St. John's College Admission Essays

Among the rooms in our small old house, the one at the extreme is a room I find banal. A room lacking luster, with very small wooden windows that barely lets light rays in; no one placed value on it. One Saturday, my mum told…

I watch people. I don’t mean to say I watch out for them. I do that too, but I always mean what I say. I watch them. It’s always been a game of mine, watching them. When I was a little girl and still eagerly…

One of the most important events in my life was, oddly enough, a calculus project. The assignment was to make a short film about trigonometry, which made sense given that our teacher was also president of the Movie Club. We had to make a movie…

I am a ruthless Amazon: five foot eight without my favorite three-inch heels. Silently I stalk my prey, the tip of my tongue poking out of my mouth in the age-old sign of concentration. I know it’s close. Years of practice have taught me to…