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Share your full name, any nicknames, and the stories behind them. If your name has a meaning, a history, or a pronunciation that matters to you, tell us. Include what you'd like to be called in professional contexts—and if there's a name only your closest people use, share that too if you'd like. (This field is required.)

What are your biggest dreams and ambitions? This isn't about a single job title—it's about the kind of life you want to build, the problems you want to solve, and the mark you hope to leave. Think big, and don't be afraid to be specific or unconventional. (This field is optional.)

What ignites your curiosity and drives you forward? This could be a book that changed how you see the world, a conversation that reshaped your thinking, a place that moved you, a field of study you can't stop reading about, or an everyday experience that cracked something open in you. (This field is optional.)

Share the moments and turning points that have shaped who you are. These might be adventures, encounters with remarkable people, times you stepped far outside your comfort zone, or quieter moments that changed everything. What would you want someone to know if they were trying to understand your story? (This field is optional.)

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Do you have a phrase, principle, or philosophy you try to live by? It could be something someone told you, something you've arrived at through experience, or something you're still working to embody. Explain why it matters to you and how it shows up in your daily life. (This field is optional.)

Share a quote that speaks to you—from a book, song, film, speech, poem, or conversation. Who said or wrote it, and why does it resonate? Has it changed how you act, think, or see the world? (This field is optional.)

Whom do you admire, and why? Heroes can be famous figures, historical icons, people you know personally, or even fictional characters. What qualities do they embody that you aspire to? Tell us what you see in them that you're still working to find in yourself. (This field is optional.)

When you imagine the world ten, twenty, or fifty years from now, what do you hope to see? What changes do you want to be part of? This is your chance to share your vision for a better future and your role in building it. (This field is optional.)

What kinds of work, projects, or efforts do you believe are genuinely worth pursuing right now? It could be a product, a nonprofit, an awareness campaign, a piece of art, a conversation no one is having — anything. What do you think the world needs more of, and why does that judgment feel right to you? (This field is optional.)

Tell us about a time you kept going when things got hard. What did you face, what kept you pushing forward, and what did you learn about yourself? Grit doesn't have to mean dramatic struggle—sometimes it's the quiet daily work of showing up when you'd rather not. (This field is optional.)

Share a challenge you've faced and how you've worked through it. It could be personal, academic, physical, emotional, or circumstantial. What did you learn about yourself, and how has it shaped who you are today? Share only what you're comfortable with—this is your story to tell. (This field is optional.)

How do you lead? This isn't limited to titles or positions—leadership can mean organizing friends, standing up for something, stepping in when no one else will, mentoring someone, or setting a tone through your own example. Share a specific moment or an ongoing way you lead. (This field is optional.)

What do you care most deeply about? Your values are revealed in how you spend your time, where you draw your lines, and what you'd defend even when it's costly. Share three to five values and say what each one actually looks like in how you live—not just what it means in the abstract. (This field is optional.)

What are you grateful for? Tell us about the people, experiences, opportunities, and everyday things that have shaped your life. Specific gratitude—for a teacher who believed in you, a quiet morning, a grandparent's wisdom—reveals more than a general thank-you. (This field is optional.)

What communities do you belong to, and how do you show up in them? This might be your family, school, team, neighborhood, faith community, online community, or a group bound by shared interests. How do you contribute, and what has being part of something bigger taught you? (This field is optional.)

What are you most proud of, and why? The answer might surprise you—often our proudest moments aren't the ones with trophies attached. Share the moments where you showed who you truly are, even if no one was watching. (This field is optional.)

What are you genuinely, almost embarrassingly curious about? Not what you're studying or what looks useful — the thing you find yourself reading about at midnight for no practical reason. What subjects, questions, or ideas pull you in, and where have they taken you? (This field is optional.)

Share something you recently learned that fascinated you—a fact, concept, idea, story, or skill. Where did you learn it, why did it grab you, and where has your curiosity taken you since? (This field is optional.)

What's a question you keep returning to even though you don't have a good answer? Rilke urged a young poet to "live the questions themselves"—so tell us about the one that lives in you. What is it, and why won't it leave you alone? (This field is optional.)

When something catches your interest, what do you actually do? Do you go down Wikipedia rabbit holes, find a podcast, call someone who'd know, buy a book, sign up for a class, start a project? Describe your curiosity style — how you chase the things that fascinate you. (This field is optional.)

