Use your natural voice! Don't be afraid to experiment with your writing style: I used an extended metaphor to convey my thoughts. Only let others read your essay: don't let others heavily edit your essay. Accept edits that make you happy: it's your work. Have someone who knows you well read it. Ask if it reveals something important about you. If it doesn't, choose something else to write about. I created a story of my personal interest that led to...

Notre Dame excites me with an unparalleled undergraduate experience in a community fueled by service, faith, and tradition. At Notre Dame, I will engage with the South Bend community, combining my classwork with my Spanish speaking skills at La Casa de Amistad. Residence hall chapels invite me to join the Notre Dame faith community. Research in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will allow me to experience scientific team effort and to combine my love for chemistry with a scientific...

Sitting across the table from students, I embark on my journey into the math world. Although I have finished my high school’s math courses, I continue exploring the realm of algebra, statistics, and calculus through teaching. Teaching excites me to learn so I can enable others to understand and to love math. Exploding with excitement that someone was eager to help her, Katie thirsted to prove her math skills. She needed at least an 80% on her Pre-Algebra final to...

Miniature monsters, gigantic bees, and spiky hedgehogs live in my box of cards that I will bring to college. Since I was five, I’ve been making wonders out of paper. These paper creations are cards that live in a box. My box of cards contains simple birthday greetings as well as adventurous experiments. My cards dare to be advanced with textures, 3D letters, and food. Each card not only holds a story of my work but also my interest...