May I say first that I am so happy I am in college and do not have to go through the tedious process of college applications again! (At least not till grad school.) Ugh...thinking about the essays, SATs, and the waiting makes me cringe in my new Michael Kors boots. My college selection process didn't involve meetings with the Dean of Admissions or intense interviews but if it did I probably could not have handled the situations with as much grace as Miss Serena Van Der Woodsen
But how was it that you chose your perfect school? Was it school reputation, focus on academics, party scene? Although Brown, Yale, and Harvard were not on my list of To-Do applications other local schools were. But while going through applications I noticed that no matter where I got in my heart was set on UNC. And look at me a now, I'm a full -fledged Carolina Girl. UNC has pleasantly fulfilled all of my expectations and I can say I have been very pleased with my decision. It's still the beautiful campus I was attracted to. It has lived up to the rigorous academic classes that I heard about. And it's party scene...woooo is still the most notorious in North Carolina. However, college is more than late night cram sessions and 8:00 am hangovers, it's about personal growth. In college you learn about history and literature, about people, and about yourself. Adults informed me that college was the time of their lives, and I believed them but didn't understand them. Now that I'm here, I'm beginning to comprehend the level of awesomeness that they were speaking about. You have freedom and virtually no responsibilities other than your school work and perhaps a job. But beyond the studying and partying, college gives you the opportunity to accomplish your dreams or get closer to the dream-accomplished finish line. Your dreams may be to be a more outgoing person, to be apart of a sports team, or become a successful entrepreneur. Whatever they may be college is the place to accomplish those dreams and UNC has the resources for you to do so.
My dream was once to get into UNC, and now I'm here. Now it is my job to partake in my dream -to become a career woman. It takes work. It takes inner confidence, self-determination, and focus to accomplish the goals that you set for yourself. College is a great place to be but figure out what you want, set your mind, and in return you will get what you want.
Don't wait on your dreams. Act on them.
xoxo
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This was a nice change of topics from the daily dose of gossip. I enjoyed it just as much probably because we are both in the same situation. UNC-CH was and still is my dream school. I only applied here, and NC State. After finding out that my guidance counselor neglected to send in my transcripts [twice! what a douche] I was close to asking yet again when my brother came jumping on top of me during a peaceful nap shouting "YOU GOT IN! YOU GOT IN!” After being reassured that the house wasn't on fire [because isn't that everyone's first instinct when awoken from a nap? Haha] I couldn't help but jump and scream right along with him. I had reached my dream of YEARS. Watching the episode it reminded me of the process that it took to get here. [WOW was it long!] All the nights spent studying for tests, doing homework when everyone else blew it off, and joining as many extracurricular activities and sports as possible was well worth it. I think I find a bit more pleasure knowing that out of all my classmates who decided they were "too cool" to be the studious person in high school are sitting in my home town STILL going to high school events looking like losers. :) Hard work does pay off. You wrote a really inspirational blog, and though I have yet to see these as the best years of my life [I really loved my high school life haha] I still see the beauty in it all. Not to mention the campus is so gorgeous. I just miss the knowing everyone around me part, BUT I must say being around people more like me has given me more of a motivation to get ready to apply to that next round of applications. Oh Upper East Siders, how lucky you are to ALREADY have all the money your heart desires. Sigh. :)
I remember the day I got in. The internet decided not the work at the school, so everyone had to get off campus and find out, while I was stuck cheering on a losing basketball team. I was sooo anxious to find out that I left during half time and ran to my room. I remember the letter. And the words "congratulations." That one word was enough for me. I was sooo excited! I had already gotten into State by this time, but for some reason I didn't really want to go there. It might be because of the beauty of this campus compared... to the brick filled red-ness of NC State. Though I was excited, there was one more school for me: DUKE. This was my dream. I have wanted to go there my whole life. It was the dream that I never got. And I always think about what would have happened if I worked harder in high school, or something else I could have done to meet my dream, but I guess it was part of the life I was meant to live. Maybe I thought it was my dream, but at the end, it wasn't meant to be. Now I have a new dream: Grad school at UPENN. And this time I want to make it that I won't have any regrets. I will work as hard as I can to meet this goal. And this time, I am not going to let it slip out of my control. Oh and I loveeee your last quote (:
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