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| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction: The Admissions Essay | |
| The Survivor: Overcoming Challenges and Adversity | |
| ôYou Speak Too Fastö | p. 15 |
| ôIts Name Was Wheelie…ö | p. 19 |
| ôStage Frightö | p. 22 |
| ôOvercoming the Fear of Failureö | p. 25 |
| ôMy Lifeö | p. 28 |
| ôNew Kind of Magicö | p. 32 |
| ... MORE | p. 36 |
| ôThe Brooke Runö | p. 40 |
| ôIn a Pickleö | p. 44 |
| ôUntitledö | p. 48 |
| ôThe Sensitive Itinerant: Changes, Repercussions, and Dealing with Itö | p. 52 |
| One Among Many: Presenting A Unique Applicant | |
| ôSimple Sentencesö | p. 61 |
| ôEndless Forms Most Beautifulö | p. 65 |
| ôThe Space Between the Notesö | p. 68 |
| ôTransnationalism Made Fleshö | p. 71 |
| ôHarvard Supplement Essayö | p. 75 |
| ôJourneys from the Dress-Up Boxö | p. 78 |
| ôWhen I Was Tenö | p. 81 |
| ôBus Window Revelationsö | p. 84 |
| ôCrossing the Rubicon? Child's Playö | p. 87 |
| ôCreativity, Family, and Toilet Paper: A Journeyö | p. 91 |
| ôThe Circle Gameö | p. 95 |
| ôConcerto in C Minorö | p. 98 |
| ôZigguratö | p. 102 |
| ôToddler Coutureö | p. 106 |
| ôStill Lifeö | p. 110 |
| ôUntitledö | p. 114 |
| ôCollege Essayö | p. 118 |
| ôHeadlines, Herodotus…and Full-Field Sprintsö | p. 121 |
| Storyteller: Experiences that Illuminate Character | |
| ôI've Grown Out of Itö | p. 129 |
| ôThe Little Thingsö | p. 133 |
| ôCharlieö | p. 136 |
| ôMusic in the Basementö | p. 140 |
| ôThere Were No Tearsö | p. 144 |
| ôComing Homeö | p. 147 |
| ôA Beach Gameö | p. 151 |
| ôBeauty in a Potbellyö | p. 154 |
| Through Their Eyes: Finding Yourself in Others | |
| ôElephant Daddyö | p. 161 |
| ôRunning with Four Feetö | p. 164 |
| ôFruitful Collisionsö | p. 168 |
| ôDropsö | p. 173 |
| ôMingaö | p. 176 |
| ôThe Journeyö | p. 180 |
| ôGli Strati della Storia (The Layers of History)ö | p. 183 |
| ôUntitledö | p. 187 |
| ôMotherö | p. 191 |
| ôDelve!ö | p. 194 |
| ôA Ride Through the Fieldö | p. 197 |
| ôUntitledö | p. 200 |
| ôMy Motherö | p. 206 |
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