Personal Statement
Please include a personal statement about why you are applying and what you feel you can contribute to the program. Your statement should be a minimum of 500 words and include the following information: Why would you like to attend this Oxbridge program? Please tell us about your academic and extracurricular interests. Be sure to include your current, unweighted grade point average (GPA) or your school's equivalent. What interests you about the Major and/or Minor/Workshop courses you intend to pursue? What do you feel you will contribute to the program? Feel free to share any additional details that you feel may help our Admissions Team understand why you are a good fit for this program.

so can someone help me cause I'm not sure how to write this on a way that is convincing​

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When I saw Gatz, John Collin's eight-hour interpretation of The Great Gatsby, I noticed that Fitzgerald changes the color of Daisy's hair every time he describes it. It is "like a dash of blue paint", "yellowy" like her daughters, and then "dark, shining". Perhaps Fitzgerald believed that Daisy, a character so transient that her love fluctuates from one man to another within a page, was too contradictory, too whimsical to retain a fixed appearance. For Gatsby, she is a dream, an ideal guaranteed to disappoint and as our view of her changes so does her hair. It is small details, a single word that changes the meaning of a passage, which make me love English Literature. In An Irish Airman Foresees His Death Yeats writes "I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above" and then later "a lonely impulse of delight drove to this tumult in the clouds". The pilot, who had been looking up at the clouds that are "above" him, is suddenly "in" them and we get a powerful sense of his ascent with only the use of two prepositions.

Podcasts of lectures given by Helen Vendler on poems such as Sailing to Byzantium and Among School Children inspired my interest in Yeats but the Romanticism that was so influential in his earlier work also fascinates me. In She Walks in Beauty Byron describes the light that "one ray the less" would have destroyed the grace that effuses both the trees and the face in his poem. I love the idea that the woman is made beautiful by light - that nature has the power to "mellow" a face or "solemnize" the mind as Shelley writes in Frankenstein. I also became interested in the lives of the Romantics after watching the plays Bloody Poetry, Mary Shelley, and the film Bright Star.

It was through Bright Star that I discovered my favorite poem Ode To A Nightingale - the sense of "drowsy numbness" allows us "to dissolve", like the narrator, and travel "through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways" until we are "upon the midnight" with the nightingale. The same sense of "dreamy divagation" is present in The Moose by Elizabeth Bishop and in both cases after being lulled by the gentle progression of the poem we are quickly awakened: Bishop "stops with a jolt" and Keats asks "do I wake or sleep?" I am looking forward to comparing literature in this way on a university course.

Attending my school's feminist society has inspired me to question the portrayals of women in literature. King Lear blames his wife for the wickedness of his daughters, Austen's Lizzy flaunts convention so successfully that she attracts a millionaire and marries him, Bella is referred to as "the lovely woman" throughout Our Mutual Friend, and Sonya is dismissed as a "sterile flower" when Nikolai abandons her in War and Peace. I am currently reading Middlemarch, which with Eliot's realistic heroines and flawed male characters, seems indicative of a radical change in the way in which women were being viewed both in literature and outside of it.

I have been strengthening my analytical skills with the creation of a blog in which I review the books I have recently read, such as Catch 22, A Picture of Dorian Grey, and The View from Castle Rock. This was especially beneficial when participating in an exhibition at the British Museum. I was part of a project in which we were asked to respond, through descriptions and sketches, to the construction of a new northwest wing of the gallery. I am interested in combining English and Art further and so would like to spend a year doing an art foundation before returning to academic study. Volunteering in the SEN department of my school has also had a profound effect on the way I view English Literature; many of the teenagers I work with find reading challenging and often struggle to express their opinions. By reading and discussing novels with them I realize that I am only just beginning to appreciate English Literature and am excited about expanding my knowledge on a university course.

what is the sister of Elsa in Frozen?​

In a paragraph, explain the importance of teamwork and why it is necessary for accomplishing goals.

