<p>The day that (I) was accepted to Stanford. </p>
<p>Really though, Leland Stanford nailing the golden peg into the transcontinental railroad. I wonder if the admissions office would even consider that I am serious.</p>
<p>(I haven’t actually applied yet-11th grade)</p>
<p>After reading these posts, I’m guessing that writing about having witnessed a Led Zeppelin concert from the '70s wouldn’t seem too trivial?</p>
<p>Seems like that would work to me.</p>
<p>I wrote about traveling to Ancient Rome to witness the performance of the Carmen Saliare, a chant in ancient Latin that has largely remained untranslated. I think it would be an interesting linguistic, not to mention cultural, challenge. Plus, a lot of English words these days come from Latin, so it would be pretty cool to examine the origins of our language’s origins… this is probably just me though. 
There’s also something written on an artifact in ancient Latin as well, something involving the twins Castor and Pollux, but I forget. I was thinking of writing about that as well but did not, due to the lack of space.</p>
<p>So you’re supposed to explain why, not just say what event? what did current students do, just write which event or also explain why?</p>
<p>I wrote about the 1995 Rugby World Cup game that Invictus is based on. it’s a huge landmark for my country.</p>
<p>what do you think of mine??</p>
<p>I’d have liked to witness the first plane fly, the first tree grow, and a lot of other firsts. I’d have liked to be stunned and watch the awestruck expressions in people’s faces. Nowadays we’re so used to such amazing things, that we take them for granted when we should be awed.</p>
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<p>What’s weird is for mine I said the expression on Theodore Roosevelt’s face after he was shot and lived during a 1912 campaign speech…he simple kept on talking.</p>
<p>@ashley118 #57
I’m really sorry to break it to you, but your Grandpa is probably a North Korean spy.</p>
<p>I would like to have witnessed the last battle at the Black Gate in Middle Earth</p>
<p>last beatles concert</p>
<p>Mine is watching my grandmother step off the plane onto American soil for the first time when she emigrated from Nicaragua to Los Angeles in 1956.</p>
<p>In what ways should your answer to this question somehow reveal something about your personality?</p>
<p>I wrote: The first showing of Shakespeare’s Odysseus. I love this play; it’s so much better than Romeo and Juliet. </p>
<p>I love Shakespeare and mentioned it in my intellectual vitality answer. Hopefully I get in. Fingers crossed</p>
<p>Does it have to be something that actually happened? Or does it just have to be “Of or concerning history; concerning past events.”?</p>
<p>I said the immaculate reception haha.</p>
<p>@ xxxbubblygirlxxx …
i may come off as ignorant [or gullible]… but Shakespeare did a version of the Odyssey? or Odysseus?</p>
<p>Do you mean Homer? I’m really confused right now and google isn’t really helping ^^"
I loved reading Homer’s Odyssey and other versions of the epic. So, if there is a Shakespeare version of the Odyssey, I’d really love to hear more about it. </p>
<p>Back on topic, I wrote that I wanted to witness the first Impressionist exhibition. I love art and art history.</p>
<p>“Exactly how in the world Larry Page dreamt up and coded the gorgeously sleek PageRank algorithm in the 90s. Thanks to it, Google has met the needs of every search query youve ever entered by solving an electrifying multi-billion dimensional system of equations in less than a second. Ingenious.” </p>
<p>the catch: Google actually bought the rights to the PageRank patent from Stanford :D</p>
<p>i put james k polk’s inauguration because he is one of my favorite presidents for being so efficiently successful. that is only partly a joke.</p>