“Why should I listen to you? I don’t have to and you can’t make me!” The kid whom I asked to do a favor for me was a foot taller, and he shrugged off my comment. With every inch’s difference, my importance felt like it was shrinking. It wasn’t the first time either. Some of my friends even use me as a shoulder rest because they are far taller than me. Although they don’t realize...

Ben Franklin once said, “All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” Which are you? (Please answer in 300-500 words.)

Franklin had politics in mind when he said this. The immovable are set in their beliefs and see the world in black and white. Those that move are leaders who persuade, mobilize, and focus the efforts of others to accomplish goals. The movable allow flexibility, compromise, and rational thinking. It is easy to draw parallels with the present American society and politics. It is tempting to depict myself as a mover. Allow me to take a different perspective. As a...

Originally, I chose two teachers from my junior year of high school: my calculus teacher...

RESEARCH YOUR SCHOOL. Figure out your own interests first and then search for where they might fit in at that specific school. Be it...