This is my full undergraduate essay: People had often told me that I walk too fast. This is not something I noticed on my own; but after hearing it a number of times, I began to wonder what caused me to move so briskly. I had come to the conclusion that speed walking is a habit I had developed, perhaps because of my very tight schedule. My day began before the sun rose and ended well into the late hours...

I see the next four years of my life as a blank book. All that is definite is the prologue and the author. The book will get written, but there will be many drafts, ripped out pages, and obstacles. I don’t have a plan, but some ideas. There is no final destination, but a direction. I hope for there to be a surprise on every page, a few irrelevant tangents, and minor setbacks. Life is an experience; there is...

I wanted to share most about my philosophy on leadership and success, stemming from my belief that being a positive role model is the best way to accomplish both. I pulled in a lot of references to my work with children, and how being in a position of leadership there is still much to learn. I wrote a lot about who has taught me to be a good leader and why (they were positive role models, leading by example, not...