QuestBridge Essay 1: We are interested in learning more about you and the context in which you have grown up, formed your aspirations and accomplished your academic successes. Please describe the factors and challenges that have most shaped your personal life and aspirations. How have these factors caused you to grow? (Limit 800) -- During the fifth grade, my elementary school music teacher asked if I wanted to play the cello. I grew up in a Colombian household, where no one in...

Questbridge Essay 2: Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you: -- It was during the very beginning of my senior year, when I was auditioning for the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. This was not a new audition for me--I have been in the highest-level orchestra since the eighth grade. This time was different, however. It was my senior year, and I knew I had the chance to become...

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