| In pursuit of the Sublime | Kaylee | Johns Hopkins University | 5.0 |
| How to become an adult | MICHAELA | Johns Hopkins University | 4.2 |
| A Day in the Orchard | Jiyeon Kang | Vanderbilt University | 5.0 |
| Understanding Myself, Just a Little Better | Ipsita Basu | Amherst College | 5.0 |
| Why are you here not somewhere else | Shangxi Zhang | The University of Chicago | 4.8 |
| Untitled | Shanti Kumar | Princeton University | 2.5 |
| Nil Desperandum | Sarah Noor | Rice University | 2.5 |
| An Imaginary Garden With Real Toads | Anonymous | Amherst College | 2.5 |
| Untitled | Anton Kliot | Amherst College | 2.5 |
| Musings to Fofo | Anonymous | Swarthmore College | 2.5 |
| Why Swarthmore College? | Anonymous | Swarthmore College | 2.5 |
| Why Swarthmore College? | Brian Tomasik | Swarthmore College | 2.5 |