Hey guys back again! Once again for Johns Hopkins with a 250 word limit. 2. Tell us something about yourself or your interests that we wouldn't learn by looking at the rest of your application materials. (While you should still pay attention to sentence structure and grammar, your response is meant as a way for us to get to know you, rather than a formal essay.)
With a hiss and a piercing squeal, the doors snap shut. Eyes wide with fright, my mother frantically scrabbles at the doors separating her from her two sons. Her efforts are all in vain as the train gradually picks up speed and whisks my brother and I away down the tracks. Rolling my eyes, I turn to my brother and ask, "Do you think she's worried because she doesn't know the way home?"
My family has been spending Thanksgiving in London for seven years; serving as the family's navigators, my brother and I are unparalleled masters of "the Tube." Even the most train-savvy Briton's skills are meager in comparison. Yet, our British excursions provide many more experiences than those in metropolitan transportation. Britain is the rush-hour Piccadilly tube of culture, slammed full to the point of overflowing with attractions to satisfy my family's curiosities. Additionally, England's historical culture gives me an advantage in my studies. Trips to Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theater proved invaluable in British Literature when studying Shakespeare's plays as well as his biography. Most importantly, I discovered the history of my own faith, Episcopalianism, in the Anglican church of England and attended service at St. Paul's Cathedral, a familiar service in a spectacular setting.
Though my celebration of the day of American origination and plenty in the motherland might suggest that I am an unpatriotic BBC fanboy, our trips to Britain have made me more aware and appreciative of the culture and history our two nations share.
Please dont hold back on critiques!!! Brutality is appreciated!
London Trips
With a hiss and a piercing squeal, the doors snap shut. Eyes wide with fright, my mother frantically scrabbles at the doors separating her from her two sons. Her efforts are all in vain as the train gradually picks up speed and whisks my brother and I away down the tracks. Rolling my eyes, I turn to my brother and ask, "Do you think she's worried because she doesn't know the way home?"
My family has been spending Thanksgiving in London for seven years; serving as the family's navigators, my brother and I are unparalleled masters of "the Tube." Even the most train-savvy Briton's skills are meager in comparison. Yet, our British excursions provide many more experiences than those in metropolitan transportation. Britain is the rush-hour Piccadilly tube of culture, slammed full to the point of overflowing with attractions to satisfy my family's curiosities. Additionally, England's historical culture gives me an advantage in my studies. Trips to Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theater proved invaluable in British Literature when studying Shakespeare's plays as well as his biography. Most importantly, I discovered the history of my own faith, Episcopalianism, in the Anglican church of England and attended service at St. Paul's Cathedral, a familiar service in a spectacular setting.
Though my celebration of the day of American origination and plenty in the motherland might suggest that I am an unpatriotic BBC fanboy, our trips to Britain have made me more aware and appreciative of the culture and history our two nations share.
Please dont hold back on critiques!!! Brutality is appreciated!
