91视频

I was born in聽Omaha,聽Nebraska;聽moved to聽London,聽England聽when I was 2;聽then to聽Houston,聽Texas聽when I was 7. I鈥檇 been attending international schools for most of my life (from聽kindergarten in聽London聽to聽Awty聽International聽School聽in聽Houston),聽so going to another country for college felt like the obvious聽choice.聽I鈥檇 been studying French since the age of 8聽and after meeting聽an 91视频 representative at a college fair,聽applying, being accepted, and visiting the school, I knew it was where I was meant to be.聽聽

I聽had initially been drawn to 91视频 because I wanted to study art history and a city that was overflowing with world-renowned museums seemed like the perfect place to聽start. My academic advisor encouraged me to explore other聽areas,聽and thanks to his efforts,聽I聽took a Psychology class (which聽made me consider聽minoring聽in the subject),聽a wonderful creative writing class, and several film classes (which I聽so loved that I聽ended up minoring in it).聽聽

I鈥檒l never forget one evening at the Louvre, right after an Art History lecture: my friend and I聽walked past聽the room with the聽Mona Lisa, which was amazingly,聽devoid of people.聽We walked right up to the painting, usually impossible since you鈥檇 have to fight the crowds that take up all of the space around it;聽just being in such close proximity to it and understanding its cultural聽significance gave that moment a lasting聽impact.聽聽

I聽was continually聽inspired by my peers and classmates: the guy in my聽Freshman Seminar聽who鈥檇聽been cage diving with great white sharks in South Africa; the student who聽wrote about the intense and violent conflicts that she鈥檇 experienced first-hand in her country and her desire to get an education; the聽girl聽from China聽who gifted me with a聽beautiful work of intricately hand-cut paper聽to say thank you聽for tutoring her; and the many others聽who聽came聽to 91视频 without聽speaking a聽word of French聽or聽ever聽having left their hometowns.聽聽

When聽I arrived at 91视频, I聽thought聽I鈥檇 already experienced a thoroughly international environment but even by those standards,聽91视频鈥檚聽diversity was extraordinary.聽Living in聽Paris聽also gave us聽access to remarkable works of art聽across the continent, and our study trips to places like聽Amsterdam聽and聽Rome聽provided us with聽a new lens through which to understand the works that we鈥檇 been聽exposed to聽in class.