On a Tuesday afternoon early in the September of 2011, I jumped rope in P.E. I was doing a trick, and as I landed, I felt a sharp pain in my hip. It was broken. At the E.R., they told me that my injury was more common in overweight pre-teenage boys. For me, teenage, athletic, and certainly female to have broken my hip doing something as mundane as jumping rope was a freak accident. Needless to say, recovery was...

Growing up, I always knew what I wanted to do with my life. When I was very young, I was going to be a cat, or maybe Scooby Doo. Eventually I moved on to wildlife photographer, veterinarian, researcher, etc. Now, for the first time in my life I am Undecided. I have many interests, and the list continues to grow, but the underlying theme in all of them is learning. I like to learn, and am excited to go to...

I have gone to the same small school since Kindergarten. I have never been in a class of more than twenty people; my graduating class will have eleven. This has provided me with a unique learning experience that is a combination of amazing opportunities and making do with fewer resources. My school places a high value on individuality and structuring our learning experience to best suit our own needs and learning styles. Through my years there I have learned I...

I think my favorite thing about going to a school in DC, especially GW with its central location and accessibility to so many areas of the city, is the crazy number of unique opportunities it affords my classmates...

One of the most frustrating things about GWU is the lack of physical and mental health services...

My friends are some of the biggest smartasses I've ever known, which is fantastic. Within my classes,...

The best course I've taken so far was my Anthropology class, Language and Culture in Society (ANTH 1004) with Dent. He's...

When I applied to schools, I knew I wanted to be at a mid-sized liberal arts school in a city (but not New York, I found that intimidating). I applied to GWU, Georgetown, and AU, all in DC. My reach school was UChicago, where I ultimately...