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by Anonymous - September 02, 2007

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences in the space below or on an attached sheet (150 words or fewer).

When my Academic Decathlon coach distributes materials in June—hundreds of pages of history, poems, research topics, and more—it is with the tacit understanding that students have just seven months to synthesize, analyze, and otherwise own this knowledge. Through Academic Decathlon, I have had the chance to dive into the legacy of Chinese empires…

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