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A significant education opportunity that I have taken advantage of is the choosing of my classes in my senior year. As a senior, I was given the opportunity to choose my schedule for the year. Here I could choose electives that would be easy A such as being a teacher aide. But instead, taking advantage of the multiple science courses offered by my school I chose to double up on sciences for my senior year., I chose to take both AP Biology and AP Chemistry. I did this over taking an easy elective such as being a teacher aide because I knew that I wanted to be challenged throughout my senior year. I have also overcame an educational barrier within my highschool years. Specifically, in AP Chemistry, my teacher has back problems and has missed

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