College Essay Excerpts by Tara Xanthopoulos https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3 Step 1: Select a chunk of text from your current College Essay draft (a few sentences!) to share with your peers on Padlet. Step 2: Read through the excerpts of your peers. Select two to comment on. en-us 2020-11-13 18:55:20 UTC 2025-12-01 18:41:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3eb.png https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642813423 Doctors would soon hypothesize I had a seizure.
Seizure? I thought, hesitant.
… I hardly know ‘er.
]]> 2023-07-11 15:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642813423 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814368 Now lean back and feel yourself slowly drifting into sleep. 
Wait, you’re falling asleep too fast! Wake up!
BAM! You stare up at your bedroom ceiling, eyes painfully wide.
Were you dying? You feel the adrenaline pumping into your heart, let’s try that again.
]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814368 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814407 I didn’t think that this would be something I needed. I thought that being out of my comfort zone meant that I was in danger. I felt like I was in a warzone. The battlefield was my mind. The bullets shooting back and forth were my thoughts. And I was caught in between this ongoing rapid fire.]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814407 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814424 Cancer saved my life. Funny, right? You would typically expect a life deteriorating disease to steal your life rather than rescue it. ]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814424 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814496 I wanted to know why we felt and did things. I wanted to know why animals did the same or different things as humans. Going to the zoo as a child and observing animals helped enhance my interest in the very large world of biology. 

]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814496 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814525  It is important to analyze how a group of individuals think to form acquaintances and avoid future conflict. However as the world continues to change, and problems begin to arise, society tends to have their lens on the outcome of a conflict rather than analyzing how it started, and preventing anything like it from happening in the future.


]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814525 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814570 My youth died that day but with time I became reborn and will try my hardest to make this second life count. ]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814570 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814800 When I moved to Harrison NY it was a huge cultural change and big difference with the education change.]]> 2023-07-11 15:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814800 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814847 The fragile ladder shook below me as I firmly held on to the branch. My hands quivered as I reached as far as I could to grab the small, round fig at the top of the tree. ]]> 2023-07-11 15:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642814847 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642815047 Spring, flowers blooming and the sun returning to blind people with its bright rays. Life goes on and gets better, and although I still have those nights where life gets too much, there’s also nights that serve as reminders about why I’m still here. Being with friends and family, and looking forward to college. Spring blooming into opportunities to distract me from Winter.

]]> 2023-07-11 15:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642815047 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642816144 Music is the ultimate form of expression. This statement may not be true for everyone, as not everyone necessarily enjoys listening to or playing music. When I was younger, I used to consider myself part of this group, as I felt music just wasn’t for me. But over the years, I’ve deepened my relationship with music, starting by listening to music more and branching out, playing more, and most recently, trying to understand how it’s made.]]> 2023-07-11 15:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642816144 What hurt me the most was that the center person who bullied me was the one who I had helped. https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642816378 2023-07-11 15:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642816378 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642818650 Costco is a modern day labyrinth. I was the minotaur, continuously walking through the aisles that start to repeat, destined to wander throughout the seemingly never ending maze.]]> 2023-07-11 16:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642818650 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642820643  The irony is not lost on me that the comment on my walk convinced me to run. ]]> 2023-07-11 16:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642820643 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642822247 When I build legos I truly feel like I am in a different space. Nothing matters more to me than completing and understanding the design techniques in the set. A state of focus and relaxation absorbs me as I dive in.]]> 2023-07-11 16:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642822247 https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642825960 The two athletes that inspired me most are Tyson Gay, and Usain Bolt. Track and field taught me how to keep going when things get difficult. I have had coaches and teammates that encouraged me to keep training.]]> 2023-07-11 16:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/xanthopoulost1/c4cd7h4f99ss2be3/wish/2642825960