What makes your home feel like home? Describe the place, the people, and the feeling. What's the vibe on a typical evening? What would visitors notice first? (No need to share your address—focus on the feeling and texture of home, not the location.) (This field is optional.)

Describe your neighborhood. What's the landscape, the architecture, the character of the people? What's the corner store, the park, the view from your window, or the route you walk most often? What makes your neighborhood feel like yours? (This field is optional.)

Who are the people who make up your inner circle? Family, chosen family, close friends, neighbors, mentors—who shapes your daily life, and what do they mean to you? Tell us about the relationships that anchor you. (This field is optional.)

What traditions does your family keep? Think holidays, weekly rituals, birthdays, foods made only on certain occasions, stories told and retold, or quirky practices that are uniquely yours. How did these traditions begin, and what do they mean to you now? (This field is optional.)

What do you do to contribute to your household? This might be cooking dinner on Wednesdays, walking the dog, babysitting younger siblings, yard work, or caring for a family member. Share what you do and what you've learned from the responsibility. (This field is optional.)

Get sensory. What does home sound like—the creak of a certain stair, your dad's laugh, the whistle of a kettle? What does it smell like—Sunday sauce, fresh laundry, pine needles, rain on the porch? What does it feel like under your feet, in your hands, against your skin? Paint a picture for us. (This field is optional.)

Tell us about the animals in your life—past or present. What are their names, personalities, quirks, and stories? What do they mean to you? If you don't have pets but have loved one deeply—a friend's dog, a barn cat, a classroom rabbit—that counts too. (This field is optional.)

Describe the space that's most yours. What's on the walls, the shelves, the desk? What's the lighting like, what's the clutter situation, what's the one item you'd grab first in an emergency? What does your space say about you that you wouldn't say out loud? (This field is optional.)

Describe a perfect day from waking to sleeping. Where are you, who's with you, what are you doing, eating, seeing, feeling? Get specific—the weather, the soundtrack, the small moments. This paints a vivid picture of what you genuinely value. (This field is optional.)

How do you start and end your days? Walk us through your morning and evening—the coffee order, the playlist, the stretches, the gratitude list, the skincare routine, the book before bed. These bookend rituals often reveal who we are when no one is watching. (This field is optional.)

What are the small, regular practices that keep you feeling like yourself? Journaling, running, prayer, meditation, reading before bed, calling your grandmother on Sundays? Share the habits that ground you and why they matter. (This field is optional.)

How do you refill your tank when you're running on empty? Long walks, cold plunges, afternoon naps, calls with a friend, solo drives, sketching, a specific album on repeat? Share your real recharge practices—not what sounds impressive, but what actually works. (This field is optional.)

What's your relationship with food? Do you cook, and if so, what do you make? Are there dishes you've learned from a grandparent or invented yourself? What's your go-to meal, your most ambitious attempt, or the food that reminds you most powerfully of a specific place or time? (This field is optional.)

What do you eat when you need comfort? This might be a grandmother's specific recipe, midnight cereal, instant ramen done a particular way, or the exact sandwich from the corner deli. Share what it is, when you reach for it, and why it hits the spot every time. (This field is optional.)

Where have you lived? Share the cities, towns, neighborhoods, or countries that have shaped you. What was each place like, and how did living there change you—your pace, your palate, your sense of what's possible? (This field is optional.)

Where have you been? Share the trips that stand out—not necessarily the most exotic, but the most meaningful. What made each place memorable, and what did you bring home from it that you couldn't have predicted you'd take? (This field is optional.)

Where do you dream of going? Share the places at the top of your list and why they call to you. What do you hope to see, eat, learn, or experience when you finally get there—and what's kept you from going yet? (This field is optional.)

What can you do? Go beyond the obvious. Include technical skills (coding, welding, photography), people skills (mediation, public speaking, making strangers feel welcome), physical skills (juggling, knife work, parallel parking), and quirky talents (mimicking accents, remembering phone numbers, a perfect pie crust). All of it counts. (This field is optional.)

What are you working on, or what would you love to learn? This could be a language you're starting, an instrument you want to pick up, a sport you'd like to try, a skill you're practicing daily, or something you've always been curious about but haven't pursued yet. (This field is optional.)

What languages do you speak, read, or understand? For each, tell us your proficiency level (fluent, conversational, learning), how you came to know it, and what it's opened up for you. Heritage languages, sign language, classical languages, programming languages—share what shapes how you communicate and think. (This field is optional.)

