We know you lead a busy life, full of activities, many of which are required of you. Tell us about something you do for the pleasure of it. (This isn`t a trick question. We want to see how you bring balance to your life.) Version 1 (88 words): Diary Having passed a long day, I hold a diary, lying..

Duke: If you have participated in any significant research activity outside of school, please provide a brief description and limit your response to one or two paragraphs. Northwestern: If you have done any research or independent study outside of school, please include an abstract or summary..

Briefly discuss a current global issue, indicating why you consider it important and what you suggest should be done to deal with it. 592-word version: Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service On June 20, 2008, ten thousand Korean farmers gathered in Seoul Square, holding aloft the rice that th..

What alternatives to transferring to Harvard are you considering? 23-word version: I am applying to a number of schools including Harvard... Please indicate your intended field of specialization and briefly outline your academic plans at Harvard. 45-word version: My volunteer experience cleani..

NYU Poly: If you could spend one day in New York City with a famous inventor, who would you like it to be, where would you go, and why? (500 characters) 500-character version: Mathematics-oriented – Polytechnic Institute of NYU I would bring Hypatia to the Empire State Building to obser..

Cornell: Describe your intellectual interests, their evolution, and what make them exciting to you. 246-word version: Economics & Political Science - Cornell ...(To be more precise, I would have to describe it as a room straight out of a library with a bed underneath the shadows of the boo..