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This question really comes full circle to me; granted the experience that I am applying to this personal topic is also the reason I am applying to MSU. Growing up in a small town I have seen the same faces for eighteen years and I honestly believe I would have had to pick the first personal statement topic if it was not for this past summer. This last summer I was chosen to be a Girls’ State Representative and this was held at Michigan State University. This week was where I fell in love with MSU, and this is also where I was immersed with many new faces that I had never seen before. There were girls from every part of the state, ones from urban, suburban, and rural settings. I thought I would make one or two friends from this experience but
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