6/23/2015 1 Comment Why I'm Going to CollegeAs a high school junior or senior you will be asked to write a certain essay quite a few times with the subject line "Why I Want to go to So and So College." Of the essays that I wrote, none were honest. I didn't want the "college experience", I wasn't ready for the "academic rigor" of a prestigious university. The only essays that truly conveyed my feelings remained scribbles in my journal hidden from the sad eyes of disappointment. I tried as hard as I could to imagine myself at college [...] In the end, I couldn't do that. College is going to have to wait. -May, 2014 If going to college is possible for you.. you should understand your privilege. However, going to college at a time when you are sincerely not equipped to succeed, in the end, does little to show appreciation for your family or community. To note, if you take time off, please do something worth your time. It is equally disappointing to waste a year away as it is to fail a semester.
Academia does not wear a white lab coat and the entirety of her lessons aren't in paper. Her true self is curiosity mixed with persistence. When I tried to imagine myself at a university last year, I didn't find those qualities within myself. I wasn't curious. That, to me, was unusual and sad. I I knew what an interest in your studies feels like. I didn't feel it anymore. In contrast, my eyes widened by the thought of exploration. So it goes that I took a year to travel and now I am here with a different story to tell.
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