The one morning that I decided to actually listen to my mother was that one morning that ended up costing my family $10,000 in car damages, putting the loud BANG into the end of my junior year. One of my biggest failures in life was the morning of my first car accident on June 3, 2014. Listening to my mom, I decided not to go to McDonald's to get my daily dosage of coffee. Working at McDonald's, who could not pass up 50% off...

The primary UM Undergraduate school that I am applying for is the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) with a hope of also being admitted into the Ross School of Business through its preferred admission program. Both of these schools support my interests in numerous ways. LSA provides lots of flexibility in the courses that I am able to take that will fulfill my major requirements. Coming from an IB Diploma Program, many of the classes that I...

One of the communities that I am proud to be a part of is the community of my high school, "International Academy East". This community is not just the typical high school where students and teachers wake up at 6 AM and end the day at 3 PM. It is a community of teachers and students that go above and beyond to make the IA a safe, learning community. This community has been a large part of my life for the past...

Being a Vietnamese-American has been one of the hardest things that I have endured during my entire life. Always being ostracized by others for being different. I apologize to the world that I am not Chinese, or Japanese, or Korean and do not fit the stereotypical image of a typical Asian. I take my cultural roots very seriously and growing up in a community with a majority of CaucasianAmericans makes it extremely difficult to be myself. I have found myself...

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