Each year, we seek out college application essays about money, work or social class. Here are five from writers who are now undergraduates.
Category: Children and Childhood
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‘Miles Walked, Miles Driven’: This Year’s College Essays About Money
The New York Times – Business: -
Overlooked No More: Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers, Creators of a Personality Test
The New York Times – Business:Mother and daughter, they developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which has helped millions of people discover if they are introverts or extroverts or thinkers or feelers.
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The Art of Dividing Up a Marriage
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:It’s impossible to know how you will feel in the aftermath of divorce until you’re experiencing it.
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A Canadian Family Is Seeing the World Before Their Children’s Vision Falters
The New York Times – Travel:A Canadian family is on a yearlong journey across Asia and Africa because three of their four children have an eye condition that causes blindness.