Have you navigated workplaces, classrooms, or communities across cultures? Translated between languages or contexts? Adapted to an entirely new system from scratch? These are real, valuable skills—share what you've developed and what it's taken. (This field is optional.)

Tell us about your academic life. Where do you study, what are you focused on, and what lights you up intellectually? Share your favorite subjects, memorable classes, and work you're proud of—papers, projects, labs, or builds. (This field is optional.)

Share the recognitions you've received—academic, athletic, artistic, civic, or otherwise. List them, but also share the story behind the ones that matter most. What did the recognition represent for you, beyond the award itself? (This field is optional.)

What work have you done? Include internships, part-time jobs, summer jobs, research positions, volunteer roles, or your own entrepreneurial ventures. What did you do, what did you learn, and what was memorable—for better or worse? (This field is optional.)

Pick one or two projects—academic, professional, creative, community, or personal—to go deep on. What were you building or solving, what was your specific role, what did you learn, and what would you do differently if you started over? (This field is optional.)

What do you bring to a team that not everyone does? Think beyond technical skills—your work ethic, the way you approach problems, your perspective, the way you handle conflict or ambiguity. Specific examples land better than adjectives. (This field is optional.)

Beyond a paycheck, what do you want your work to give you? Purpose, creativity, impact, community, autonomy, challenge, the chance to keep learning? Share what you're really looking for—not the answer that sounds good, but the honest one. (This field is optional.)

What change do you want to create through your work? Whose lives do you want to affect, what problems do you want to solve, and what difference do you want your efforts to add up to? Think big and be specific—broad and specific aren't mutually exclusive. (This field is optional.)

What kind of role are you looking for, and what kind of work do you want to be doing in the next one to three years? Be specific about the industries, functions, or types of organizations that excite you—and what you'd bring to them. (This field is optional.)

What kind of culture, mission, or working environment helps you do your best work? What values matter most to you in an employer—and have you seen them in practice anywhere you've worked or studied? (This field is optional.)

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Link to your portfolio, GitHub, design work, writing samples, research, or anything else that shows what you can do. No formal portfolio? Link to whatever you've got—a shared doc, a repo, a published piece, a project write-up. (This field is optional.)

Share your LinkedIn, personal website, professional social accounts, or any other places someone could learn more about your work. (This field is optional.)

Are you open to coffee chats, mentorship, job leads, collaboration, or just a hello? Let people know how they can reach out and what you're hoping to find. This turns a static profile into a living invitation. (This field is optional.)

What sports or athletic activities do you participate in? Share how long you've been doing them, the level you play at, and what they mean to you beyond the game itself. Include both organized and casual sports. (This field is optional.)

Tell us about the teams you're part of—school, club, community, or informal. Who are your teammates, what's the team culture, and what have you learned from being part of something bigger than yourself? (This field is optional.)

What draws you to your sport or physical practice? Is it the competition, the discipline, the community, the meditative quality of repetition, the feeling of your body doing something hard? Share the deeper why behind your athletic life. (This field is optional.)

What's your routine before a big game, competition, or hard training session? A specific meal, playlist, warm-up, pep talk, superstition? Walk us through how you get ready—body and mind. (This field is optional.)

Who are the coaches—formal or informal—who've shaped you as an athlete and as a person? What did they teach you, and what do you carry forward from your time with them? (This field is optional.)

Share your athletic accomplishments—records, titles, rankings, personal bests, memorable games, breakthrough moments. Include both the big wins and the quieter milestones that meant more than any trophy. (This field is optional.)

What do you do to move your body outside of organized sports? Hiking, climbing, surfing, dancing, gardening, skateboarding, yoga, long walks with your headphones in? Share what you love and why it matters to you. (This field is optional.)

What sports do you follow as a fan? Share your teams, your favorite athletes, the rivalries you care about, and the sports moments you'll never forget. Bonus points for a team loyalty that defies easy explanation. (This field is optional.)

What clubs, organizations, and activities are you part of outside of class? Share your roles, what you contribute, and what you've gotten out of each one. Go beyond the list—tell us why each one matters to you and what you'd miss most if it disappeared. (This field is optional.)

How do you show up for other people? This could be formal volunteering, tutoring, mentoring younger students, caretaking for family, or simply being the friend everyone calls when things fall apart. Share how you help and what you've learned from it. (This field is optional.)

