Ever since my sixth birthday, when my dad gave me a copy of Treasure Island, there's always been a part of me that's tried to be Jim Hawkins. When I was little, it was because I wanted to grow up and fight pirates. While I was pretending my little brother was a combination of John Silver and Israel Hands and staging duels with wrapping paper rolls, in my imagination we weren't in our backyard but on the deck of a...

Georgetown has a long why us essay, and they ask for specifics on your plans if apply as pre-med or language (I was both)

Vassar has a very short why us essay

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Diversity Statement: It’s strange how an accent, in any language, can describe a person. It shows their culture, their upbringing, and the country they hold in their heart. I’m a teenage American girl, who spent her childhood in London, grew up in the cornfieldsof Indiana, and became myself in the mountains and hills of Switzerland. My accent can tell you everything about me, though my Central London accent melded with Midwestern flat a long time ago. Even the...

Driven, fun,...

I would have done more research into the schools...

I fell in love with the campus, and...

Though the Jesuit nature is by no means forced upon...

I'm pursuing a...