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June 10, 2015September 4, 2017 Zara Zhang Harvard

A Common App Essay For Yourself

A Common App Essay For Yourself I remember the day in 2013 when I discovered that my whole life would depend on 500 words. As a high school student, I had always found writing assignments easier than math problems. But the Common App essay was still the most dreadful, daunting, and distressing thing that I … Continue reading A Common App Essay For Yourself

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