In the context of the text, what makes a hero. Can luck be a factor? In the story luck

How do the descriptions of nature contribute to the meaning of the poem? Is the
comparison of hope to a bird effective? Why or why not? (minimum of two
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Part A


Read the sentence from Sarah, Plain and Tall.


"A squall!" he yelled to us.


What is the meaning of the word squall?



a storm


a loud noise


a rush of water


a shadow

what does inagurates mean

summarize this 5 paragraphs
please write the summary for each paragraph
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what evidence do we see in chapter 16 of into the wild that krakaur has developed the theme of the legacy of the father on the son

(d) Using the verb in brackets, form a phrasal verb to replace the underlined word (i) The workers felt that the management despised them (look)​

why does Vivien say that she is “a savage” in King Arthur's Socks: A Comedy in One Act? She understands that her friend does not condone smoking. She acknowledges her disinterest in domestic chores. She believes that her behavior is less than ladylike. She implies that she is skeptical about the institution of marriage.

For which of the following reasons does the word autobiography mean'a self-written account of a person's life story"? A. Auto-means "write, bio means "life, and graph means 'story." B. Auto-means "drive," bio means "self, and graph means "book." C. Auto-means story, bio means person, and graph means "paper." O D. Auto-means 'self," bio means "life,' and graph means "write."​

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here's my essay:

More teens are using E-cigarettes.
Teen's mental health is getting worse due to E-cigarettes. Each year a large number of teens get intrigued by vapes. This issue is essential because E-cigarettes are the central causes of mysterious lung diseases, organ damage, and addiction. Supporters argue that the government should put more regulations on the vaping industry as it is a danger to our health and opponents argue that strictly regulating the industry infringes on their rights.
One reason the government should regulate vaping is that it can be addictive among the young age group. The article “Vaping and E-cigarettes”, shows evidence of why vaping is harmful to teens. The article mentions a report by Surgeon Luther Terry. He states, “ smoking lowered life expectancy and was a chief cause of lung cancer and other diseases”. This statement by Terry gives a clear reason why the government should regulate E-cigarettes. They can be life-threatening and cause incurable diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer's. Additionally, a CDC announcement was made in 2019, stating that more than 2,600 people have been sickened, and at least 60 killed, since the epidemic of vaping-related lung illnesses. Smoking, the CDC states, is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Additional studies found smokers to be twice as likely as nonsmokers to suffer a stroke or to develop heart disease, and 10 times more likely to die of chronic obstructive lung disease. About 480,000 Americans die each year as a result of smoking-related illnesses. A September 2018 study, published by Tobacco Control estimated, based on data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission that
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vaping devices caused more than 2,000 explosions and burn injuries in the United States from 2015 to 2017. E-cigarettes are powered with batteries that can overheat if not properly handled or well stored, and could lead to severe injuries or even death. Due to the unsafe and life-threatening conditions of vaping, the government should regulate vaping, to prevent these issues from occurring. Vapes contain addictive chemicals like food flavors, tobacco, and nicotine. The chemicals they include in the vapes are addictive, poisoning, and can harm the developing brain. King James, an English monarch, denounced smoking in 1604, calling it "loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs,". The popularity of cigarettes in the United States grew unsteadily over the next few decades. Despite its popularity and health consequences. E-cigarettes were also found to be harmful to our environment. A study from Truth Initiative estimates that More than half (51%) of young e-cigarette users reported disposing of used e-cigarette pods or empty disposables in the trash, 17% in a regular recycling bin not designed for e-cigarette waste, and 10% reported they simply throw them on the ground, according to Truth Initiative research conducted in 2020. In another study by the Truth initiative in 2019, almost half (46.9%) of e-cigarette device owners said that the e-cigarette devices they used currently did not provide any disposal information, such as where to send used batteries or empty pods. E-cigarette manufacturers do not provide their consumers with guidance on how to properly dispose of their devices. E-cigarette manufacturers take advantage of young consumers through media, education, and even news. According to NBC News, some e-cigarette sellers have offered scholarships by asking students to write essays regarding the potential benefits of vaping, some with age restrictions. Dam Goldstein, director of Tobacco Intervention Programs at UNC-Chapel Hill, explains in an interview that “essays that require kids to write about potential positive health benefits, from their perspective as kids, really is manipulating kids in ways that are disingenuous.”. These scholarships directly target young people that are willing to get a scholarship. E-cigarette manufacturers also use the internet to spread their marketing, encouraging young people to consume their products and influencing their peers to follow their steps.

