Please tell us how you have spent the last two summers (or vacations between school years), including any jobs you have held, if not already detailed on the Common Application.
I choose to make my summers colorful, like a painter who just discovered a spectrum of vibrant hues or a child's excited first touch of markers.
Crimson is the blood from his scraped knee. I picked up my teary Vacation Bible School buddy and rocked him back to tranquility, wanting to be his guidance, companion, and sole protector, if only for five days. It has become routine, though never dull, for me to volunteer as a Crew Leader at my church and surround myself with children every June. For 8 hours a day for 5 days, my every action is dictated by their safety and happiness, my patience is worn, and I'm on the brink of a break down. However, it is always my most love-filled and rewarding summer experience.
Ochre is my table that became home to a treasured pile of portable adventures. With newfound free time, I experienced love in 19th century England; I witnessed the damage caused by the Taliban; I lived in an oppressive dystopia. Books took me to places I couldn't go and showed me experiences I wouldn't otherwise encounter.
Yellow is the scorching sun that relentlessly followed me as visited my homeland for the first time since I arrived in America. I ate solidified duck blood, hugged my grandparents for the first time in nine years, climbed the Great Wall, reconnected with childhood friends, and experienced independence like never before. I went to 5 provinces in 6 weeks, flying nationally and internationally, exchanging currency and bartering for goods, riding on subways and public buses-all by myself.
Green is the theme of the statewide student council conference that I co-chaired. During the entire summer of 2009, all MASC/MAHS conference chairs made the 9:00am weekly drive back to school. For three hours every Wednesday, 20 innovative minds planned recycling-related activities and created 'Go Green!' decorations. Working with various types of leaders, I learned the importance of diversity and collaboration.
Blue are the walls of my newfound world. After taking swim lessons, I drove to the YMCA and swam 50 laps every morning. I had never thought myself to be an athlete, but in the water, I found speed, strength and endurance. Submerged under water, I escaped to my own world, one of peace, solitude, and infinite possibilities.
I have colored my life. Every shade creates a little more of who I am and who I want to become. I will not cease to continue my search and attainment of beautiful hues until my canvas is complete and my curiosities satisfied.
I choose to make my summers colorful, like a painter who just discovered a spectrum of vibrant hues or a child's excited first touch of markers.
Crimson is the blood from his scraped knee. I picked up my teary Vacation Bible School buddy and rocked him back to tranquility, wanting to be his guidance, companion, and sole protector, if only for five days. It has become routine, though never dull, for me to volunteer as a Crew Leader at my church and surround myself with children every June. For 8 hours a day for 5 days, my every action is dictated by their safety and happiness, my patience is worn, and I'm on the brink of a break down. However, it is always my most love-filled and rewarding summer experience.
Ochre is my table that became home to a treasured pile of portable adventures. With newfound free time, I experienced love in 19th century England; I witnessed the damage caused by the Taliban; I lived in an oppressive dystopia. Books took me to places I couldn't go and showed me experiences I wouldn't otherwise encounter.
Yellow is the scorching sun that relentlessly followed me as visited my homeland for the first time since I arrived in America. I ate solidified duck blood, hugged my grandparents for the first time in nine years, climbed the Great Wall, reconnected with childhood friends, and experienced independence like never before. I went to 5 provinces in 6 weeks, flying nationally and internationally, exchanging currency and bartering for goods, riding on subways and public buses-all by myself.
Green is the theme of the statewide student council conference that I co-chaired. During the entire summer of 2009, all MASC/MAHS conference chairs made the 9:00am weekly drive back to school. For three hours every Wednesday, 20 innovative minds planned recycling-related activities and created 'Go Green!' decorations. Working with various types of leaders, I learned the importance of diversity and collaboration.
Blue are the walls of my newfound world. After taking swim lessons, I drove to the YMCA and swam 50 laps every morning. I had never thought myself to be an athlete, but in the water, I found speed, strength and endurance. Submerged under water, I escaped to my own world, one of peace, solitude, and infinite possibilities.
I have colored my life. Every shade creates a little more of who I am and who I want to become. I will not cease to continue my search and attainment of beautiful hues until my canvas is complete and my curiosities satisfied.
