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Blogs General Health and Wellness

September 27, 2014

What Do You Do On a Sunday Afternoon?

Last Sunday I went to a family dinner with my cousins at the house of…

Fang, Beijing

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Blogs General Health and Wellness Success

September 26, 2014

Returning to America

This is my final year at Cornell and my sixth year in the United States.…

Sally Ruge Gao

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Blogs General Language and Understanding

September 25, 2014

When No One Speaks English

As I was typing out the first few English words on this page, I was…

Fang, Beijing

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Blogs General Success

September 23, 2014

Lessons for China from America’s Wealth Inequality

While reading a long essay in The Atlantic in May, something jumped off the page…

Kevin Slaten

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Arts and Entertainment Blogs General Health and Wellness

September 20, 2014

The Joy of Painting

One of my favorite pastimes of childhood was drawing, so it does not surprise me…

Xiao Fu

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Blogs General In Transition Success

September 19, 2014

The Unnecessity of Grades

Grade point average, or GPA, is the most crucial factor in American college admission evaluations,…

Yifu, Cambridge, MA

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Blogs General In Transition Language and Understanding

September 18, 2014

Star Gazing

I kept looking back at my past freshman year at Vassar. On the weekend nights…

Shiqi Lin

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Arts and Entertainment Blogs General Success

September 16, 2014

The Focus & Flurry of a Rising Star

I wrote a screenplay. It took about two days, a lot of focus, and a…

Sanyee, LA

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Blogs General Humor Me In Transition Relationship Success

September 14, 2014

Who’s Here?

The New Yorker Sept 15, 2014 “September – it’s a brand-new year. Let’s look around…

Mable, Boston

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Blogs General Success

September 13, 2014

Why Ivy League Schools have done more good than harm? （Sichun)

Right at the beginning of this new school year, I went to a public debate…

Sichun Liu

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Blogs General Success

September 12, 2014

Are Elite Colleges Bad for the Soul? (Shiqi)

The key question lying here is: what is college for? Almost everyone agrees that going…

Shiqi Lin

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Blogs General Success

September 11, 2014

Are Elite Colleges Bad for The Soul? (Kevin)

Too many students (or their parents) view the Ivy League as an opportunity to accumulate…

Kevin Slaten

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