Armed with a red pen and a scrupulous mentality, I spent my first year of high school hunting grammatical errors and story angles; however, the nights of editing and composing were only peripheral to my experience as the associate editor of my school’s newspaper. As the staff of a nationally recognized publication, we upheld a strict mission statement: to inform the student body of issues pertinent to their lives and to assist them in making informed decisions. In doing...

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Because I applied to 16 schools, I found it most efficient to write one generic "why us" essay and carefully tailor it to each school, e.g. by mentioning a specific professor or program that piqued my interest.

I submitted applications to 16 colleges in total, in hopes that...

Oregon has a wonderful summer internship program run through Saturday Academy called ASE (Apprenticeships...

I highly recommend taking PE classes or getting involved with club sports at Stanford. It...

I am a west coast native and couldn't honestly imagine myself being happy too...

My brother attended Stanford while I was in high school, and...