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If you think these for locationstovisit.Ifyouthinkthese Fountain were also on the top of my list what Isawisbreathtaking. the Pieta;onlywordIhavetodescribe magnificent St.Peter’sBasilicaincluding the paintingsinSistineChapelto the artworkinVaticanmuseumto just howbeautifuleverythingwas.From City. It is impossible to put into words was whenwegotaguidedtourofVatican in fact,startRome. Rome” referredtothefactthatallroads, learned thattheterm“Allroadsleadto once trottedintheRomanruins.Wealso and evenwalkwhereancientRomans astoundingly and architecturally beautiful oculus, visittheColosseum,whichwas to visitthePantheon,withitsfamous never forget.Wealsohadtheopportunity languages istrulyanexperienceIwill present andhearingtheprayersinsomany saw the real-life Papa Francesco. Being of attendingaPapalAudiencewhereI had theonceinalifetimeexperience setting. 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In my getting accepted for a fabricated version and to be honest, it already felt like essays, I wrote about my love for of yourself. home. It may be a little naive of me to research, playing the violin in my county So could I tell you how I got in? Not look at the admissions process this way orchestra, and doing volunteer work in really. If I had to say right now, I think it (albeit through rose-colored glasses), but my community. Perhaps one of these was a blend of grades, SAT scores, essays, I think it’s the best way to look at what struck a chord with my admissions officer recommendations, and yeah...a little bit others consider a scary and doomed and inspired her to advocate for me. But of luck. If I could give any piece of advice process. Even if it may not seem like it, at the end of the day, I didn’t write what I to underclassmen (especially juniors) who there is light at the end of the tunnel, thought the admissions committee wanted are beginning to embark on the long and and looking back, it was all worth it. to read (after thousands of applications, I difficult process of college applications, So stay strong, be inspired by your thought they would easily see through it would be to remain open-minded and own story and those around you, and that). Instead, I tried my best to capture true to yourself. look forward to the day when you can who I am in the limited number of words What I’ve noticed in my class is that proudly wear your college sweatshirt. that the Common App provides. It wasn’t everyone ends up where they belong, From one DA girl to another, you easy, but by the end of the process, I whether that be nearby (like NYU) or got this!

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Hoya Saxa! The week of May 25th and it said………$0.64. I dropped to Ms. Adlow’s arms, and came into the was my most stressful time of the year. the floor, let go of all my stuff, and felt cafeteria to be welcomed by applause I was waiting to hear from Georgetown like I could not breathe. I ran into the from all the seniors. University, the college of my dreams, the bathroom and called my mom because I It was everything I could ever ask school I had been dying to go to since I simply could not wait until I got home to for, and it truly exemplifies the idea that was seven years old. I could not imagine find out. Some of my friends had come everything happens for a reason and it’s all what I would do if I got rejected. It seems into the bathroom with me, supporting truly meant to be. extreme, I know, but when you fall in me by holding my hand and hugging me love with a school with your whole heart, so I would stop jumping up and down you’re all in. hysterically. My hands were shaking and The Georgetown application process my heart was beating incredibly fast as I was hard, tedious, and included tons of heard my mom say she was about to open Credits: drafts of essays that helped me practice for the letter. my interview. Before I knew it, my mom started Editors- Veronica L. Georgetown mails their decisions. to read it out to me. “Dear Ms. Lea in-Chief: Kayla T. Previously, I read something online F., It is with great pleasure..” and Anna W. that said if your postage stamp was $0.50, before she even got to finish the Managing Anna H. it was a rejection, and if it was about sentence, I was sobbing, my friends were Editors: Rachel H. $0.68, it meant an acceptance. screaming, and all of the seniors had Kiara O. As I was walking to lunch I checked come into the bathroom to celebrate. Copy Chiefs: Grace M. my phone and I saw a notification of a I could not believe it, I got into my Isabella Q. text from my mom. She sent me a picture dream school. I then walked out of the Photo Credits: Ms. Jo Ann Fannon of the letter with the text “Look what bathroom and everything felt surreal: I Moderator: Mr. Charles McDermott came!!” I looked right at the postage, was hugging everyone, started crying in