1. Of the extracurricular activities that I have participated in, the one that has meant the most to me is swimming. I started swimming when I was nine years old, while living in France. It quickly became a way for me to meet new people and to make friends with people that had similar interests as me. I continued swimming when I moved back to the U.S. The sport continued to play a major role in my life. Each year I would commit myself to the sport more and more. During my years in high school, I began to train close to twenty hours a week. From the time and effort that I put into the sport, swimming returned to me a few important qualities that are needed in the real world. The first was goal setting. As in any sport, being able to set and work towards goals is very important. However, in swimming it is twice as important because you have to be able to keep these goals in mind at all times and to adjust them as you achieve them. A second quality that I
2. Emory is the school for me because the college offers the right setting and atmosphere, along with a great swim team. The first reason Emory is right for me is that its swim team is excellent. The men\'s team is closely approaching a national championship, and I think I could add some depth to the team. It has always been a dream of mine to take part in a team that works together to win something. I think that swimming for Emory could make this happen. Along with the team being great in the water, the swimmers are pretty hot in the classroom. The team has the highest team grade point average for all other college swim teams. This fact makes Emory stand out in my mind as a better place for me because I want to succeed in the pool, but I do not want to sacrifice my academics. The team works together both in the pool and in the classroom. The second and more important reason why Emory is the school for me is that it offers an atmosphere for success in
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