Equality and Community: College Admission Essay Sample

Personal Statement I have sworn on my biology textbook instead of the Bible since my sophomore year because I have an obsession with truth. After reading The Sound and the Fury a month ago I thought that I had the truth of [...]

Cornell University has come to mean something much greater to me than its Ivy League status alone conveys. When I first visited Cornell, I was amazed by the feeling of connectedness the campus emitted. It didn’t seem as though [...]

I’m not a piece of chocolate encased in a colorful shell, nor do I enjoy popping those suckers in my mouth, as I am more of a caramel guy. However, M&M stuck to me like Elmer’s extra strength glue and became a nickname that [...]

I couldn't breathe. My lungs rebelled, desperately attempting to inhale, as if I were drowning. My hands trembled. I could no longer comprehend that my impending audition speech for the Varsity debate team, which had only two [...]

I am holding my brother's hand."Hi, Will," I say."Hi," he mutters curtly, a trained reply. It's better than the less favorable option of "Goodbye, please" or "I want goodbye." His palm feels like a living creature itself, [...]

"Ugly," my grandfather blatantly declared. The eight-year-old me looked down in confusion and shame, having just committed the greatest crime of the century: breaking and entering a makeup bag. "You must get rid of that," [...]