Would you please tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers? Feel free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own. (Paragraph or two) 352-..

U of Chicago: How does the University of Chicago, as you know it now, satisfy your desire for a particular kind of learning, community, and future? Please address with some specificity your own wishes and how they relate to Chicago. 336-word version: It was last year when I first became inter..

977-character version (out of 1000 character limit): Northwestern As a prospective economics major, Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences is the perfect choice for me. Northwestern is renowned for its commitment to undergraduate education and for professors who are..

489-word version: Cornell – College of Arts and Sciences - Economics When I was seven years old, my father was transferred to a company division in the United States. Since I was born and had lived in Seoul for seven years, it was difficult at first to adjust to the U.S. However, I soon foun..

396-word version: UPenn – Wharton - Business Administration "If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worthy reading, or do things worth the writing." (Benjamin Franklin, the founder of University of Pennsylvania) ...Franklin emphasized..

Caltech students have long been known for their quirky sense of humor and creative pranks. Please describe an unusual way in which you have fun. 336-word version: In ninth grade, my friends and I impishly and, to an extent, unintentionally short-circuited an entire building—we did not e..