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#2231voted by our readers
A Better Kind of Chance
By KateDylan GOLD
Roslyn, New York

I learned about patella alta when I was thirteen. I also learned that the condition is simply fancy medial terms for totally messed-up knee caps. While most middle-schoolers we...
KateDylan GOLD, Roslyn, New York
19 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
" where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise "

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#2232 College Guide
Biggest Turning Point
By Stasia96 BRONZE
Hartland, Wisconsin
Stasia96 BRONZE, Hartland, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#2233 College Guide
Dive
By Anonymous
#2234 College Guide
Perfection (UC Personal Statement)
By M.Young SILVER
Santa Cruz, California
M.Young SILVER, Santa Cruz, California
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#2235 College Guide
Charles
By Anonymous
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What Are You? MAG
By denifelice SILVER
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
denifelice SILVER, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
6 articles 15 photos 149 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind." -C.S. Lewis

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#2237 College Guide
What I know to be true
By Anonymous
#2238 College Guide
Crystal Clover
By glimpsesandflashes BRONZE
Orange, California
glimpsesandflashes BRONZE, Orange, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Rock bottom is solid ground, and a dead-end street is just a place to turn around

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#2239 College Guide
All Hail the Weirdos
By TheCatsMeow SILVER
Tuckerton, New Jersey
TheCatsMeow SILVER, Tuckerton, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you&rsquo;ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.&rdquo;<br /> ― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

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#2240 College Guide
Mini Weird Food, Unknown Language, and Unearthly Food?
By katie.cunnion BRONZE
Houston, Texas
katie.cunnion BRONZE, Houston, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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