Pomona College: What experience in high school has mattered most to you? How do you see this experience influencing your decision-making in college?

286-word version: Pomona College
I am a perfectionist in the arena that I am familiar with and, this time, I wanted to prove that I was a capable singer. For two weeks we practiced and practiced whenever we had time, whether that be lunchtime or after school, expecting our performance to be yet of the best. But on the day of the performance, ominous air lingered above our heads...