ATTENTION, MAGICAL THINKERS: Do you suffer from magical thinking? Have you ever felt crazy for believing in things that cannot be proven? Have you ever felt a strong connection to a person, place, spirit, or abstract idea, and acted on that intuitive feeling? Well, you're in luck, because you're not alone. I have been a magical thinker my whole life, believing this world has no limits. At five years old, I knew I could fly; I believed the time between...

When standing in front of a director who might cast you in her next production as a guitar-playing, country-singing girl, would you mention that you had never picked up a guitar in your life? I didn't. "Are you comfortable with a guitar?" she asked. At this moment I should've said no. I would have saved myself dozens of nights filled with tears and hopeless youtube searches. Days of eating lunch alone in a bathroom stall after my peers had laughed...

My dream college is a place of expansive knowledge, constant discovery, and historical exploration. As a lover of screenwriting, comedy, journalism, and theater, I am fascinated to learn about each category's history. I strive for the to intertwine my knowledge of each particular subject's past into my present demonstration of them is what I strive for. The Barnard course catalog for the film studies department is mouth-watering to me. Having the ability to not only take a Cinema History class...

1959. In jeans and an Obama t-shirt, I sat before her, clasping my sweaty palms together and frantically tapping my foot against her rug. She couldn't help but question my motives. "I'm here to warn you about the global impact you're about to make," I proclaimed. "You have the wrong person," she retorted. "Ruth Handler?" Her eyes sprung open and stared at me with unfiltered wonderment. "You're about to release a doll you think will empower female youth to envision independent...

My greatest fear in life was that I would grow up too fast and lose sight of my childhood. When my parents split up, I was well beyond my ten years of age. I had already begun working, doing every odd job my neighbors and schoolmates' parents would give me. I babysat, dog-sat, house-sat, and watered neighbors plants before I realized most succulents didn't need watering. I charged anywhere between three to ten dollars an hour for my array of...

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