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USC Dornsife Character Analysis
Ever since I watched Mind Games, I became completely and utterly infatuated with how the mind worked, why people react a certain way, and why people perceive things the way they do. Because of my enthusiasm for the show, I remember spending night after night, pouring over countless number of articles on the internet trying to figure out the principles of attraction and the ideology behind personalities and human interaction. With my endgoal being a physician assistant, what attracted me to USC—initially—was the pre-physician assistant practice and the strong psychology programs available. But upon further research, I saw that within USC Dornsife there is a close-knit community fostered between students and teachers in the psychology as well

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