On a road trip through Wales when I was seven, my parents got hopelessly lost on the narrow, winding roads bordered by stone walls encasing farm fields. Crammed into the backseat of our tiny rental car with my two sisters, we did what siblings do best to pass the time: antagonize each other. Desperate to stop my older sister Erin’s tickle attack, I jokingly swore never to eat meat again. At the time, she had been vegetarian for two...

To answer this supplemental essay, I tried to be specific to each school and let the admissions counselors know what I found set it apart from others and why I wanted to go there. For Providence I emphasized the fact that it was a small college which translated to small class sizes which I found during high school were a better learning environment for me personally.

When I applied for admission to college (Fall of 2013), I applied via the Common App and the essay prompt I chose was "Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story." To me, the two things that I believe set me most apart (then and now) are that I am a vegan and that I...

Finances matter, and college counselors who tell you otherwise are kidding themselves. Safety and reach schools shouldn't only be about whether you can get in; you need to consider whether you'll be able to afford them as well. I'm attending Providence College because not only was it...

Out of the schools I applied to, some were in-state schools that were safeties both financially and academically, some were out-of-state and private schools where I was almost assured of acceptance and...

Providence College turned out to be the best fit for me in every way. It's located in a small city two miles from the downtown, has a beautiful campus, is small but not tiny, is...

As I talk about in my essay, my sophomore year of high school I studied abroad in Germany. That isn't something that students typically do. I did have very good grades and was involved in extracurriculars in the US, but so do lots of...

I applied to a variety of schools, and finances drove a lot of those decisions. I picked out schools that not only did I think I would be happy at and...

Currently I'm interested in pursuing a masters and possible PhD in ecological economics, hopefully in Europe. But between college and grad school I'd like to...

I did not use a private admissions counselor, but for that role I kind of relied on my mom. I have a sister two years older than I am, and while she was a very good student (Salutatorian) she was not very proactive when it came to researching schools, so my mom did it for her. Unlike my sister, I was incredibly interested in visiting colleges (although it did eventually get old) and pouring through their websites searching for the perfect fit. I would...