{"id":29052,"date":"2022-05-20T11:35:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T15:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/?post_type=bu-stories&p=29052"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:49:28","slug":"write-your-own-story","status":"publish","type":"bu-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/admissions\/stories\/write-your-own-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Write Your Own Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Write Your Own Story<\/h2><\/div>\n\n
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At BU, you\u2019re not just part of a world-class<\/span>, cutting-edge research university.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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You\u2019re not just living in a diverse, historic<\/span>, cosmopolitan city.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n\n

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You\u2019re learning from the best<\/span>, the cream of the crop, the leaders in their fields.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n\n

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James Wolff<\/em><\/p%3$s>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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National Book Award winners and MacArthur geniuses walk these halls.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n\n

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Sigrid Nunez<\/em><\/p%3$s>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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No matter how celebrated
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Take journalism professor Michael Holley<\/span>.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Pulitzer Prize winner<\/span> and author of six New York Times<\/em>
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How to develop trust and cultivate sources<\/span>.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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How to live by journalism\u2019s credo<\/span> of \u201ccomforting the
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But the most important story he\u2019ll show you how to write might just be your own<\/span>.<\/span><\/p%3$s>\n<\/div>

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