In America, the media serves as a leading figure to communication between society’s people, but now this mass communication has become a tool for spreading stereotypical views to people across the country. As a result, some communities have begun to ostracize people who do not follow the “norm” of society. Breaking stereotypes is important to me because I fit into two popular stereotypical groups; I am not only a Black American, but I am also a plus sized teen. ...

According to Benjamin Franklin, “All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” This quote reminds me of the idea of rocks, birds and eagles that my mythology teacher, Melissa Berretta, shared with the class. Mrs. Berretta said that everyone is a rock, bird, or eagle; “the rocks are those who really have no hope because regardless of the efforts made by others, they will still maintain in their same...

What is it like to attend the University of Pennsylvania? I dream about this topic nearly every day during my college application process because I can never truly know until I have attended the university all four years. Every time I think of attending Wharton’s School of Business for entrepreneurship, I imagine sitting in my chair on Monday as the clock struck noon and it all begins. I sit through a seminar of business professionals talking about angel investors...

Cussing is Not the End All Be All When I first heard my friend say a curse word, I was shocked because I was only in middle school, and had never heard a child curse before, but here she was saying vulgar words in front of everyone. It was even more appalling when she said she was not supposed to cuss because her mama told her not to. In middle school the last thing on my mind was breaking my...

When it came to my essays, I really just wanted to showcase myself through all of them. I wrote my personal statement during my time at Andover's Summer Session in a writing for success class, so I was able to put my effort into the school specific questions since that essay went through many drafts during the program. However, during my college application process I was unsure if I wanted to go through with my application for Penn since I...

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I loved my French Cinema course because although I took the English section so it didn't help regarding helping me learn the language, the movies were awesome...

I received an all expense paid trip to the University of Notre Dame and I really enjoyed the people I met and the campus so it became one of my top choices. I really wanted to attend there because of the security of having people I already...

After college, I aspire to go within the consulting field either through being an actuarial consultant or a...