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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

3

THE SCOOP

8

ADMISSIONS

10

Students Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Admissions Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

ACADEMICS

48

Students Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS

62

Students Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

QUALITY OF LIFE

72

Students Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

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SOCIAL LIFE

82

Students Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....