Giant gloved hands reached for my brother, lifting his foot off my plump cheek. Then they came towards me, raising me into a brightly lit world. As a second born identical twin, I have experienced most of my life following someone just like me. I had unconsciously become a follower and was consistently second in certain things in life. My twin brother, Andrew, was first to join student government and encouraged me to join as well. This positive influence pushed...

I love helping others. One of the experiences that has cemented in my mind that I love to empower others occurred in February 2014. I met a seemingly normal and nice girl, named Hannah, on Tumblr, a social media website. I came across a post reading, "I am taking time off Tumblr to focus on school. I will raffle off my blog and no one will be able to contact me after May." My stomach felt queasy and I knew something...

Talks about a time I helped convince a girl not to commit suicide.

Be genuine. The chances of being admitted are low enough that trying to fit into a pre-determined idea of what you think the admissions officers want you to be like will not work. Like I said, the chances are so low that you might...