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- Application fee, in dollars or denarii
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- Resume
- SAT/ACT score, sent to our office
- DSTOMP score
- Three letters of recommendations from the gods of Olympus, or aligned Titans or Primordials. (Please note, you are not permitted to solicit your parent or legacy ancestor for a recommendation. Any letter which does so will be rejected.)
- High School Transcript, Legion Record Service, or Camp Half-Blood documentation. (Please mail all copies in a sealed envelope, or have them faxed to NRU admissions separately.)
- Respond to one of the following essay prompts. 300-1000 words, English or Classical Latin (Ancient Greek essays will not be accepted. Please follow language specific grammar conventions):
- Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
- Think of a Roman Emperor who you admire. Write about their leadership qualities, and how you embody them and what you will bring to the NRU community because of it.
- Share how your background (legacy, child of a god, mixed legacy, etc..) has shaped you and your contribution to New Rome, what do you hope to do with it at NRU and beyond?
- Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you?
- Prophecies are an enormous part of any demigod’s life. Write about a line of a prophecy that most resonates with you. What was prophesied? How did it end up coming to pass? How does that affect your choices and your goals to come to NRU?
- The seven liberal arts in antiquity consisted of the Quadrivium — astronomy, mathematics, geometry, and music — and the Trivium — rhetoric, grammar, and logic. Describe your own take on the Quadrivium or the Trivium. What do you think is essential for everyone to know?
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Percy Jackson
303 E 83rd St, New York, NY 10028
Mobile: (212)-555-3474 | [email protected]
Education
Alternative High School New York, NY, 20xx-present
GPA: 3.0 ￭ SAT: 1120 ￭ DSTOMP: 179 | Expected Graduation June 20, 20xx
Relevant Coursework: AP Latin, World Mythology, Marine Biology
Goode High School New York, NY, 20xx-20xx
GPA: 2.7
Transferred after Sophomore Year
Experience
Praetor of New Rome Oakland, CA
Military leader June 1st 20xx-June 2nd 20xx
- Brought reinforcements and extra weapons to the Battle of Fortuna; slew Polybotes with assistance from Terminus
Battle of Manhattan (Second Titanomachy) New York, NY
Military leader August 20xx
- Took on Curse of Achilles; led Greek demigod army; assisted planning and winning multiple encounters with invading monster army; defeated Kronos, Hyperion, and the Clazmonian Sow
Second Gigantomachy
Battle of the Parthenon Athens, Greece
Hero August 20xx
- One of Seven specially chosen Heroes selected to join the Olympian Council to defeat the Giants. Worked in cooperation with Lord Poseidon to slay Polybotes a second time while injured.
Battle of Camp Half-Blood Half-Blood Hill, NY
Hero/Rallying Point August 20xx
- Successfully repelled monster invasion, worked with 12th Legion. Allowed others time to defeat Gaia.
Camp counselor, Camp Half-Blood Half-Blood Hill, NY
Cabin 3 leader 20xx-present
- Supervises weapons training, participates in cabin leader committees, provides experiential and emotional support to newly discovered demigods
Quests (bold denotes quest leader)
- Retrieved the Golden Fleece (negative casualties)
- Took initiative when not assigned quest; saved fellow questers from sirens and drowning; freed pegasus and helped him discover his gender identity; demonstrated sailing skills; selflessly gave glory to someone else
- Escorted Apollo to Camp Half-Blood (no casualties)
- Drove LIE while being chased by monsters; entertained twelve year old; put up with Apollo
- Navigated Tartarus (no casualties)
- Used power of love to navigate to heart of tartarus; Sealed the Doors of Death
- Quest beyond the land of the Gods (no casualties)
- Kept boat together with mind from San Francisco to Seattle; drowned undead warriors; drove getaway car; mentored less experienced quester; defeated Phineas by drinking gorgon's blood; retrieved the Legion’s Standard
- Quest for the Staff of Hermes (no casualties)
- Quest for the Sword of Hades (no casualties)
- Cooperated with Son of Hades and Daughter of Zeus despite natural animosity
- Retrieved Zeus’ lightning bolt (no casualties)
- Appointed quest leader one week after arriving at camp; defeated the Furies, Medusa, Echidna, and Procrustes; retrieved scarf of Aphrodite; escaped the Lotus Hotel; did not get killed by Zeus or Hades; fought Ares to a draw; navigated from New York to Los Angeles
- Quest to the Ancient Lands (one casualty)
- Cooperated with Camp Jupiter members Grace, Levesque, Ramirez-Arellano, and Zhang; took responsibility of the Argo II while at sea; teamed up with multiple gods for giant kills; defeated Gaea and her Giant army
- Quest through the Labyrinth (one casualty)
- Defeated Antaeus; cleaned Eurytion’s stables; successfully repelled monster invasion of Camp Half-Blood
- Rescued Artemis from Mt. Othrys (two casualties)
- Defeated Nemean Lion and Nereus; assisted in defeat of Atlas by Artemis
Additional skills
Fluent in Ancient Greek; conversational in Ancient Latin (written and spoken); short sword fighting; battle tactics; sailing (all boats); can communicate with all sea life and horses; served as consultant to both Norse heroes and Egyptian magicians.
