Ghetto University: Lessons in SurvivalHari Ziyad6/27/15 1:55pm6931EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkI first applied in 1997 with an application filled out in chalk on the sidewalk of East 128th Street in East Cleveland. I don’t remember exactly what I wrote in my personal essay, but it involved a game with squares and a basketball.