8:27 on a brisk September morning: I sat in the health center classroom, surrounded by eight freshmen boys, some slouching in their seats like high-school had already drained the life out of them, others blinking away sleep as the sunlight peeked in through the windows. The faculty member who co-taught the class had called in sick, and in three minutes I was to single-handedly guide the boys through a discussion on gender identity- a difficult feat considering my lack of experience...

A Lament for Unrequited Love The azure of the sky on a sweltering June day, the thirst-quenching cerulean of the first sip of Gatorade, the flamboyant cobalt of an undersea cluster of coral- none can compare to the brilliant hues of Dinosaur Crunch ice cream. Dinosaur Crunch is all of these things and more; it is love at first sight. How I long for fall winds to carry in the rosy gold leaves of autumn and with it, the Wellesley...

The "Why us" essay was for Wellesley. I wrote VERY different supplemental essays for each school.

In an age where every student who applies to a competitive college has excellent scores, a plethora of extracurricular activities, and good grades, the one thing that set me apart from other applicants that may have seemed way better on paper than I did was my...

My math teacher, who was very impressed with my work ethic despite my skills at math being slightly lackluster, wrote one of my recs, and...