The math they taught in my senior year at my American high school was at the level of the 4th grade in Korea!!!!!

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As a member of the tennis team (0-8 in singles my senior year), I didn't want hockey to hog the athletic department's budget.

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In the fall of my senior year, I started dating a brilliant man and we're still together.

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When I had just finished my senior year in high school, I scored a summer internship at Viacom.

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And I only seriously involved myself in extra-curricular activities my senior year for the sole purpose of bolstering my applications.

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As an Environmental Science major at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, I had the opportunity to spend a week during my senior year as a participant in one of the first Alternative Spring Break trips.

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