Delete later
The essays I wrote to get into Duke no longer exist.
I love writing, and by that I mean I love writing about anything other than myself. So I wrote my personal essay in third person, and I wrote my “Why Duke?” about a girl I could eventually become. Years later, I’ve graduated, and I’m neither of those people. I’m pretty sure I deleted those essays as soon as I hit submit. I’ll probably delete this one too.
I remember fragments: something about an English major. Something about joining The Archive…