It was seven o’clock in the morning on an early June day in Rome, Italy. Every sane and normal teenager was likely asleep in her own comfortable bed, yet I lay in a cot thousands of miles away from the familiar place that I call “home.” A woman abruptly switched on the lights and whispered “Cristo, rey nuestro”, to which I later learned we were supposed to respond “Venga tu reino.” My two roommates got out of bed to...

Georgetown is the perfect school for me to attend. It is the best place where I can combine my interests in my Catholic faith and religion on the whole with challenging and a large variety of academics. I am a passionate Catholic who could both learn and add to the Jesuit community there. Georgetown offers a great breadth of intense academic disciplines so I could absorb many new fields as well as follow my true interests in law and government....

If I could go back, I'm not sure I would have written so much about religion. From the feedback I received, I learned that many college admissions employees were concerned I would be close-minded, which is not who I am. I think writing about a more niche subject, but something that everyone can relate to, would be a better idea.

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