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Prophecies are an enormous part of any demigod’s life. Write about a line of a prophecy that most resonates with you. What was prophesied? How did it end up coming to pass? How does that affect your choices and your goals to come to NRU?
I received my first prophecy at age twelve, the summer I first came to Camp Half-Blood. I wasn’t even thirteen yet, and my only experience with prophecies so far had been the twist in the prophecy of Pokémon 2000 , and though I didn’t know it at the time, it turned out to be a very instructive life lesson.
For my first quest, I was sent on a mission to find Zeus’ missing lightning bolt. The Oracle gave me a list of things I would accomplish: go west, find the god who had turned, and find the bolt and return it. The first part of the prophecy was straightforward, but it was the second bit that was hard. It told me that I’d be betrayed by someone I called a friend, and then I’d fail to save what mattered most.
I knew exactly what mattered most. Because my mother had been kidnapped by Hades, and I didn’t really care about my quest, I just wanted to save her. To be told at the beginning that I was destined to fail was a terrible feeling, but I knew it wouldn’t stop me from trying.
And that was how I found out the prophecies aren’t straight forward, just like in the Pokémon movie. Some things aren’t straightforward just because you don’t understand: we incorrectly guessed which god had been turned, and the friend who betrayed me wasn’t even on my radar. But sometimes, they don’t mean what you think. I did fail to save my mom, but that’s because she saved herself. And she likes doing that. She wouldn’t even let my dad help her, even when she was eighteen, broke, and had a baby–me.
Prophecies continued to follow me, and they continued to not be what they seemed. But the full scope of that didn’t really reach me again until I was almost sixteen, and I had fulfilled (and hadn’t fulfilled) the great prophecy that had been associated with my birth, which said that when “a half-blood of the eldest gods” reached the age of sixteen, a cursed blade would reap the hero’s soul. I was the only demigod child of the Big Three who’d done that in seventy years. Everyone thought it meant I was going to die. But the mistake everyone was making, including myself, was thinking that because the half-blood in question was me, it meant that I was also the hero. I wasn’t, and that mistake could have been really dangerous. But by being able to accept it, and to expect the unexpected, like I had with my mom, I was able to hand the choice over to the person who was the hero. Like my mom, he had to take responsibility, and like before, I had to as well, even if my goal before had been to stop him.
It was a hard decision, but every day, my future, including at NRU, makes it clear it was the right one. We have to be on our own paths.
Annabeth Chase
Half-Blood Hill, Long Island, NY 11954
Mobile: (415)-555-6957 | [email protected]
Education
Marion Forrester School New York, NY, 20xx-present
GPA: 3.2 ￭ SAT: 1410 ￭ DSTOMP: 175 | Expected Graduation June 20, 20xx
Relevant Coursework: AP Calculus BC, Art History, 20th Century European History
Frances C. Richmond High School San Francisco, CA, 20xx-20xx
GPA: 3.1
Transferred after Freshman Year
Experience
Architect of Olympus New York, NY
Chief designer August 20xx-present
- Designed new temples for both major and minor gods, as well as re-planned temple layouts and urban placements; managed team of designers, engineers, and assistants; fielded multiple client comments, requests, and revisions with short turnaround times
Battle of Manhattan (Second Titanomachy) New York, NY
Military leader August 20xx
- Assisted leading Greek demigod army; planned and won multiple encounters with invading monster army; piloted helicopter to save Apollo’s chosen oracle; defeated Kronos
Second Gigantomachy
Battle of the Parthenon Athens, Greece
Hero August 20xx
- One of Seven specially chosen Heroes selected to join the Olympian Council to defeat the Giants.
