Almost Ogilvy: College Admission Essay Sample

As a senior in Highschool it is overwhelming to go ahead and start applying or finalizing your thoughts for college. This moment is crucial since this will define your future. Knowing what one wants to pursue as a career is what [...]

I was white. I was so unbearably white. I walked into this madhouse - this dizzyingly varied place, filled with new and different sights, sounds, and even smells. I plunged into the teeming throng of diversity with apprehension. [...]

I flick the light switch, grab a key off the rack and walk over to open the falcon door of my electric masterpiece. The garage door opens and I roll out an eight hundred horsepower beast, capable of going from zero to sixty in [...]

In this 'The University of Chicago supplemental essay' I as applicant  provide you with an opportunity to showcase my academic path in Computer Science Engineering studies. Being a 90’s kid, I was lucky to have a profound [...]

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” – Mahatma Gandhi Growing up in a neighborhood filled with Computer Engineers, the seeds of my passion towards technology sprouted at a pretty early [...]

Two years ago at summer camp, I hiked the better part of the Northville-Lake Placid Trail. No one from camp had gone on this trip since some time in the seventies, so we had a certain air of bravado. We were a group of 14 and [...]