College application essays don’t have to be a drag – and these schools prove it. They’ve created some of the most outlandish‚ thought-provoking and original essay questions out there. Here are the 15 schools that think outside the box‚ when it comes to admissions essay‚ with some examples of our favorite questions they’re asking on The Common Application this year. Now‚ it’s up to you to impress admissions officers with a response that measures up. Amongst the schools with the most create
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Abdiaziz Weheliye Ms. Shands English 5c 12 Feb. 2013 Essay Youth and anti-violence activist Andre Mitchell states‚ “We in the movement have been talking about gun violence- as a health issue‚ not a public safety issue--for a long time.” Gun violence is never the answer to anything. Gun violence is caused by many things for example bullying‚ the media and the availability of guns show how easy it is to get a gun these days. Nick Gillespie‚ the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine‚ is a writer
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at the same time. He had no common sense‚ and he had no business going into Alaska with his Romantic silliness. He made a lot of mistakes based on ignorance. I don’t admire him at all for his courage nor his noble ideas. Really i think he was plain crazy‚” I strongly agree with Callarman’s statement because he did not consider the consequences of his actions before doing them. McCandless was logical when it came to passing classes‚ studying‚ and getting good grades‚ and the way he tried to figure out
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Crazy Horse (Curly) was definitely a hero not only to his tribe but to many other people. Crazy Horse was groomed according to tribal customs. At this time‚ the Sioux prided themselves on the training and development of their sons and daughters‚ and they did not overlook a step in that development. Before he was 12‚ Curly had killed a buffalo and received his own horse. He witnessed the shooting of an old Sioux chief‚ Conquering Bear‚ by white soldiers on the Oregon trail. Seeing this dying chief
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successful 25% of the time it is used; although its rarity‚ the legal court has very detailed rules. Most rules describe not guilty by reason of insanity as not being aware of what you were doing in that exact moment. Adam Banner suggests that the Eddie Routh case had an accurate ruling of guilty because of his claim that‚ “...the disposition is ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’. It is not ‘not guilty by reason of mental illness’‚”. Only Mental Health America would disagree‚ stating‚ “The Court has
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My thesis for my character is the Hamlet isn’t crazy. Like most of the characters in this book think he is‚ I think that he’s not crazy because he says in the book‚” I must start my mad act again”. He pretends throughout the whole act to be mad because he is mourning his father’s death and his mothers fast marriage‚ which lead to him not being king of Denmark. Hamlet acts crazy because he is the only one mourning his father’s death. Hamlet figures out who has murdered him and at a play‚ he reenacts
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25. Fraud is an intentional act involving the use of deception that results in a material misstatement of the financial statements. The two types of misstatements that are relevant to auditors are: The misstatement arising from misappropriation- this occurs when someone steals or misuses an organizations assets. Perpetrators are usually employees and occur when they gain access to cash or cash disbursement accounts and can manipulate them. Misstatement arising from fraudulent financial reporting-
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English is a Crazy Language (An Opinionated Reflection) English is indeed the most popular and the most used language in the world. There are some countries like in Japan; not sure but Japanese people don’t actually require speaking English. For me‚ it’s the reason for their unreachable success. With their Japanese to Japanese language speaking‚ they can understand each other very clear. I think‚ it is one of the major problems here in the Philippines wherein we are doing Filipino to English
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lesson that is given in the movie and a lesson from the book. This is an essay that will speak words of wisdom that shares important lessons to be learned. In the story one lesson that was taught to the main character Eddie is that sacrifice is a part of life. In the book itself Eddie sacrificed himself on many different occasions. He sacrificed himself when he juggled to save his captain and his fellow war fighters from the enemy in their POW camp. He also sacrificed himself in the last seconds of
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"I’m Not Crazy...I’m Allergic!" - An Interview With Author Sherilyn Powers Imagine waking up one day to discover that the crushing depression you’ve lived with for decades is actually a symptom of allergies? The relative of author Sherilyn Powers didn’t have to imagine. This was her life. After 50 years of taking various prescription drugs to manage her "depression"‚ she found out she wasn’t crazy‚ but allergic. In this interview‚ Sherilyn Powers discusses her new non-fiction book‚ her "hot-button"
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