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Search Results for: college essay

College Essay: Discovering Myself

Claire Van De Weghe
July 2021 Claire Van De Weghe College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I’ve always cared a little too much about things. To be able to make people smile, to make them laugh has always seemed like the… Read More

College Essay: Learning About My Brain

Ariana Yasmin
July 2021 Ariana Yasmin College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I stared at the white wall in front of me, my blood boiling and my brows knit in anger. I felt tears of frustration pricking… Read More

College Essay: I’m a Playwright

Aminah Turner
July 2021 Aminah Turner College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I was in the sixth grade at Fair Middle School when I started to be a playwright. My dad has his master’s degree in film…. Read More

College Essay: Path to Recovery

Nickel Tom
July 2021 Nickel Tom College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I remember when my friend handed me the oblong, white pill with little red specks. I knew what it was, but I thought I was different… Read More

College Essay: A Woman Named Rose

Caroline Siebels-Lindquist
July 2021 Caroline Siebels-Lindquist College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

In the summer 2020, my pastor asked if I wanted to participate in a theology camp. I wasn’t originally interested, but when I heard writing… Read More

College Essay: Identity in Adoption

Kendall Shostak
July 2021 Kendall Shostak College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

“Where are you from?” is a  common icebreaker that I’ve struggled with my entire life. I was born in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, and was adopted and… Read More

College Essay: I Am Muslim, I Am Black

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July 2021 Yasmin Abdurahman College Essay, Summer Camp, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I am Yasmin Mohamed Sheikh Abdurahman Noor Sheikh Mohamed Hussein. I am Somali. I am American. I am Muslim. I am a Black woman. I… Read More

College Essay: Dreams of Being a Doctor

Student Ingrid Vidal Vazquez headshot
July 2021 Ingrid Vidal Vazquez College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

“Dios mío, no puede ser (God, this can’t be),” said my mom, sobbing. Memories of all the moments I lived with my mom flashed through… Read More

College Essay: Succeeding with Special Ed

Student Deysi Sanisaca headshot
July 2021 Deysi Sanisaca College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

Special ed. Those are scary words. I thought people viewed me as an idiotic outcast who wasn’t as rational or smart as the other students… Read More

College Essay: Quinceañera Made Me Brave

Student Rainie Cervantes-Linares headshot
July 2021 Rainie Cervantes-Linares College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I stood frozen in front of 250 people at my quinceañera. I could feel my pulse in the palms of my cold, pale hands, which… Read More

College Essay: Conquering Fear with Poetry

Headshot student Zaira Reyes
July 2021 Zaira Reyes College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

Fear is the mind killer, I repeated to myself. Even through relentless self-encouragement, my voice still cracked and shook with every syllable I spoke. I… Read More

College Essay: Becoming Independent

Sky Yang
July 2021 Sky Yang College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

My parents hardly ever agreed with one another. Growing up in a house with four  children caused many complications for us. As children, we wanted… Read More

College Essay: Yes, I am Ecuadorian

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July 2021 Jeffrey Paredes College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

“Build the wall, build the wall!” the boy cried out. I was on edge, sitting in my chair and loudly tapping my foot. My old,… Read More

College Essay: Overcoming Social Anxiety

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July 2021 William Valverde College Essay, News Team, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

“William, you’re up first,” the teacher said excitedly.  I was instantly anxious when my ninth-grade English teacher announced I would be the first person presenting…. Read More

College Essay: I Will Not Stop

Daniel Navarro
July 2021 Daniel Navarro College Essay, Voices

“Las cosas que empiezan nunca paran.” The things that start never end. The spring day that took it all away; the existence of them was… Read More

College Essay: Quinceañera After All

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July 2021 Marileisy Marquez Castrejon College Essay, ThreeSixty Magazine, Voices

I remember it like it was yesterday; I remember the crying of my mom and my two siblings. We couldn’t believe that something like this… Read More

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