Helen Sauer

I've changed my plans for the future more times than I can count, but as of now I'd really love to be a corporate immigration lawyer. People who have this job facilitate the American dream. I'd also like to live in Boston, but pretty much any larger city is okay with me. Mostly I just want to have a job that challenges me intellectually and maybe makes a difference in someone's life. There's so many boring jobs in the world. That's why I always try to push myself academically. I've only got four years to muster an impressive CV and get into a top level college. I'd love to go to Vassar, Boston University, or the University of Pennsylvania, and study law at William and Mary. My short term goals are to reach the quarterfinals in Bickle & Brewer and state, to run a time under 23:00 in cross country, and make straight A's.

Last year I really struggled in chemistry. I just didn't pick it up very quickly, and while i managed to scrape out an A the first semester, I ended up with a middling B the second semester. At the risk of sounded melodramatic, it broke my spirit a little bit. It was the first B I'd received in a very long time, and it took away my perfect high school GPA, something I'd always prided myself on. But after a few months have passed, I've realized that it taught me a very important lesson about life: that I'm far from infallable and that not everything is handed to me. I realized I don't have to let it ruin my college chances, I just have to work harder to overcome the blemish on my resume.

This summer I volunteered at St. Joseph every weekday for six weeks. It taught me a lot about the nature of the work world, especially about working with people in customer service. Avoid it, it's awful.

My picture is of me in Rome during the summer. This picture always makes me laugh. It isn't altered at all, and I still can't exactly figure out why I look so huge and the car looks so tiny.

My favorite website is http://www.nytimes.com/ because it is consistently accurate without being dry.