Common App. Essay: While the other girls in my sixth grade class were dressing up American Girl dolls, I was folding my family's laundry. While they did cartwheels on their front lawns, I sat in stiff hospital chairs. While their mothers painted their nails, my mom went through radiation treatments. The month I started middle school, my mother told me and my younger sister that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and would soon have a mastectomy. She was...

BOSTON UNIVERSITY -admitted I am looking for a school with strong academic programs in global studies and broadcast journalism. Boston University is one of few schools that fits that criteria. My goal is to be a foreign correspondent, committed to producing excellent and timely stories for my news outlet. My aspirations are reflected at Boston University. I must learn to tell seemingly complicated stories of foreign cultures in concise broadcasts for viewers. The College of Communications has a reputation for...

DUKE - admited If you'd like to share a perspective you bring or experiences you've had to help us understand you better-perhaps related to a community you belong to, your sexual orientation or gender identity, or your family or cultural background-we encourage you to do so. It was first day of freshman orientation. “Everyone group by eye color!” said the administrator. Okay, I thought--blue eyes, blue eyes. “Time is running out!” she said. I cannot find the blues; I don't...

British Personal Statement for the British UCAS System: My fascination with history began with curiosity about myself in the middle years program of my International Baccalaureate curriculum. I wondered about my ancestry, so I explored Swedish history, culture, and government. I was then lucky enough to retrace the steps of my great grandfather back to Sweden. I visited museums and engaged in history from the early settlements of Stockholm, to the crowning of the current monarch, Carl XVI Gustaf. As...

rowing, Student...

"The Chinese Cultural Revolution": it's a great course because my teacher literally lived under...

curious, fun (not everyone studies...

Do NOT apply to 14 schools! Choose 6-8 max and really focus...

I interviewed in person for Princeton University and on Skype for The University of Hong Kong. I had a really good experience with both. My biggest piece of advise would be drive to the location...

- Travle to a foreign country and take language classes -...

I visited and...

I was initially differed at Princeton and so...

Focus not the international...