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..

What work of art, music, science, mathematics, or literature has surprised, unsettled, or challenged you, and in what way? (roughly 250 words) 200-word version: U of Virginia Although I was a classical pianist in the beginning, after hearing for the first time the music of Duke Ellington, the pr..

You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit page 217. (3500 characters) 2966-character version: U of Pennsylvania About ten months ago, I had thought about writing an autobiography now that I was 57 and about to retire just after my 58th birthday in November. To my surpris..

Brown: How did you become interested in Brown, e.g., college counselor, undergraduate, relative, web site? (900 characters) Version 1 (672 characters): I initially became interested in Brown, because of my mother... Version 2 (662 characters): Transfer Applicant I originally heard about B..

What is the most significant challenge that society faces today? (300 character limit) 292-character version: The gradual damage of the environment... How did you spend your last two summers? (300 character limit) 239 character version: The last two summers have been spent in science camps; th..

Yale: What in particular about Yale has influenced your decision to apply? (300 character limit) Version 1 (299 characters): “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” These are Nathan Hale’s words... Version 2 (296 characters): My decision to apply was..