I’m really not an interesting person, and y’know, I’m ok with that. When someone returns a pencil I lent out I thank them reflexively, because I was brought up to. I always tell someone when their shoe is untied. I always hold the door until every last person for three yards in every direction has walked through it. It doesn’t bother me, that’s just who I am. I have never had an epiphany, or a...

I'm pretty sure that colleges with degree of prestige (50%-75% acceptance rate) that I applied to only use essays as tie breakers for admissions and scholarship decisions, and to make sure you're mentally stable. I hear that people struggle with these essays quite a bit, but unless you're applying to schools with acceptance rates closer to maybe

The 'hippy school' UVM, ironically, has special housing units for honors...

I worried about too many minor details. I could have done half...