155-word version: As soon as I begin, I might as well announce that "I have unassailable stage fright," because my voice shivers and my parlance quickens as if being chased by a mad dog. Unaware of such anxiousness, my teacher encourages me to continue as I practiced... 167-word version..

289-word version: Unless serious about a dietary agenda—even then rather compulsory than voluntary—I have yet to come across anyone who, regardless of cultural pedigree, dislikes a pizza. Everyone is just content to devour it on site—with, of course, the prior little fun of alway..

544-word version: The children replied in unfamiliar dissonance when I told them to repeat the ABCs my friends and I had just articulated. Teaching English to Vietnamese children was difficult at best. But we were encouraged that they had at least responded. So my friends and I carried on... 567-..

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. 360-word version: Ever..

You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit page 217. (3500 characters) 4452-character version: I am writing this section in Hotel Hami, located in a rural area of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am in the same room that I stayed in approximately nine years ago, when I was se..

1600-character version (out of 1600 character limit): Brown – English Literature ...As I intend to continue my pursuit of English literature at Brown, I know its noted student-based approach to education and diversified humanities curriculum will not only enhance my penchant for but also en..