Like a djembe drum beating frantically behind my rib cage, I clutch my pounding chest. Trying my hardest to hold back the tears, they wet my cheeks like the Niagara Falls. My body begins to tremble – I was losing control; my mind is clouded with dark thoughts and nothing makes sense anymore. I contemplate the feel of a knife against my naïve skin. “Stop!” my conscience screams. Both aware and fearful of the consequences, I laid there as I...

Junior year, I was assigned a social awareness project for my Writing and Rhetoric class. Students were to identify an issue or topic that interests them, research it, and enlighten their peers – I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. Each year, one in five females and one in seven males engage in self-harm and ninety percent of those people started in the adolescent years – including me. I sat down to ponder how I would approach such a topic....

Pitzer College is big on their core values and they want to make sure you are too (in terms of the supplement). What I like about Pitzer is that they do not care about number like most undergraduate institutions. They do not care what you have to bring to the table in terms of making the university look better. What they really care about is what you can bring to the world! If you believe you have these qualities then...

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I'm from the city of Miami so Claremont, CA was a great change for me. I like the...