For my personal statement I wrote about my passions for both running and entrepreneurship and how my goal in life is to connect my two passions. I started by explaining my career as a runner leading up to being captain of my high school track and cross country teams. I went on to explain my experience as an entrepreneur, and how I started a couple small businesses during high school. I ended by explaining that all these experiences had only...

A Summer Trip with Rivals Newton North High School and Brookline High School have been mortal foes for well over 100 years. The rivalry has bred many packed sports games, and too many fights. At Newton North our football team sets out during pre-season with one goal. It’s not to win the state championship, or even to have a winning season. No, it’s to beat Brookline on Thanksgiving. What I am trying to explain here is that I have...

The topic posed by the school was as follows: "Explain a situation in which you were outside your comfort zone." I think what made my essay stick out was that I was able to put a really good positive spin on it. Just as important, I was able to tie it together by showing how I could transfer the experience over to a college experience. More specifically, a college experience at Richmond. Like I mentioned in my advice, Richmond really...

I visited as many schools as possible. Personally I could not apply to a...

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There is a reason the University of Richmond has an entire school dedicated to leadership studies ...

I am a member of the cross country and track and field teams, and I...

It can never hurt to send out as many emails to coaches and fill out as many recruiting questionnaires as possible if you are and aspiring collegiate student-athlete. Doing so early in your college search is a good way to open up connections with coaches who...

Richmond is a very cool city. There is so much history and some really great spots along the James River to hang out. However, the University...

I was able to show leadership experience in my application both in my personal...

The University of Richmond stood above all the other schools I considered because there is a...