<p>Stanford admissions come out in less than a week, and I am going nuts. I had a dream about how I received an acceptance letter, but it was not for me, some girl who got a full scholarship for lacrosse. That was scary.</p>
<p>Anyway, so what was your essay about? As you can see, I am bored to death, and you know you are too!</p>
<p>LONG ESSAY: Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia
SHORT ESSAY 1: how working at a gift shop helped bring my family back, and honed my social skills
SHORT ESSAY 2: why my current college sucks 1) homogenous population 2) lots of hard-core partyers 3) small science major 4) no Arabic in current curriculum
SHORT ESSAY 3: Intellectually exciting topic-- I wrote about the pro-matriarichal society messages concealed in media such as children's books and movies.</p>
<p>I had a central theme: "Life is study!", which is one of my personal quotes.</p>
<p>Short Essay 1: [Memorable Exp] Described how I taught alcohol use to the 6th grade students I taught by turning them into ninjas with drunk goggles.
Short Essay 2: [Intellectual] Described the meaning of "Life is study"
Short Essay 3: [Why Stanford] Talked about how working at the Stanford Medical Center felt like home; the people I worked with were real-life examples of my quote.
Long Essay: [Accomplishment] Discussed how the quote "Life is study" came to be (It came from a Japanese animated series), how it influenced my life and eventually enabled me to work at places like NASA and Stanford Med. Used the main character of the series as a parallel to my own accomplishments.</p>
<p>If you want to share essays, I'd love to read them.</p>
<p>Question 1: Traditions in family and cooking as a staple of what we are about
Question 2: I wrote about the apprentice (applying as a business transfer) and what I thought of the show in contrast to real life.
Question 3: How I absolutly love Stanford and hate the college I'm going to (there are always lots of reasons for these things)
Question 4 (LONG): My military experience and how this has affected me. </p>
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<li>I hate it that you can't check online, everyday now I go and check the mailbox so anxiously when I get home from school... Ahhhhhh...</li>
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<p>Question 1: How stagework taught me to grab life by the uh...coconuts. ;P</p>
<p>Question 2: Macrocosm/microcosm: the academic focuses/accomplishments that have made me feel "important," but still tiny and interwoven with peers/other fields. I swear it was a less abstract discussion in the actual essay, hehe.</p>
<p>Question 3: How living with my Dad during the summers when he was an undergrad at SU showed me the kind of opportunities Stanford offers..."comming home" vs. "really COMMING HOME!". </p>
<p>Question 4 (long): I was a horrible student in high school, so I wrote about the "transformation" in my record using lots of Theseus & the Minotaur allusions.</p>
<p>Good luck to you guys! I got an email yesterday saying that decisions will be available tomorrow online -- I'm so anxious gaaahhh!</p>