Amherst-specific essay choices

Colleges and Universities A-Z Amherst College
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<li><p>’‘The world as revealed by science is far more beautiful, and far more interesting, than we had any right to expect. Science is valuable because of the view of the universe that it gives.’’</p></li>
<li><p>’‘Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.’’</p></li>
<li><p>’‘It seems to me incumbent upon this and other schools’ graduates to recognize their responsibility to the public interest…unless the graduates of this college…are willing to put back into our society those talents, the broad sympathy, the understanding, the compassion…then obviously the presuppositions upon which our democracy are based are bound to be fallible.’’</p></li>
<li><p>’‘The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.’’</p></li>
<li><p>’‘Stereotyped beliefs have the power to become self-fulfilling prophesies for behavior.’’</p></li>
<li><p>’‘Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of obstacles surmounted.’’</p></li>
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<p>…well, what did YOU choose? (#2 for me)</p>

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<p>I choose #2</p>

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<p>I chose #2 as well. I wrote about my trip to Morocco and the effect it had on me seeing people creating these great works of art while they slowly died of starvation and unsanitary conditions. It was a more literal interpretation, but I thought the essay was pretty deep.</p>

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<h1>5</h1>

<p>10 char</p>

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<h1>1, and danielcarp, thanks for your help with the financial aid question...</h1>

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<h1>1 over here</h1>

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<h1>3. 10 char el oh el.</h1>

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<h1>5 too.....</h1>

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<h1>1 (10 char)</h1>

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<p>no #4s thus far? interesting.</p>

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<h1>2 for me!</h1>

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<h1>4, my rabbi gave a sermon on this exact topic</h1>

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<p>I chose 4, wrote about optimism, essentially...</p>

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<h1>4 is basically verifying "ignorance is bliss"...which i do not agree with.</h1>

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<p>5 too..................................</p>

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<h1>2 wrote about watching my friend draw</h1>

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<h1>6 .......</h1>

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<p>A tally, for the heck of it.</p>

<p>Choice one: 3
Choice two: 5
Choice three: 1
Choice four: 2
Choice five: 3
Choice six: 1</p>

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<p>i did #6. wrote about my transition to america.</p>

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<h1>1, I wrote about science and art</h1>

<p>Choice one: 4
Choice two: 5
Choice three: 1
Choice four: 2
Choice five: 3
Choice six: 1</p>