Battle of Camp Half-Blood Half-Blood Hill, NY
Hero August 20xx
- Successfully repelled monster invasion while cooperating with Camp Jupiter’s legions
Cabin Designer, Camp Half-Blood Half-Blood Hill, NY
Chief architect 20xx-present
- Designs, plans, and builds cabins and cabin extensions for incoming demigods to Camp Half-Blood; worked with Pontifex Maximus Jason Grace on designing shrines for minor gods
Camp counselor, Camp Half-Blood Half-Blood Hill, NY
Cabin 6 leader 20xx-present
- Oversees administrative tasks, participates in cabin leader committees, provides experiential and emotional support to newly discovered demigods
Quests (bold denotes quest leader)
- Retrieved the Golden Fleece (negative casualties)
- Freed fellow questers from captivity, marriage, and animal transformations; defeated Circe
- Navigated Tartarus (no casualties)
- Sealed the Doors of Death; discovered shrine of Hermes and utilized it for cross-dimensional communication; persuaded a Giant and Titan to fight for the Olympian cause
- Solved the Mark of Athena (no casualties)
- Discovered the Athena Parthenos; solved the riddle of the temple of Mithras; defeated Arachne
- Quest for the Staff of Hermes (no casualties)
- Retrieved Zeus’ lightning bolt (no casualties)
- Navigated from New York City to Los Angeles; successfully trained Cerberus; retrieved scarf of Aphrodite; escaped the Lotus Hotel; took initiative in restocking supplies
- Quest to the Ancient Lands (one casualty)
- Appointed de facto leader of quest by agreement of both Roman and Greek demigods; cooperated with Camp Jupiter members Grace, Levesque, Ramirez-Arellano, and Zhang; defeated Gaea and her Giant army
- Quest through the Labyrinth (one casualty)
- Navigated maze with the help of the Oracle of Delphi; discovered hiding place of Daedalus; successfully repelled monster invasion of Camp Half-Blood
Special Certifications
Student Pilot Certificate, United States of America, Federal Aviation Administration, Apr 20xx (#385385)
Additional skills
Fluent in Ancient Greek; battle planning and real-time improvisation; proficiency in several weapons including knives, swords, and battle axes; proficiency in calculus; mastery craft skills with particular attention to fiber arts such as knitting, crochet, and weaving; familial connections to Norse Pantheon.
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Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?
Most people, when they first meet a child of Athena, immediately assume that they are one of the smart, studious kids. After all, with a mom like Athena, the goddess of wisdom, school must be super easy for them, right?
And in most cases, they are correct. School is easy. But that isn’t the same as being studious. Because the goal of most K-12 education isn’t to breed that kind of person.
Children of Athena are used to being the smartest people in the room. Schools don’t normally like that, especially not when you’re seven, or seventeen. There are exceptions, of course, but in general, teachers don’t like it when their students are smarter than them, and peers who don’t get that brain power is in your blood don’t appreciate it.
That was one of the reasons, I think, I was so happy when I got to Camp Half-Blood at seven years old. I was immediately swept up into Cabin Six, and even though I wasn’t always the smartest person in the room, it was alright, because these people didn’t think being smart was measured by how many chapter books you could read, or how many words you could spell. My half-siblings helped show me that wisdom could come from many different sources. And Camp came with a library written in Greek, so I could actually read it, instead of being called stupid for not liking to read books in English.
As time went on, and I grew up at camp, I did end up being the smartest person in the Athena cabin, too. And eventually I even returned to mortal school. This time aware that they were wrong, and that I could always find refuge in a place that knew I was smart.
Until I met the Sphinx. I had studied her riddles, and studied the myths. I knew them inside and out. I was so sure I could be like Oedipus and Odysseus and outsmart her. And then, instead of giving me a riddle, she started asking questions like school.
I was furious. And after some consideration, I decided I wasn’t going to participate. Because if I was not willing to participate in such dumb structures for school, why would I do so for something I respected even less, like a monster? School might be easy and dumb, but there were things I would not stoop so low to do. Like school, the Sphinx’s game was not difficult. But it was beneath me, and beneath the once majestic old monster.
So I destroyed her system with my friends. And though they were annoyed at the time, now my boyfriend thinks it was cute. I’m proud of how I measured up to the Sphinx. And now, every time I’m in a class and think it's beneath me, I remind myself I am correct. It is, so I focus on things that actually matter, like my architecture degree, and my future at New Rome University.