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I originally thought it was good.
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After learning about the existence of Symbolic Systems, it became my first choice (20210703).
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I became my second choice because I was a little scared of the “sunny personality” (202110).
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Required Elements
- Holistic Admission: Stanford University
- Intellectual Vitality
- It seems like I should describe the thinker aspect.
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Stanford’s Unique Short Essay (100-250 words)
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The Stanford community is deeply curious and driven to learn in and out of the classroom. Reflect on an idea or experience that makes you genuinely excited about learning.
- Essay History EE Proposal seems good.
- Essay Unprecedented Case is also a good choice.
- It’s about gaining new knowledge and expanding your thinking through creation (=learning).
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Virtually all of Stanford’s undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate—and us—get to know you better.
- I really don’t understand this one.
- It’s similar to Fun Fact About Me in terms of direction.
- Stanford Roommate Essay
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Tell us about something that is meaningful to you, and why?
- This is quite a wildcard.
- I could use Essay History EE Proposal here.
- Generalize it to a cross-disciplinary and Ways of Knowing-like aspect.
- This has a sense of Ways, so it’s good.
- It might be a good idea to include Essay World of Fog Proposal if it reaches a satisfactory quality.
- Unused ideas
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Short Questions (3-50 words)
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Rather than asking for feedback and improvement, it seems like I should brainstorm as much as possible.
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What is the most significant challenge that society faces today?*
- I wonder how much “I” should be involved in this.
- It’s probably about expressing oneself through subjective evaluation of significance.
- List some ideas:
- Division
- Digital Divide
- Divide between fields?
- Over-specialization problem
- Quiet Result Respecting Expertise in Other Fields
- Is this quite relevant?
- National borders?
- Sustainability of information
- Division
- This seems like a place to show Tendency to Think about High-level Things (blu3mo).
- I want to talk about something like [fladdict]
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How did you spend your last two summers?*
- 2020: Mito, Tatsujin, related studies
- 2021: gkadc/CCC, IB studies
- I see, if I didn’t do anything in the summer of 2021, I would have nothing to write about.
- How should I provide different information from CommonApp Activities?
- Show the connection between Mito and CCC
- Something like “I was involved in creating both”
- I want to create interest from the contrast between technology that can’t be distinguished from magic and demystifying technology.
- If possible, I want to show my contribution to the CCC community as well.
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What historical moment or event do you wish you could have witnessed?*
- Something like the Dawn of the Internet?
- Technological developments during wartime
- Tokyo Olympics 1964
- Is this limited to the past?
- Apollo
- People-oriented
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Briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities, a job you hold, or responsibilities you have for your family.*
- Maybe Mito
- But should I mention it in the previous question as well?
- I’ll decide on this later, or maybe World of Fog?
- Possible options:
- GKADC
- Dojo
- Tatsujin
- Edmodo
- man10
- Maybe Mito
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Name one thing you are looking forward to experiencing at Stanford.*
- SymSys or Ways
- Since I’m indicating my major, Ways seems better
- SymSys or Ways
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