Jason Y. Shah Harvard University At my age, few people can genuinely claim that they have had a life-changing experience. After attending...

Painting by Silvio Porzionato Yale University People say that inner beauty matters more than outer beauty. But when I looked into the...

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Jackie Liao Painting by Junguon Jung Stanford University A thin shard of sunlight sliced through the vent of the windowless, cold, and...

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Brian Aguado Stanford University One of Stanford’s essay prompts is to provide a photo and explain its significance. I once belonged to...