It doesn't have an address and it can't be found on a map. It's a place where "impossible" doesn't exist, where dreams exist as reality, where just for a second everything exists in a state of perfection. It is whatever I want it to be. It is the lush Guatemalan jungle where the monumental Mayan ruins rest. It is the inside of an operating room where I am saving a baby with the potential to change the world. It is...

This is an excerpt from my supplemental essay in which I was asked to write about anything important to me. A sense of euphoria takes over my body as I feel the smooth leather ball leave my hand with a surge of power. The whistle blows as my feet touch the ground and I can't help but smile, knowing that I made a difference. My teammates surround me and we exchange big grins and those slaps on the back that...

My biggest piece of advice would be to not base your choice of recommender simply on which classes you did best in. I...

I didn't apply to that many scholarships because I thought that I would get the ones that I did...

I was actually able to speak to the admission officer who was responsible for presenting my application to the Yale admission committee. She said that...

I only had two interviews, with Pomona College and Yale University. For these, my only advice is to be yourself. It may sound...

I would recommend doing things that you are passionate about, which don't necessarily have to be academic. Anything...

Ultimately for me, Yale was and had always been my dream school. Not purely because of it's academic prestige, but because of it's...