdomen was somewhat revolting, and everyone refused to be the first one to dissect it...

378-word version: UPenn - Biology
When I was around nine years old, I did my first dissection of a frog in a science club. The prospect of putting the scalpel on the etherized frog’s bulging abdomen was somewhat revolting, and everyone refused to be the first one to dissect it...

382-word version: Johns Hopkins - Biology
When I was around nine years old, I did my first dissection of a frog in a science club. The prospect of putting the scalpel on the etherized frog’s bulging abdomen was somewhat revolting, and everyone refused to be the first one to dissect it...