“Kick, kick, and pull. Don’t forget to breathe. Always touch the wall with two hands. Most importantly, keep your hips up.” I run every word of advice my coach has given me through my head. I try to drown out the cheering crowd with music from my iPod because I’m afraid that if I don’t, I’ll forget everything. As the final day of our swim and dive championship meet progressed, my nerves grew exponentially at the...

When I toured the Notre Dame campus in April, I fell in love with the school and all it has to offer. I immediately felt at home. A top-rated business program, commitment to service, and strong Catholic tradition are reasons I want to attend Notre Dame. Positive experiences in my economics and marketing classes have driven my interest in business. The Mendoza College of Business would provide me with an opportunity to pursue this interest at the highest level, and...

“That’s the last one,” my dad said as he placed the final box on my desk. I felt like I had been living out of boxes forever, which wasn’t surprising considering this was my second move in two months. The month leading up to this day hadn’t been spent savoring the dwindling summer days with my high school friends, like most incoming freshman, but rather helping my family pack up our home to relocate to Europe. Once...

When I tour college campuses, I try to picture myself attending school there. Typically, thoughts of freedom, new friends, and interesting classes gets me excited about living on my own for the first time. However, last summer this became very real to me when my parents told me that they would be moving with my sisters to Luxembourg for my father’s job while I stayed in the US to attend college. My initial reaction was shock, but as the...

My family was planning on relocating to Europe for three years while I was at college, so I wrote about that quite a bit as well.

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