This is the first paragraph of my common app essay: She walked into the kitchen jumping and dancing to no music. She embarrassed me in front of the older kids by declaring her love for me. She was my mother. She always told me to "Be Kind" , "Forgive and Forget", "Study Hard", and "Swim Fast". At the time, these were just normal phrases moms said to their kids; now, they are the mantra for how I live my life in...

I used to not be a people person. That was until I became a peer minister for the LifeTeen program at St.Andrew's Catholic Church. As a peer minister I have the responsibility of serving the teenagers that come to our youth group. They come to the ten of us upperclassmen whenever they are seeking guidance and I have never felt so rewarded than the times when a younger teen comes up to me and tells me how I've impacted...

Life After Death: How Different Religions Anticipate the Unexplored Explore the great beyond in a way you've never been exposed to. As many of us have grown up having only one or no religion at all, we are unfamiliar with how other religions predict life after death. From heaven to hell to purgatory to reincarnation, this course will go into depth on what each religion is trying to get to after their time on Earth. Students will delve into various...

In Roswell, Georgia, not much happens. It's a sleepy historic town found in the wake of the chaotic suburbs of metro Atlanta. It's trees branches intertwine to form a canopy over the streets and when a rainstorm hits, the cityscape reacts as if it were a monsoon. The city itself is transformed from a sleepy hollow into a green valley. However, the most integral part of this place is not the actual city itself, but the community that is encased...

Tech is a dream. I visited the campus last April and immediately fell in love. The sights, the smells, the footsteps of students walking to their next class, the quiet tapping on a keyboard in the library, the flipping of pages in a textbook. Nothing could have been more satisfying to see than the life of student I hoped to be. The students at Tech are innovators. They think beyond the normal realm of solving problems and making solutions. Tech...