I couldn't get the words out. Confound this speech! I practiced so tirelessly, and here it was, dancing around on the tip of my tongue, refusing to make the vital transition into audible sound. I paused for what felt like an eternity, locked into a statuesque torture of mortification as I struggled to recall my next line. As it came to me, I regained my composure, and carried on with an outward expression that disguised my inner panic. I finished...

I once asked my mother what a superhero would be if he didn't have all of that "super" to help him. She told me a non-super hero was a person with good character. I had no idea what this truly meant until I met the man who has since become not only my hero, but the hero of many of my peers. My life changed when I met Greg Jackson, the Academic Decathlon coach at my school. Last year, when...

Northwestern University has long fascinated me with its unique combination of academic excellence and school-wide sense of community and spirit. While most schools of similar academic caliber to Northwestern tend to care solely about academics and have very little effort devoted to unifying activities such as supporting sports teams, this is not the case at Northwestern, where I feel I will be able to fully immerse myself in a true college atmosphere where my peers and I can share a...

My favorite course so far has been a formal logic class, which...

Open minded, free...

You are required to take a total of four PE classes...

I would have contacted schools more...

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