My path to delinquency began in the second grade. At the Montessori school I attended, students had a lot of freedom in deciding their own schedules. I was usually pretty adroit at balancing my own, perhaps with some long division one day, a report on Chester A. Arthur the next. Overall, I was nurturing an adequately well rounded education. This all changed when I discovered that I liked reading. Like, really, really liked it. First, it was Harry Potter and...

I know many people at my high school think I’m a quiet, slightly awkward nerd, and I am. But I’m also an eccentric oddball who quotes Tolkien, has terrible handwriting but loves to send letters, and tends to throw herself overenthusiastically into things like books and movies. My friends are not copious in number, but the ones I do have know and like me for the weirdo I am, as I know and like them (unless one is...

Her grandmother’s house in upstate New York is unremarkable to a stranger’s eye, but she has known it since before her beginning, and can count its sacred relics. The dusty soap angels kneeling among crinkled paper strips in a basket on the back of the toilet. The poster of the clown child in a green and black costume with pompoms on his shoes and pointed hat. She stands and walks through the musty rooms, punctuated with empty dressers....

My favorite course so far has been Intro to Creative Writing with Professor Pease. It was a very small, supportive...

Hardworking (many of us take our schoolwork seriously), nerdy (we are enthusiastic about our interests and unafraid to show...

William & Mary has strong academics, a lot of great teachers, and a good reputation. It is pretty much...

There has been a real problem with suicides lately. Some people blame it on a culture among...

Williamsburg is quiet and pretty. There is free bus and trolley transportation available for students. There are some really great restaurants nearby, though they can be a bit...