DBU: I Am A Community-Active Person

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From the time I started thinking about college, to this very moment I have only realized one thing, there are so many colleges out there. Just choosing a handful of schools to apply to gets my mind so scrambled. I thought from the beginning it would be stressful and hard but I think i've got a good pick this time. DBU is not only a school set around my beliefs and values, it's a school that has really convinced me that with their help I can get to where I need to be. I feel as though DBU wants me to really succeed with them. I am a very community-active person. On most weekends I am helping out this local family with their family business, Memory Lane Car Shows. A lot of the shows I have worked the money we raise is given to charities like

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