Thrash. Thrash. Thrash. I hate these leaves. This sound means that I have to go outside to the backyard again to rake the leaves. I can almost hear the leaves snickering, double-daring, triple-daring me to go outside and try to shove them in paper bags. I don't even hear my mother calling me; the instinct of obedience has awakened in me, leading me outside anyway. A gale of wind greets my first step, freezing every joint in my body. My...

Imagine yourself in a tutorial at Williams. Of anyone in the world, whom would you choose to be the other student in the class, and why? (300 Words) When I was seven, my family moved to an old apartment in West Haven, Connecticut. One of my first friends here was Hiro, the son of a Thai immigrant who lived several floors down. He had a particular quality that I believe would make him the perfect other student in the class. Hiro...

One day in a second grade classroom, the teacher etched letters on the chalkboard surrounded by the whisper of pencil writing. A loud clang shattered the silence. I became the target, a young immigrant who was very frustrated in the classroom. “It’s supposed to be College! Not Coolidge!” he complained. “I hate this school!” My teacher cracked her head towards me, and a sharp glow came from her silvered eyes. “Alif! Sit down. I’ve already called your parents...

After a long battle of bracing the college admissions process, I was stuck between two colleges among those which had accepted me: Boston College and UConn. When I went to...

A couple of weeks after I sent in my Common Application, an email popped on my screen that made me ecstatic. One of the colleges I applied to had offered to interview me at a particular day. Until I met the interviewer...

If I were student body president, I would immediately establish connections between my school...

The most popular extracurricular activity at my college is women's basketball. No other college could establish...

Proactive, because students are prepared for anything that comes at them; Unusual, because there is literally a student organization for anything at...

The one thing I'd change about my college application process was the clarity of my essays in indicating my...

My school is located in the middle of nowhere, lingering on the border of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Despite its isolation, the community...