President: Sr. Margaret Ormond Page 3 StudentPrints/May 2019 Page 4 StudentPrints/May 2019 it. Everything happens for a reason. Only, it. Everything happens for a reason. Only, of theworld,eventhoughitmayfeellike did notgetmatched. I putdowntheschoolsowanted.But meant thatIwasapprovedtoapplyearly! accepted asaCollegeMatchFinalist.This school soIrefinedmyapplicationandwas schools. AtthetimeIwassetononeIvy early admissiontooneoftheir40partner the opportunityatafullscholarshipand Match Program that provide students college essay.Iusedtheessayfortheir application, specificallyeditingapotential QuestBridge CollegePrepScholar. Common App.ThenIofficiallybecamea out adetailedapplication,muchlikethe schools orofequalmerit.Ifilled low-income studentswithIvyLeague organization thatconnectshigh-achieving, Prep ScholarsprogramofQuestBridge,an nominated byMs.LouisfortheCollege that ofothers.Inmyjunioryear,Iwas admissions process. also hasbeenthetimeofcollege at DominicanAcademyeventhoughit Priyanka Koshy Beyonce KaylaKing Yasmine Khalil Kaitlyn Hagy Frances MarieGrochowski Kumari KhannaGonzalez Anna ClaraBandeiradeMelloGerlach Caroline MarieGerety Lea HelenFrawley Christina AlexiaDeodatis Jia Nan(Jennifer)Cai Teresa ElizabethBrown Francesca MariBernhardt Atiana RolissaBaptiste Megan ElizabethArmas Lucia Alleca Sosie MarieAkian New YorkUniversityTeresaB. College List Not getting into a school is not the end Not gettingintoaschoolisnottheend QuestBridge helped me with my college My experiencewasdifferentthan Senior yearhasbeenmybest

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Page 7 StudentPrints/May 2019 Page 8 StudentPrints/May 2019 in her paintings. The doodles drawn on her casts just showed in herpaintings. Thedoodlesdrawnon her castsjustshowed she wastrulyphysically struggling.Herphysical ailmentsshowed body caststhat wereondisplayscreamedout totheviewerofhow intense medicationsandwear bodybracesatalltimes.Themany as ateenagerlefthernearly paralyzedandrequiredhertotake many bodycastsandmedicine bottles.Atragictrolleyaccident affected thechangesinherwardrobe andpaintingstyle. This knowledgeallowedustoanalyzehowherlifeexperiences screening of the film, we were well versed on the artist’s life. Since theMuseumClubhadseena lived wasfast-pacedandever-changing. our museumvisit.ThelifethatFrida watch thefilmaboutFridatoprepfor Ms. Salfeldwasrightinsuggestingwe saw alargecolorphotographofFrida. environment duringherlife. exhibit reflectedthelivelycolorsof City. 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However,wesee Persuasion: Television& The most breathtaking moment in the exhibit was Frida’s The mostbreathtakingmoment intheexhibitwasFrida’s Entering theexhibit,weimmediately In mid-ApriltheMuseumClub The 1930s–1950s bore witness to the average American’s The 1930s–1950sborewitnesstotheaverageAmerican’s Seated in a theater room, the sophomores were shocked to see It’s not everyday that one attends a workshopon advertising useum ClubTripSallyP. Adv e Museum Club rtising GabriellaM. influential and powerfulwomen. especially inspired tofollowtheFrida’sfootsteps andbecome accomplished artist andpowerfulwoman. Asfemales,wefelt during herlifetime.Shewas renownedbeyondMexicoasan featured onthecoverofVogue. WesawtheinfluenceofFrida gained thefollowingandpopularity toreachthelevelofbeing often thatwehearofmany contemporarypaintersthathave on howthepublictreatsartists ashugecelebrities.Itisnot brought upaninterestingconversationbetweenstudents lead herto eventually beingon that coverofVogue. This and controloftheparttheyplayinconsumerism. bandwagoning encouragedbyads,onecantrulytakeownership discerning andunderstandingtheexaggeration,stereotypes, messages displayedinproductplacementsandpromotions.In ability enablesustounderstandtheunderlyingintentionsof the techniquesusedbybrandstomakemostprofit.This lives, weasconsumersmustbeequippedwiththeabilitytodetect relayed bytheconsumertofellowconsumers. whether emblazonedacrossT-shirtsorspokenaloud,arequickly association withthebranduponitsviewers.Theseassociations, jingles, catchphrases,orplotsofeachadmanagedtoimpressan From thebluelabelonaKedsshoetoNike’s“JustDoIt,” each waseffectiveinmakingambassadorsoutofitsviewers. diverse audiences,theadsshownsharedacommondenominator: vastly differedfromthatin1951theiraimtoappealmore and liveinthesuburbs.Thoughadsfrom19892015 of socioeconomicbackgroundsstableenoughtoaffordtelevision that theshoesweremadeformiddleschool-agedboys jingle andsuburbanactorsdepictedina1951Kedsadimplied target demographicfortheproduct.Forexample,repetitive and setting of the advertisements shown were indicative of the and 2015.Featuresassimplemusicchoice,actorspresent, series ofadsforthesameproduct,sneakers,from1951,1989, Some sophomoresobservedsuchdevelopmentsbywatchinga and flowofadvertisers’responsestotheconsumerovertime. 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