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I find myself wrapped in a wool shawl in mom’s white rocking chair with Ivan Bunin’s Dark Avenues open to his short story “The Apple Fragrance”. There is no typical plot, only feelings. As a young and fresh writer, I had believed that plot twist determined the emotions that a story brought out; however, I have been taken aback by Bunin’s ...
Personal statement August 2003. I spent two weeks with six other Vietnamese students in Thousand Oaks, California. We are exchange students. We had never been to the States, or even abroad, before. We had never been away from our family before. We had never communicated in a second language before. We were a group of scared, inexperienced, ...
Why Bates? The girl in the mirror opposite me glows like a child when she argues about the war in Iraq or the tax-cut policy. I love public speaking, for the pure joy of it. At Bates, I would gladly roll up my sleeves with the school’s national-recognized debaters to confront some perky eyes, shoot back a quick tongue, or just to swap ideas. ...
State: New Jersey, USA High School: Private day school, 130 students in graduating class Ethnicity: Asian / Gender: Male GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 SAT / ACT: R: 770, W: 750, Math 800 Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, Orchestra, Finance organization Awards: Cum Laude Major: Applied Math I stood frozen in the produce aisle at ShopRite, wondering which ...
State: Seoul, South Korea High School: Private School, 400 students in graduating class Ethnicity: Asian / Gender: Female GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0 SAT / ACT: Reading 800, Math 800, Writing 720 SAT Extracurriculars: Research in greater horseshoe bats at Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Genomics Lab (Kangwon National University), Korean archery club ...
It was Veteran’s Day, and my kindergarten class was listing family members who had served in the military. I raised my hand, waving it intensely, intent on sharing mine. Regardless of the lack of honesty in my statement, I went for it. “My grandpa was in the army.” I needed an explanation for his absence, so my imagination filled the void where ...
State: North Carolina, USA High School: Public school, 50 students in graduating class Ethnicity: Hispanic / Gender: Female GPA: 4.98 out of 5.0 SAT / ACT: 35 SAT Extracurriculars: Research, founding science fair mentoring director, founding Editor-in-Chief of student newspaper, beach volleyball, fundraising artist Awards: Intel International ...
Đề bài: Common Application Essay Huge concrete bumps litter the alley leading to my house. Sadly, even with those painful obstacles, the alley is the only escape route from the traumatic traffic jam out there. A loyal user of motor scooters, every day I face a personal dilemma: to bet on that bumpy alley, or continue bearing with the traffic ...
Dưới đây là tổng hợp những câu mở đầu (opening lines) của các bài essay applied vào đại học Stanford. Hy vọng các bạn sẽ tìm được những ý tưởng độc đáo cho bài luận của mình, không chỉ khi apply vào đại học Stanford mà cả các đại học khác nữa. Unlike many mathematicians, I live in an irrational world; I feel that my life is defined by a certain ...
Đề bài: Admitted to New York University When I first met Ethan, I was fifteen. He was ten. I remember him mightily pushing open the heavy doors and announcing in a loud voice that he had arrived. His appearance took me off guard; he had a gawky, he , uncoordinated body, a crooked smile filled with different colored braces, and bulky brown ...