It just takes one moment, I thought to myself. I stood at the top of a thirty-five foot cliff, and in looking down, I had neither desired nor planned to jump, but out of sudden impulse, a sudden moment of courage, I turned to my friends behind me, smiled, and stepped off the edge. What did I have to lose? I fell in disbelief at my own action; adrenaline took over my body and sent endorphins to the furthest reaches...

My interest in Tulane started with a snowstorm in Pennsylvania. In fact, it was the biggest snowstorm of the 2013-14 winter, (which was brutal here, might I add). I sat in the Downingtown Diner with three of my best friends when my dad called to say that our college visits in the south would be taking a different course because of the storm. “If you want,” he said, “we can add Tulane and fly home from New Orleans.” With nothing...

Honestly, if you could be competitive at an Ivy League or sub-Ivy (Duke, WashU, Rice, Northwestern, etc.) then you will probably be admitted to Tulane,...