Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you? 644 words out of 650 Gettysburg, a small town in the middle of Pennsylvania, was the sight of the largest, bloodiest battle in the Civil War. Something about these hallowed grounds draws me back every year for a three day camping trip with my family over Labor Day weekend. Every year, once school starts, I count the days...

List the books (if any) you've read this year for pleasure. Choose one and in a sentence describe its impact on you. The books I have read for pleasure this year are Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, and The Pacific by Stephen E. Ambrose. Band of Brothers, a true story about the courage of a unit of men in...

This essay (more like a short answer) reflects my interest in history (particularly war books). I also explain how this influences my work ethic and my teamwork skills.

I would highly recommend getting a job that provides some personal gain to yourself other than just the...