“So, who’s your favorite composer?” I looked up nervously into a pair of bright, inquisitive brown eyes framed by large Ray-Bans and was drawn into this mysterious girl’s chipper smile, wondering why in the world she would ask such a question to me. I had never met her in my life, yet here she was, sitting next to me on the first day of summer camp and assuming I was some kind of classical music fanatic. As an...

The essay asked if you were a mover, are movable, or immovable. I wrote that I was a mover by moving others to become movers, using an illustration of moving recycling bins for environmental club.

Although I applied to many scholarships that I found online, the ones I got came mainly through my high school. The first scholarship I got was the National Merit Scholarship, the second was a scholarship given to...

Do what you are passionate about in the summer, or find work so you aren't rolling in debt when you're in college. Don't waste your summers, because that's the time you can do great things and gain new experiences. I spent my...

Growing up in a low-key suburb in Oklahoma my whole life, I've always wanted to live in a city. Three schools I was accepted to were in big cities so it came down to those three, but I ultimately chose Penn,...