Sitting quietly on my bed, curled up in a cozy blanket, I turned the dull cover of a book, revealing a portal to a most amazing and completely different world. It was here that I found myself happily lost in someone else’s life. Suddenly, the words seemed to float off the page and I delved into a new adventure I could not possibly experience on my own. I was reading and I was perfectly content. I have been reading...

Picture this: You are in the fourth grade, and are standing in the middle of your elementary school playground. Suddenly, you find yourself inside a blue mesh bag. Around your waist you have a bright pink jump-rope attaching you to the tall pole behind you. Over your young peers’ laughter, you hear the teachers call, “Time to come in; Recess is over.” As you reach down to open the mesh bag, you see something that makes your heart skip. The...

Prompt: "Beyond your impressive academic credentials and extracurricular accomplishments, what else makes you unique and colorful? We know that nobody fits neatly into 500 words or less, but you can provide us with some suggestion of the type of person you are. Anything goes! Inspire us, impress us, or just make us laugh. Think of this optional opportunity as show and tell by proxy and with an attitude, but please restrict your submission to what will fit on one sheet of...

TWAMP: Typical William and Mary Person. This means that most students at W&M are nerds,...