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　　my friend James about how stressed out I was over school.

　　His response was immediate. “Well,

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　　did you decide to take five AP classes on the top of everything you’re doing?”

　　My response

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　　just as quickly. “Because I need them for college. Harvard won’t

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　　someone who doesn’t challenge themselves with difficult classes!”

　　The words sounded so

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　　as I typed them on the screen that I

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　　laughed out loud. I was supposed to be

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　　myself not torturing(折磨) myself. That was the night I

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　　that I didn’t need to deal with a course load of disastrous difficulty to

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　　my own self – worth.

　　It was a little too late to

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　　things, of course. The AP exams were about to go full – force,

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　　were winding down, and most of my clubs and organizations were about to hold their end – of – year parties. Still, I

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　　a valuable lesson. No college, one billion dollar endowment (资助) or not, is worth the

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　　I went through last year. I wish I’d had someone to tell me sooner that I didn’t have to do everything. Colleges don’t really want overachieving robots, They want people with passion(love). It doesn’t matter whether you’re a policy debater or not, as long as you show that you’re going for the things you love.

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