I never thought I would attend the prom. Prom was stupid. Girls spent money they had saved for months in order to look like Barbie for one night spent with boys they probably never liked. After all, it was always the boy who asked the girl to prom. The inner-Mulan in me resented the inner-Cinderella of the others. I could not believe that my intelligent, strong-willed friends could spend so much time fretting about whether they would be asked to...

If you're looking at this website, you are probably a high-performing high school student and want to go to a prestigious school. That's great! And that was me!...