The first thing I remember about childhood is vomit, little me retching Wonderbread and grape juice on Calvary Preschool’s shag carpet. Even now, walking the September streets of Seoul with my big sister, Miriam, I feel something swelling in me, pushing to get out—bitter and warm, like the stench of the ginkgo nuts oozing under my footsteps. Don’t blow this. “Miriam? Do you have LGBT people at your school?” “Why?” I tilt my head to play to...

I peek over the laptop screen. My teacher isn't looking. Good. If he sees my flushed face, he'll investigate—and discover I’m not writing the essay he thinks I am. I should’ve texted my mom a few hours ago, but that’s the last thing on my mind. How is it that I can blow my forty-something parents off while weeping at the fictional plight of a forty-something woman? A question I've always pondered: many of my intimate...

1. Imagine looking through a window at any environment that is particularly significant to you. Reflect on the scene, paying close attention to the relation between what you are seeing and why it is meaningful to you. Please limit your statement to 300 words. With one click of my mouse, the computer window opens. I'm a humble dot navigating a white space, surrounded by beacons firing spiky bullets at me. When I impale myself, I glow, and the game treats me to...

You learn some things as a school garbageman—mostly how quickly things pile up. We are a school of future CEOs, lawyers, politicians. Yet here I am, two containers of cans piled in my hands, a mixture of coffee, juice and milk staining the tips of my fingers. The stench is the worst, especially in the dead heat of August. I wonder: is this elite education of mine only a ticket out of the junkyard? Who appreciates the garbagemen of...

Some schools will interview you, but not all - it's usually optional, declining a request has absolutely no bearing on your chances for admission, and it's by FAR the least important part of your application, unless you seriously bomb or ace it. You may want to practice some of the most expected questions (Why our school? Why this major? What do you think...

As a History and Literature student, I've really enjoyed the chance to do intensive writing and research in an intimate academic setting! My favorite class has been the Contemporary Culture Lab, a freeform experimental class in which...

curious; interdisciplinary;...

More social spaces on campus that aren't built around partying or networking; more...

Access to academic and social resources;...