I Will Contribute: College Admission Essay Sample

My friends and family have always known that I'm a person with high aspirations. But aspirations matter little unless they motivate hard work and action. I don't think I surprised my parents the day I announced I would become a [...]

In the midst of boredom during a third period lull, I glanced around the room, searching for something that would intrigue me. Sitting at a desk in the corner of the room rapidly typing into his laptop was a senior named [...]

While my classmates conversed in hushed tones about philosophy, I stood alone in the back corner of the room—hula hooping. My Humanities teacher had asked me to hula hoop for the entire class period to prove my claim that I [...]

Throughout my life, I have always been fascinated by the way electricity powers our world. As a young student, I was drawn to learning about the principles of electricity and how it is applied in various technologies. As I grew [...]

According to English folklore, a woman with a widow's peak will outlive her husband. Well tell that to a self-conscious fifth-grader and tell me how she responds. In 5th grade, a girl in my class sidled up to me, grinning, [...]

Engineering has always been a field that has fascinated me. From a young age, I was intrigued by how things worked and the mechanics behind them. It wasn't until I got older that I realized that these mechanisms were put in [...]