My First Tarantula I've only eaten tarantula once. I bite into a leg and a crispy, salty sensation dances upon my taste buds. I heartily swallow and go back for a second bite. My trip to Beijing changed my life and completed an ultimate dream. I'll explain. By the time middle school came around, my family had settled into the stereotypical Irish-Catholic, white suburban town. But my childhood was less than normal. I'd lived in five different towns, three different...

My mom is superwoman. At least that's what the nurses told me. One of my first memories is trying on my mom's wig when I was about four years old and dancing around the house like a superstar. The wig was short brown hair, shiny and flawless to my young eyes. Yet, to those young eyes, the outside world was awfully confusing. The nurse and doctors told me my mom was invincible, yet if she was invincible, why was she...

The following set of circumstances prove necessary to my own coming of age story and are vital to understanding me, Alex Clark:

I've interviewed at American University and George Washington University. From my interpretation, both interviews went well! I applied ED to GW and American was my #2 so I wanted to interview for both. My GPA (3.37) was definitely not going to get me in and my SAT scores were alright but not stellar so an interview could only help. My American Interview was with a guy named Jeremy Lowe who was super chill, really calm guy who was very casual and laid back which was great! We talked of course about extra-curriculars and future goals, but we also talked about football and...