As an infant, you crawl. As a toddler, you walk. As a child, you run. As a teenager, you sprint. When do you find time to slow down? I’ve been running my whole life. Long strides: back and forth between families, through assignments and essays, between former friends and new friends. Running from the tightly controlled dystopia dubbed Society, running from the stereotypes that chase after my kind, people like me. The ones whose parents originate from the East,...

I wrote multiple essays; this was one for Johns Hopkins. Unfortunately I do not remember the essay topic, but I believe it was simply a personal statement. I took a creative/roundabout approach to mine, as you can probably tell. I was trying to depict the struggle I've lived with as an Asian American attempting to grow up in a society where children of immigrants are forced to carry the burdens and dreams of their parents who were not able...

1. Word hard play hard. Many students here both work extremely hard and also goof off a good deal on the weekends. How we all manage to stay on top of everything amazes me. 2. Preppy. People say that UVA students dress like a prep - it's true. Males and females who [especially]...

I chose mostly in-state schools due to financial reasons; Johns Hopkins was...