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Clifton: Learning to balance what matters

Derrick Clifton
June 10, 2012

My name is Derrick Clifton and I’m a recovering perfectionist.

Have you seen the new MyNUResume tool via the undergraduate admissions office? It’s quite cringeworthy.

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