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The college essay that got me into Brown

June 27, 2017 by Sara Nolan

I wanted Brown badly I wanted to go to Brown University because all my favorite people from high school went there, many of them writers; I wanted to go to Brown because I knew there students had autonomy over course selection and I was used to picking for myself.  I wanted to go to Brown because...it felt like a natural fit. And because I drank the elitist cool-aid, sorta. I didn't exactly approach the process with an open mind, more like a targeted mind that was open to me getting what I wanted most... "I can see myself there!" I said.  And so said everyone else.  Sometimes, everyone else's predictions for you feel annoying.  But it's most annoying-- and probably also most accurate-- to imagine that all of that conviction could be irrelevant.  Continue Reading …

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