Young consumers need to be more educated about E-cigarettes as they are a huge problem in our community. The government should regulate the vaping industry to prevent teens from using them. Adding regulations like age limits can prevent lung diseases and addiction. It could provide them with a better future and a healthier mental state.

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Which sentence contains an example cue, a type of context clue to help the reader understa
"frugal"?
O We were very frugal, very careful to save our money and not to spend too much.
O Her frugal lifestyle of clipping coupons and waiting for sales helped her to live better with
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O Our friends spent whatever they earned wastefully, but we were frugal with our salaries.

List 2 ideas Malcolm X did that changed the world

Please Please I really need Help Please.

What can you conclude about the importance of the structure that schools provide in a students life?

Building off previous experiences, choose the traits that you feel are necessary to building healthy relationships

Complete the sentences with the words in the list: when; then; while; as soon as; until

0. When I'm 17, I'm going to university.
1. ______ I'm old enough, I'm going to learn to drive.
2. I'm going to meet the right girl and _____ I'm going to get married.
3 .I'm not going to have children ____ 30.
4. I'm going to work in a restaurant ____ I'm at university.

Why did Grandpa send away Martin's mother
and sister?
They would interrupt the story.
O They are not old enough to hear the story.
O The story is only for Martin to hear.
O Martin doesn't want to share Grandpa's attention.

Which sentence correctly uses who or whom?

I don't know to whom you think you're speaking like that.
I wonder whom is at the door this late at night.
To who are you mailing all those thank you notes to?
Who are you texting to all day and all night?

in what tear did the largest and most permanent invasion of the british isles by angles and saxons, tribe from northwestern europe, take place?

Please help what is the plot of cabaret (the musical or show) and which character is the protagonist and which is the antagonist?

rewrite the following sentences using the instructions given.
2. The ant is more industrious than most other insect.
Begin with: The ant is one
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compare and contrast dependent and independent variables using the venn diagram

which sentence is written in the interrogative mood?
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Maya does practice the violin daily for three hours.
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Does Maya practice the violin daily for three hours?
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Maya practices the violin daily for three hours!
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Maya practices the violin daily for three hours.

Exercise 2 Write con. above each concrete noun and abs. above each abstract noun.
The bakery on the corner sells the best chocolate chip cookies.

how did charles lyell's principles of geology influence darwin? coursehero

In a paragraph of at least three sentences, explain the mood of this excerpt from Little Brother. Provide details from the text to support your answer. We felt it first, that sickening lurch of the cement under your feet that every Californian knows instinctively—*earthquake*. My first inclination, as always, was to get away: "when in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout." But the fact was, we were already in the safest place we could be, not in a building that could fall in on us, not out toward the middle of the road where bits of falling cornice could brain us. Earthquakes are eerily quiet—at first, anyway—but this wasn't quiet. This was loud, an incredible roaring sound that was louder than anything I'd ever heard before. The sound was so punishing it drove me to my knees, and I wasn't the only one. Darryl shook my arm and pointed over the buildings and we saw it then: a huge black cloud rising from the northeast, from the direction of the Bay. (10 points)

According to this letter, what is a key difference between the attack on the president Lincoln and secretary Seward?

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Which piece of textual evidence best supports the inference that the Germans could not lay new cables in the waters of the English Channel?