Essay Topic: Rutgers University is a vibrant community of people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. How would you benefit from and contribute to such an environment? Consider variables such as your talents, travels, leadership activities, volunteer services, and cultural experiences. Only personal essays submitted via our website will be considered. You may enter a maximum of 4000 characters including spaces.
It was night, the air thick with nerves and the arena filled with screaming fans, the announcer, in his deep voice, "is the Corp ready?" The drum major turned and gave his final solute of the season, and there was no turning back from there. It was DCI finals, and after spending two months eating, sleeping, practicing and learning together, this was our final performance. The feeling of anticipation was almost too much to bear, along with knowledge that I, that we, were going to be apart of something that dynamic and monumental. The sounds of the drums and horns were incredible, the way the conductor guided them along, creating sounds that could move you to tears and send chills down your back. Each individual person was essential, no one person more important then the other, everyone depending on each other, everyone in unison. The rush was unbelievable and the performance was something no one would or ever could forget. Despite our differences in education, ethnicity, and hometowns, nothing else mattered than those eight minutes of music.
My involvement in Drum Corps and music has always connected me to many different people, and this is something that I hope to continue in college. My experiences have led me to a vibrant assortment of places, from the hot, dry fields of Texas to the calming serene sights of Canada. These adventures have allowed me to meet different people, appreciate different views, and enjoy the company of people who bring new perspectives to old ideas. This knowledge can help me to benefit the Rutgers community by exposing others to the ideas I have been lucky enough to heed.
A band cannot play together without all the different horns, drums, and other instruments. Without the different instruments the sound would be boring and unchanging. It is like the life, without different people with unique backgrounds life would be boring. However because that is not the case life, is interesting, and ideas flood from the tongues of people like the notes pour out of a horn.
I have always been a fan of the Rutgers marching band, sitting in the stands at football games in awe of their awesome sound. The ability to energize and motivate an entire stadium of people using music is an amazing feet, one that I know the Rutgers marching band has done many a time. Some of my best friends are members, and it all goes back to drum corps, which in the end has brought me closer to Rutgers.
My hope is that Rutgers can provide a symphony of ideas and sounds ive never known. That it could broaden my range and understanding of cultures that differ from my own.
It was night, the air thick with nerves and the arena filled with screaming fans, the announcer, in his deep voice, "is the Corp ready?" The drum major turned and gave his final solute of the season, and there was no turning back from there. It was DCI finals, and after spending two months eating, sleeping, practicing and learning together, this was our final performance. The feeling of anticipation was almost too much to bear, along with knowledge that I, that we, were going to be apart of something that dynamic and monumental. The sounds of the drums and horns were incredible, the way the conductor guided them along, creating sounds that could move you to tears and send chills down your back. Each individual person was essential, no one person more important then the other, everyone depending on each other, everyone in unison. The rush was unbelievable and the performance was something no one would or ever could forget. Despite our differences in education, ethnicity, and hometowns, nothing else mattered than those eight minutes of music.
My involvement in Drum Corps and music has always connected me to many different people, and this is something that I hope to continue in college. My experiences have led me to a vibrant assortment of places, from the hot, dry fields of Texas to the calming serene sights of Canada. These adventures have allowed me to meet different people, appreciate different views, and enjoy the company of people who bring new perspectives to old ideas. This knowledge can help me to benefit the Rutgers community by exposing others to the ideas I have been lucky enough to heed.
A band cannot play together without all the different horns, drums, and other instruments. Without the different instruments the sound would be boring and unchanging. It is like the life, without different people with unique backgrounds life would be boring. However because that is not the case life, is interesting, and ideas flood from the tongues of people like the notes pour out of a horn.
I have always been a fan of the Rutgers marching band, sitting in the stands at football games in awe of their awesome sound. The ability to energize and motivate an entire stadium of people using music is an amazing feet, one that I know the Rutgers marching band has done many a time. Some of my best friends are members, and it all goes back to drum corps, which in the end has brought me closer to Rutgers.
My hope is that Rutgers can provide a symphony of ideas and sounds ive never known. That it could broaden my range and understanding of cultures that differ from my own.
