IT TAKES ALL KINDS (TRAIL MIX) Heading back from the deep of the Maine wilderness, I sat quietly awaiting our arrival. As I gazed out the window at the beautiful woods I noticed the first sign of civilization I had seen in a while. Something stood out to me; from a distance I could make out two seemingly homeless men unpacking their bags at a gas station. A few short weeks earlier, the ten of us, in our final year...

To me, diversity isn’t about what is on the outside, but what people don’t see, your thoughts, opinions, hopes and dreams that make you different. These last four years I have been a part of Iona Prep’s Forensics Speech and Debate team, an experience that has had the greatest impact on me thus far. It has forced me to read, write, speak, and most importantly think, with a plethora of views. This is where my diversity comes...

Recommendation letters can be deciding factors in the admissions phase. Application readers have already seen the scores, and read (or we hope at least skimmed) our beautifully crafted essays about how great we are, but now its time for them to hear what others think of us. At most schools you apply to this will be a teacher's letter or a couple of teachers, and at other schools it could be a peer written letter. I will cover teacher letters, the first thing to know is don't just pick the teachers who's class you did the best in, though it...