Growing up in New York City, I’ve experienced an amalgam of cultures, from enjoying Mediterranean and Japanese cuisine on the same street to celebrating Chinese New Year one week and LGBT Pride Parade the next. I had always thought that NYC was the most amazing city in the world and I could’ve never imagined myself wanting to be anywhere else. Despite my around-the-clock exposure to diversity of all kinds, before traveling to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico,...

After returning home from Mexico, I ironically experienced culture shock. The warmth and hospitality that I had experienced in Mexico was not present in NYC, the sense of community I had felt with my host family was lost. Community became something I never knew I needed. What I love about Franklin and Marshall is that it embraces community from having college houses to student-run organizations on campus. I want to go to Franklin and Marshall and find my own community,...

What’s special about theater is that it’s all about living in the present, of being able to take the script at hand and turn it into art right before an audience’s eyes. As someone who is passionate about theater and who has been involved in theater throughout high school, I, too, understand how Ilán Stavans father felt every time a show ended. Being on stage gives me a power that is almost impossible to feel elsewhere;...

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Since the beginning of the college process, I knew I wanted to apply to all liberal art colleges. I work...

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