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What I Can Contribute To BU: College Admission Essay Sample
My open-mindedness, good sense of humor and diverse talents give me much to contribute to Boston University. First, I am an open-minded person. I always have been courteous to people regardless of their backgrounds and personalities, and accepted their differences. Also, through many travels and…
Trouble in Rockette Land: College Admission Essay Sample
The average Radio City Rockette is 5’8” tall. I am, and probably will be from now on, several inches shorter than that average. So you can imagine how pathetic I felt standing in line with possible future Rockettes to audition for the Rockette Summer Intensive….
The Valley: College Admission Essay Sample
We have a saying here in The Valley: The world will take us where we want to be. In essence, this little bit of wisdom accurately embodies the world I come from, what it has taught me, and the many ways in which it has…
The Team Comes First: College Admission Essay Sample
A pair of track spikes hangs on my door. Colorway: teal/black/orange. Women’s, size five. They were the only ones available at A Runner’s Mind in my size. Those spikes sped my mile up by almost twenty seconds, and I loved them. Finding them was a…
The Impostor: College Admission Essay Sample
I couldn’t find the elevator button. Minutes away from my first big meeting, my first real taste of corporate America, and the elevator seemed determined to snatch away my moment of glory. I tried to maintain my self-assured countenance, practiced tirelessly in the mirror the…
The Depth of Life: College Admission Essay Sample
Although I woke up that morning and most likely performed my usual routine, I cannot recall what was going through my mind. I can tell you for sure that I had no idea that day would end up altering the way I value life. Before…
Suspended in Fetal Position: College Admission Essay Sample
I stare at the seven month old embryo suspended in fetal position in my mother’s ultra-sound image. I am amazed and thus unable to look away. This tiny being is confined to the corners of my mother’s womb, its umbilical cord still attached to its…
Rights to Defend: College Admission Essay Sample
I grew up hating history classes. They were always the same—read, remember, regurgitate, repeat—and I stubbornly insisted that no teacher could ever make the subject appealing to me. Freshman year of high school proved me wrong. With a focus on current events and disdain for…
Ping Pong Ball: College Admission Essay Sample
I am a human ping-pong ball, constantly moving to and fro, packing up my life in a record-breaking 25 minutes. In a flurry of well-practiced movements I gathered all the books off my overfull shelves and all the clothes from my slightly under-stocked closet into…
On the Road: College Admission Essay Sample
I took another sip of coffee, contemplating the road ahead. At that point – midnight –the coffee was less for taste than for me to stay awake behind the wheel. My mother dozed in the seat next to me, while my younger brother and sister…
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33,355 Students
One Silber Way, Boston, MA 02215
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