I squeezed my arms tighter around my chest as my cold shivering body began to drift in and out of a half sleep. Sitting alone in an empty section of the auditorium, I occasionally looked up on stage with two directors yelling for chorus members to remember their blocking in the should-be spectacular opening musical number. Without a conscious choice I tuned out the words and images and attempted to focus. Focus on what? My eyes drifted to the cement...

The electrified crowd exploded as then Senator Obama assertively strode forward, accepting the Presidential nomination. Even as his opponent’s avid supporter, I stood in awe of the moment. My world shattered into a universe of opportunities for the chance to impact the nation . . . surprisingly because of a new face. Before the elation in broad daylight, I scoured through Left Behind, a novel depicting the apocalypse. An older woman sat beside me, and we exchanged greetings. As a Texas schoolteacher,...

I would never have applied to so many schools if I had to repeat the process. Make sure you truly understand why you want to go to the schools you are applying to, otherwise you are stretching yourself thin during application crunch time and hurting yourself for the applications to the schools...

I won a scholarship in my home state which allowed me to go to any school, public or private, for free for all four years. And then I choose to pay to go to Georgetown. The decision killed me and I waited until the last possible minute to decide (which for me was unfortunately a week after Georgetown told me I was accepted instead of getting all the way to May 1 like everyone else). In the end...