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Each year, we issue an open casting call for high school seniors who have dared to address money, work, or social class in their college application essays. From the large pile that arrived this spring, these four — about parents, small business, landscapes, and the meaning a single object can convey — stood out. The fifth essay in our package appeared on The New York Times's new Snapchat Discover, and you can view it at this link by pressing the arrow/play button.