College Admissions Essay: The Joy Of Being The Smart Girl

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Have you ever felt like the world was melting around you? The cars move like jello, back, and forth, while the clouds seem to soar at hyper speeds, and the mountains to be caving in. Then, you wonder why in the world can't my stupid brain just concentrate on something. I was sitting in class feeling like that right now. Actually, math class to be exact. Usually it would be one of my favorites, math is always constant, and reliable. However, today I felt as if I was going to actually, literally fall into inferno. The reason? We had to pick partners. Usually, I would be okay with this. Yes, being the smart girl I always ended up doing the project myself, that I was okay with. I was also okay with the fact that I got stuck

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