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College Essay: Learning to Drive Stick

I gently took my foot off the clutch, pressing the gas simultaneously. The engine roared. The car lurched forward, and stalled. Again. This was the eleventh time in two minutes. People in the neighborhood were starting to fear the red Wrangler...
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College Essay: The Sandwich Makes the Man

I always said that you can tell what kind of person someone is by what kind of sandwiches they eat. Street-toughs enjoy the occasional man-wich whereas the hoi polloi enjoy the arugula on crusty Tuscan bread. I personally like a sandwich with some diversity to it. Whenever I go into my fridge it becomes a Quest...
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College Essay: Photography Club

I opened the door slowly. The room is filled with darkness; no lights are on. My feet carried me to the assigned station. With great care I lift the glossy strip from its place and put it in the large machine in front of me. On the beautiful easel underneath the machine I place a piece of glossy paper. Ever so cautiously I line the corners up with those of the easel...
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College Essay: Power Rangers

Growing up in the 90’s, I learned all my life lessons from TV shows. From Rugrats I learned that all I needed to have fun as a child was my imagination . Ren and Stimpy taught me that the things that come out of my body aren’t gross, but hilarious. I learned from Transformers that everyone will love me if I stand up for what I believe in, despite costing a city billions of dollars in collateral damage...
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College Essay: Mr. Scanlon

It was freshmen year and I met The Room. I was on my way to Biology class, walking briskly over the checkered tile floor, determined to be punctual and precise on the first day of school. The door of The Room was quite ajar, though it presented itself to me a definite and clear barrier, forming a vivid and exact distinction between the common hallway and the classroom that remained beyond...
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