#collegeadvice

used to be vs. entitled to be

Coming here as made me feel entitled. It's not really something I've felt before. I used to be the kid that was satisfied with 50%...

Oh my God... the first semester of my freshman year is over and I'm now 1/8 through with college. I am going to spend two years less here...

It's rough to admit I'm having a hard time. I didn't expect things to be perfect, but I did expect things to be better than they are...

I'm going to do what I love and I am going to love what I do. It is not a question. Coming to Harvard, I've found myself being swept away...

I don't know where to begin. I don't know what to tell you to expect. Oh God it's so much. Good? Bad? I'm not so sure. There's a little...

I am not going to Harvard because my parents want me to or for the name brand value. That is the most ridiculous idea I have ever heard....

I didn't do early decision for financial reasons. Would I get bound to a school even when I couldn't pay for it? And I was having doubts...

*Written on March 5, 2016. Regardless of what college I am going to, I still feel the same way. I am the same person I was before and...