A long line of people, waiting in the blistering heat, encircled the 7 Day Dental clinic. The other CSF club volunteers and I approached the building, which was covered with flyers advertising for their event. 7 Day Dental was offering free tooth extractions for members of the community that did not have dental insurance. The dentists asked the volunteers to accompany patients around the corridors of the medical office. A Hispanic woman and her two daughters were the first patients under my...

From birth, diffidence and self-consciousness had always plagued my actions. I took every opportunity I could to avoid attention. If it were possible, I would have chosen to live in the shadows. However, a recent summer experience changed my introspection. The smell of alcohol singed the hairs of my nostrils, but I ignored it. I had my hands clenched tightly into fists. I could feel my fingernails dig into my palms. It's going to start any second now. I had...

This essay talks about an embarrassing experience at a concert, and how I grew as a person from it.

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UC Irvine is located in a safe, somewhat higher middle class/upper class community in beautiful Orange County. The weather is almost always perfect and there are plenty of things...

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Devote more time to doing well in your academic classes and SAT. I believe I read somewhere that your grades much up a bulk of the admissions process (~55%), the SAT takes up (~30%), and ~15% comes from extracurriculars. Don't quote me on the numbers! Its a guesstimate. However, many people distribute their time so that they barely study for the SAT, yet spend so much of their time on the extracurriculars that it hurts their academic performance. I think you should make sure your grades are rock solid before focusing on your...

As a pre-med student, it is my dream to be accepted by a medical school...

I play softball in a...