UT—Austin: Topic B (optional)
Describe a circumstance, obstacle or conflict in your life, and the skills and resources you used to resolve it. Did it change you? If so, how?

 

481-word version:
She suggested it, but never meant it. But I accepted it, and meant it. From then on my mom constantly dissuaded me from going, but I had already made up my mind, and my decision was not going to be overturned. Every international student has a different story to tell for his or her reason, or reasons, for studying abroad...

 

UT—Austin: Scholarship Essay
Please write five sentences describing yourself, your life, and your experiences that taken together form an accurate view of who you are. Be creative!

 

360-word version:
Although my mom had casually brought up the issue of studying abroad, perhaps aroused by her friends, the reality of my studying abroad would have been a challenge for both me and my parents...