As a student who has always wanted to challenge himself, I enrolled in AP Human Geography in ninth grade—my first AP class. I had never needed to study or truly apply myself before high school, and I had the belief that I could have success in high school and achieve my goals without any extracurricular effort...
Unlike other schools, Northwestern is in a prime location: Evanston, Illinois, right outside of Chicago, one of America’s economic centers. Chicago is home to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in addition to twelve Fortune Global 500 companies. With these companies so close by, the opportunities to learn are immense—right at my fingertips...
Not everything can be approached in terms of patterns or rationalism. Logically, I know that. Maybe it was the book I read at age seven about handling sadness that discouraged me from being emotive, or maybe it was my nature, but I was neglectful of my emotions. I spent all of my time in my mind, devoid of self-esteem and afraid of feeling weak...
I have grown up in the world of performing arts- a world of communicating emotions and conveying messages. From a young age I have been immersed in the innovative environments of theatre and dance, from performing in musicals at our local playhouse to participating in my ballet company's production of The Nutcracker. Through these various endeavors I have learned much about myself, but it was not until recently that I learned, through dance, something about the world in which I live...
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