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Summary.
I remember, quite vividly, the drive up to Boston University for my first year of college. My nerves, excitement, and fear had almost reached a boiling point as we passed through Connecticut. I imagined the person I would become in just a few months: a scholar conducting research alongside his professors, a socialite making lifelong connections, and a writer putting the final touches on a manuscript that I had started the past year.