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I cannot talk about where I have never been to unless I want to tell lies. College essays may be serving their purposes elsewhere, but they do not do so in my country. These essays are supposedly the results of research.

The ability to tell a good story comes with age. Think back to the instances in your life when you heard a great story told in person. Who was speaking? The stories I remember with the most detail were told to me by my father.

Going through the poems Let America be America Again, Harlem, Open Letter to the South, and Theme for English B, it is evident that Langston Hughes uses his speakers to relate to the major themes...

The present state of the world is characterized by the ever-evolving world economy. As such, there are more job opportunities arising every day as a result of advances in science, technology, and business.

What is your dream? the interviewer had asked during my graduate entrance examination. Words automatically formed in my mouth as I spoke, already waiting for the question to be asked. In contrast, my heart kept asking, Is it?

Writing, like most forms of art, requires one to have the creativity to produce works that their mind has shaped, while their hand allows it to exist in the physical world, granting the ability for others to lay their eyes upon it.

In my sophomore year of high school, I transferred to a school that was said to be more academically prestigious. Although the teachers were much stricter and gave loads of work every night, they actually cared about me.

As an immigrant coming from Haiti, learning to speak the English language, using the English vocabulary correctly, and applying grammar structure correctly was a daunting task.

I was a lost child. A lost child afflicted with a disability known as autism. I could not make any friends nor hear nor read or write for the first 7 years of my life. Doctors told my mother that I would be a failure.

I`m pretty sure we have all been in the struggle of trying to be better students, right? It is totally ok, because with experience and as we further our education we gain skills and techniques that will help us achieve academic goals.

Another tedious academic day has just come to an end. The study materials are scattered in the table and in the center, there is a bulky book that needs to be digested.

Being born and raised in completely different countries than the United States has given me a unique perspective on how the world works. My family moved to the US in 2012 for the same reason I am today writing this essay: Education.

I struggled in school ever since I was in elementary school. Things did not come easy to me and I needed a lot of support from my family and extra tutoring to get through school.

The hardest part about being in college is to keep motivated until graduation. As students, we must not lose hope even if it means taking on student loans. If we give up we usually end with a debt to pay to the government.

There's a running troupe in New York, about the lengths up-and-coming artists go in order to get people to listen to their mixtapes. From standing outside on the corner all day, passing out their albums to people passing by...

I've often found that there are three major types of people when it comes to studying; those whose noses are always stuck in a book, those who cram last minute and those who are back and forth between the latter two.

There are many trials and tribulations a person may face in life. Sometimes it may seem like your life has hit rock bottom and you have nowhere to turn. I was once at that point in my life 7 years ago.

Understanding the invaluable knowledge that an education provides, simultaneously paired with an unrelenting passion armed with the necessary tools, I`m thrilled to have been accepted into Global Innovation Design.

Research has shown that sexual abuse and violence among women in the U.S. have risen in the past decades. Despite the economic and social-cultural conditions, women are greatly exposed to sexual abuse.