"Why do you want to attend this school" essays

[Sam_Lee]

<p>I found it. The applicant, Mari Fagel, framed her response as a news story. She joined Medill Class of 2009. </p>

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Senior Exonerates Death Row Convict and Raises Money for the Environment</p>

<p>Northwestern senior Mari Fagel arrived in Joliet one wintry Friday morning to pick up Gerard Jones for a tour of Evanston. Jones had never seen Lake Michigan before. In fact, he hadn’t seen anything but the walls of his prison cell for the past 18 years.</p>

<p>Until recently Jones was wrongly convicted of murder. Working with her classmates in Professor David Protess’ course, Investigative Journalism, Fagel helped exonerate Jones. …</p>

<p>A broadcast journalism major, Fagel reported on the story for the Northwestern News Network; she also writes for the Daily Northwestern and the Northwestern Chronicle. …</p>

<p>To give back to Northwestern, Fagel has been an active member of her community. As president of Students for Ecological and Environmental Development, she raised $10,000 for the environment at the annual Dance Marathon. …</p>

<p>Fagel also participates in Students for Israel and campus Hillel. She represented Israel in last year’s Model UN competition and organized a Northwestern Quiz Bowl to benefit Jewish refugees.</p>

<p>With that, Fagel excused herself to get to work on plans for Dillo Day, one of her favorite Northwestern traditions.

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