#1 is too vague and casual. #2 uses slang that wouldn't be used in a college application. #3 uses dated wording.
This leaves us with #4, which offers a personal reason for volunteering ("my grandfather had a heart attack") and is overall written formally. Thus, this would be the most appropriate style and tone for such an essay.
C) the homecoming queen waved to the crowd riding in her convertible.
It can be mistaken that the crowd is in the car from the way the sentence is written.
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While only one's beliefs and opinions have the proper weight to anchor this question, in my opinion, absolutely. Not only does it bring the idea of culture into the societal equation, but it expands areas of knowledge that can't really be explained otherwise unless acted out. This also gives minorities the opportunity to act out history correlating to their culture.
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