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The Colonel Chronicle

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Here, you can find a collection of college application essays written by your fellow South students. Beneath each essay, the author has written a reflection, explaining how they came up with their ideas, how many drafts they wrote, and more. We hope you are inspired by the stories of your peers.

William Giannopoulos College Essay

William Giannopoulos College Essay

William Giannopoulos, Contributor May 15, 2025

I can’t remember the exact day the dining room table was transformed into a ping pong table, but what I can tell you is everything changed because of it. The eternal competition between my brothers and...

Leire Cuberes: Airplane Mode

Leire Cuberes: Airplane Mode

Leire Cuberes Barluenga, Opinions Editor May 15, 2025

The engine rumbles beneath me, syncing with my breath as I peer out the window. Looking out, I take in the warm sunset over grassy fields before an eight hour trip will transform it into a slippery blanket...

Taurus Danquah: The Backbone

Taurus Danquah: The Backbone

Taurus Danquah, Contributor May 15, 2025

Playing defense in soccer makes you  a crucial player, yet your contribution in the team is mostly overlooked. Most often, it is  the strikers and midfielders who bask in the spotlight. When you make...

Nehemiah Zoller: Failure to Thrive

Nehemiah Zoller: Failure to Thrive

Nehemiah Zoller, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 8, 2025

I was a very small child. Friends in my grade school classes would often laugh about it, the fact I was short enough to be their kid brother, and they’d call me names like “little guy” or “small...

Lila Tallagnon: Taking a Swing at Something New

Lila Tallagnon: Taking a Swing at Something New

Lila Tallagnon, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 2025

All my life, I have been completely uninterested in sports. While all my friends flourished in youth leagues and charged soccer balls head first in gym class, I sat out. If you had asked me why I shied...

Sarah Jeffers: I Can Go With the Flow

Sarah Jeffers: I Can Go With the Flow

Sarah Jeffers, Editor-in-Chief April 29, 2025

First days of school. Dance competitions. Major surgery. Very different situations, but they all have something in common: they all come with unknown outcomes that can cause stress in one’s life. Anyone...

College Essay: Coming Up Short

College Essay: Coming Up Short

Natalie Boucher, Contributor May 28, 2024

For years, my little sister has been taller than me.   At age 17, I stand at 5’3”, while she, at 15, is 5’11”. Nearly everyone comments on this eight-inch discrepancy—if they realize...

Oliver Chase Norris: Common App Essay

Oliver Chase Norris: Common App Essay

Oliver Chase Norris May 14, 2024

Prompt: Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more? Response:...

Oliver Chase Norris: Hamilton Supplemental Essay

Oliver Chase Norris: Hamilton Supplemental Essay

Oliver Chase Norris May 14, 2024

Hamilton College Supplemental Essay Prompt: We each bring different backgrounds and perspectives, and we teach one another about the world through our individual and shared experiences. How will Hamilton...

Hilary Tran: Growing Through Art

Hilary Tran: Growing Through Art

Hilary Tran, Contributor May 5, 2024

This is a story of my younger self. It begins with a little girl who couldn’t draw hands and symmetrical faces, yet her dream was to become a “great” artist: In City View Elementary School, she...

Denisa Iljas '24.

Denisa Iljas: Pollen is to Bees as Education is to Humans

Denisa Iljas April 29, 2024

"Denisa, vazhdo shkollën" My mom would say this after coming back from work, usually at around 11:30 at night, while we are both awake. Sometimes she would say the English version,"Denisa, go to school,"...

Melissa Truong: Life as a Circus

Melissa Truong: Life as a Circus

Melissa Truong April 29, 2024

The afternoon sun blazed like a spotlight, shining on me like a performer in the circus of my life. I had just wrapped up my demanding school day, rushed through a quick Science Olympiad officer meeting,...

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