University of Colorado - Boulder Admission Essays

My aunt who is a kindergarten teacher was my idol when I was young. She did it like a labor of love that she wanted her students to become a good adult. When I grew up, I think teaching is my passion. Especially, in the…

To whom it may concern, First, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Koryna Aughe, but sometimes I go by Junie. I am from Indianapolis, Indiana and wish to become a part of the University of Colorado to work on completing Foundational Studies and…

Various major business leaders offer a number of scholarships each year funded by their own private foundations. Burger King scholarship in this essay is presented as one of the examples of companies which provide scholarships to their own employees.  Burger King, commonly referred to as…

I’ve been to New York once in my entire lifetime. I was six years old and my father had to travel there on a business meeting, taking the rest of us along. I’m not particularly skilled in recalling events from numerous years ago, so when…

My one place of contentment, in all of time and space, actually is a place where I am constantly moving. Literally. That one perfect, happy place for me is sitting atop the saddle of a horse. Although a saddle is not the most comfortable thing…

“Climbers, at your marks!” shouted the Chilean official in his thick Spanish accent. The musty air filled my nostrils before I let out one last, shaky breath. I wasn’t really supposed to be here. Luck was the only thing that had gotten me to a…

Here you find a wild Kirby in her natural habitat. ~ My hair still damp and smelling of chlorine, a product of summer’s first swim, I settle into the armchair’s cool leather embrace. Sipping iced coffee and gazing out the window I mentally prepare myself…

There is a special bond that forms between a dog and its owner. Sandy and I were no exception. That was why I wasn’t really surprised when my mom told me the news. In a way, I already knew. My family got Sandy when I…

July 19, 2012. On that day, 23 people lost their lives in a violent shooting. I was less than 100 miles away from this, sitting in the Cinemark Theater dressed up as Two Face as my friends and I waited eagerly for the same movie;…

I watched in admiration as the gentleman in front of me hoisted my fifty-three pound backpack onto his head and began nonchalantly hiking over jagged rock, leading me through the village of Dogbadzi, Togo, where I would live for the next two weeks. The rest…