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)
478-word version:
My favorite comic book hero plays the jazz piano before large audiences, letting his fingers flow beautifully over the piano. A world-class pianist, he also shows superb talents academically. This enthralling scene out of a Japanese comic book inspired me to play the piano again which I had stopped when I became an adolescent...