Do you write? Share what and how—poems, essays, fiction, journalism, songs, screenplays, Substack posts, private journals. What are you working on, what have you finished, and what does writing give you that nothing else does? (This field is optional.)

Discuss your visual work—drawings, paintings, sculpture, digital art, photography, whatever you make. What mediums do you work in, what do you like to capture or create, and what's your current project or series? (This field is optional.)

Do you make music? (Later in this form, we have a section, “My Favorite Music“ for music you listen to). Tell us about the instruments you play, the songs you've written, the bands you're in, or the productions you've made. Include your influences, your style, and what music-making gives you that simply listening doesn't. (This field is optional.)

What other creative work do you do? This might include cooking, fashion design, woodworking, filmmaking, knitting, theater, dance, jewelry making, tattoo design, or something entirely your own. Share what you make, why you make it, and what you'd make if you had unlimited time and resources (Elsewhere in this form, you can provide a link to your music online). (This field is optional.)

What books have shaped you? Share titles, authors, and why they matter. Include the one you reread, the one that made you cry on a plane, the one you push on everyone you meet, and the author whose entire catalog you've worked your way through (Elsewhere in this form, you can provide a link to your page on GoodReads). (This field is optional.)

Whose visual art moves you? Painters, sculptors, photographers, illustrators, street artists, digital artists—share who you love and why. Bonus points for telling us about a specific piece you could look at forever. (This field is optional.)

What architects and buildings move you? They could be historic or contemporary. Share what you love and why. Bonus points for telling us about a specific building you especially love. (This field is optional.)

(This question is about music you listen to. We have a question above about music you make). What's in heavy rotation? Share the artists, albums, songs, and genres that define your musical life. Include your comfort-listen, your high-energy hype music, and the song you'd want playing at a defining moment in your life. (This field is optional.)

What films do you return to? Share the ones you quote constantly, the ones that changed you, the ones only you seem to love, and the ones you make everyone watch. You might also include directors whose work you actively follow. (This field is optional.)

What shows do you love? Share the current shows, the comfort rewatches, the prestige dramas, the reality guilty pleasures, the animated series you've never outgrown. What draws you to each one—and what does your taste in TV say about you? (This field is optional.)

What do you listen to? Share the podcasts that entertain you, teach you, or keep you company—news, history, comedy, interviews, niche deep-dives. What's your most-recommended episode, and who would you recommend it to? (This field is optional.)

Where do you spend time online, and what do you love about it? Share the platforms, the creators you follow, the communities you're part of, and the kinds of content that actually bring you joy or expand your world. Also fair: sharing what you've deliberately stepped away from and why. (This field is optional.)

Do you play games? Share what—video games, board games, card games, tabletop RPGs, chess, Go. What are your favorites, who do you play with, and what do games give you? If you design, mod, or speedrun, tell us about that too. (This field is optional.)

What else entertains you that doesn't fit the categories above? Live theater, standup comedy, YouTube rabbit holes, Reddit communities, social media influencers, magic shows, escape rooms—whatever you love, share it here. (This field is optional.)

Other Things I Want to Mention

Is there anything else you want people to know about you? Something unusual, something important, something you're still figuring out, something that doesn't fit anywhere else—this is your space. Consider it the last page of a letter you're writing to someone you'd really like to meet. (This field is optional.)

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My Sustainable Lifestyle

How is your lifestyle making a difference? Do you carpool or ride your bike to school? Avoid plastic bags, straws, and disposable water bottles? Recycle? Minimize your carbon footprint? Etc.? Discuss why you do these things. (This field is optional)

My Volunteering and Community Service

For the greatest impact, we suggest that you include the organizations, what ou did there, when you participated, what attracted you to the cause or organizations, and what you learned or gained from the experience.

My Fundraising Activities

For the greatest impact, we suggest that you include the organizations, what you did there, when you participated, what attracted you to the cause or organizations, and what you learned or gained from the experience. 

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This section lets you identify your:

• Social Fraternities
• Social Sororities
• Professional Fraternities and Associations
• Honor Societies
• Other National Organizations

You can display a total of 16 of these national student organizations on your profile page. You can also display local organizations below.

Greek Life

Professional Fraternities, Associations, and Honor Societies

Please enter only the full name of the organization.

Not just abbreviations, and nothing like "Not Applicable" or "NA" or "None."

Other U.S. National Organizations

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