“DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!” The fans scream, waving giant foam fingers. Eventually, the halftime buzzer sounds, and the basketball game stops. The Knicks SportJamz Talent Search competition in Madison Square Garden begins, and I am completely petrified. The two singers slated to perform before me begin warming up. These mini-Christina Aguilera clones would no doubt enthrall the crowd. I, on the other hand, have to perform a Wieniawski mazurka at a Knicks game, which seems as appropriate as a slam dunk competition...

Using the quotation below as a starting point, reflect on the role that culture plays in your life. "Culture is what presents us with the kinds of valuable things that can fill a life. And insofar as we can recognize the value in those things and make them part of our lives, our lives are meaningful." -Gideon Rosen, Stuart Professor of Philosophy, chair of the Council of the Humanities and director of the Program in Humanistic Studies, Princeton University.

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Supplemental Essay #1: I am the daughter of a Swiss immigrant and a South Korean immigrant. Because English is the second language for both of my parents, I grew up watching my parents struggle to communicate with each other. I would be mortified whenever my parents would argue in public in incomprehensible English. This also meant that my own first lessons in English consisted of a broken version, made up of “choosed” instead of “choose” and pronouncing says as “seys” instead...

I had my own personal counselor at school who was assigned to me. However, I wasn't very happy with the results I was receiving out of it. I personally think it is harder to counsel students on the schools they schools they should apply to, especially if you don't have a range of experience with students...

I liked the undergraduate focus at Princeton, and...

I liked its location and...

My favorite course has been Introduction to Sociology. Even though I...