maximum of 350 words. Every person has a creative side, and it can be expressed in many ways: problem solving, original and innovative thinking, and artistically, to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side. As a first generation immigrant child, I deal with a unique predicament I have dubbed the ‘Venn diagram effect’. One circle is the world of my roots, the other is my community in the United States. I find myself pulled in two opposite directions,...

Prompt: The Mission Statement for Colgate University sets forth 13 Goals for a Colgate Education. One goal for Colgate students is listed as: Be engaged citizens and strive for a just society: embrace the responsibilities to local, national, and global communities; use their influence for the benefit of others. Please describe how you would embrace this goal as a Colgate student. Response: During my summer internship with the King County Wastewater Treatment Division, I worked on a farm that recycles effluent...

Short Answer Essay: I’m a practical person, I usually make decisions based on logic and research; deciding to take American Sign Language was an exception. Something about the language drew me in, the expressiveness, the imagery, all felt familiar to me. The first week of my 100 class was spent in total silence, immersed in the language. One sign we learned that week stuck with me, the sign for “beautiful”. That sign persisted as a wonder, an anomaly for my...