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To Dean of Admissions,
Princeton University.
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The most influential person in my life...
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... is Mother Teresa, whose example
helped me overcome the arrogance...
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which threatened after my 1,600 SAT score
and National Merit Scholarship.
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My influential person taught me
the most important word I've learned.
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Aloha, which I...
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To the Dean of Admissions,
Princeton University...
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from Cristina Moreno.
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Most influential person: My mother.
No contest.
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I think I have been pointing
toward this essay...
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ever since the day, 12 years ago in Mexico,
when my father left.
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Such was my mother's need to protect me...
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that she would not let me see her cry.
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The trick was...
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get over it as quickly
and privately as possible.
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Such was my need to protect her...
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that I never let on that I could hear her.
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My mother kept us in Mexico
as long as possible...