“Can’t these people just mow their lawn?” my dad complained. This is a typical Sunday evening for the two of us. The house is on Apple Hill Drive, usually within the first few minutes of our Sunday walks. It’s a small Colonial with a decrepit wooden fence. The grass usually spills over the bottom rung of the fence and onto the sidewalk. I grew up on these walks. My dad and I each have our one favorite house...

2. Please write exactly five sentences that best describe you. When I get ready in the morning, I dance around my room while listening to Kenny Chesney. I don’t buy anything without using a coupon. I line up the night before a new Apple product comes out. On Sunday afternoons I hike and bike though the Watchung Reservation. I am led by my heart, not my head.

I wish to become a part of the Emory community because of the copious opportunities available for undergraduates. Only Emory offers undergraduates the opportunity to take a class by the Dalai Lama or Jimmy Carter, all while being centrally located in Atlanta. Emory offers students the ability to take part in advanced research projects and live in a completely environmentally sustainable dorm. I want to be a part of the tightly knit community that Emory offers. As a prospective member...

I chose to write about my father for my personal statement because of advice I received during a college essay summer program. I did a one-week course with Overland Summers entitled "college essay program". In this program, I had the opportunity to sit down with an English professor at Williams College and construct my personal statement. I went into this program having no idea what I wanted to write my college essay about. The months right before this program, my...

Absolutely head over heels in love with Emory. I...