NYU: Tell us why you selected your major or your area of interest. (500 characters) 70-word version While wallowing in depression with my subsequent injuries in lacrosse, I discovered my academic ambition as I realized how paranoid and depressed professional athletes would be after a sudden injur..

UMD-College Park: 5. Write your own question and respond to it. Please be sure to tell us why you think this essay represents you well. 312-word version What regrets have obliged you to have change of heart or mind? In middle school, I excelled in both athletics and academics without much effor..

PSU-University Park: Educational Gap Statement Please use this space to explain any time that has elapsed between your high school graduation and your anticipated enrollment at Penn State. Please provide a summary of why that gap occurred. If you attended another college or university during that..

Name your favorite books, authors, films, and/or musical artists. (300 characters) 285-character version: Star Wars (except for one minor flaw... What newspapers, magazines, and/or websites do you enjoy? (300 characters) 140-character version: Best Eleven (Soccer Magazine); Fortune (Ma..

What specific plan do you have, if any, for using the education you hope to receive? (500 characters) Version 1 (488 characters): With the education that I am anxious to receive at Harvard, I will enrich not only my life but also the lives of those around me... Version 2 (497 characters): If I..

503-word version: Cornell – Art, Architecture, and Planning ...I spontaneously started to sketch a side view of a brain and crowded it with multiple scenes depicting how a thought process is not really a single process, but a sequence of occurrences. Although I may consciously concentrate o..