"Prologue"~ a boy is not very good in skewl and is now in high skewl.
When it was the senior year, college applications was on everyone's mind. "what college are you going to?" That was the question. Since I wanted to go to a school that was known for architecture or engineering, I eyed Virginia Tech. This famous school is not too far away from home, but far enough that my parents could not come over and visit all the time.
That was my number one choice. Looking and my grades (3.24 GPA) and my low SAT score (980), I didn't even think I had a chance to get in.
I was told to apply for my dream school, a couple of safety schools, and couple of schools that ! would at least have a pretty good chance to get in. My dream school was Virginia Tech, my safety school was the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, and my chace schools were the University of Texas in Austin and the Unisersity of Maryland in College Park.
During the time while waiting for my acceptance and rejection letters, my father put me down. He made me look at my GPA and SAT scores and said that I was going to be rejected from every school I applied for. In fact, he said that if I applied to Montgomery Community College, they would probably reject me too. I felt really low at that time. I began to believe him and thought about going straight to work at a mall or something. I was down and had no one to turn to. No one but my God.
You see, I am a Christian and I know that God always has a plan for me, but this time I didn't know what it was. I prayed to my God for days asking him to let me get into Virginia Tech just to show me that I was not as stupid as I thought I was. I tolg him if that was not where he wanted me to go, that was fine, but let me get in so I knew that i wasn't dumb.
I recieved my first letter and I was rejected from the University of Texas. My older brother went there so I thought that it would be easier for me to get in, but no. I was rejected. I got a letter from UMBC saying that I was accepted, but I really didn't want to go there. I didn't know anythings about the school, and was just not too fond of the campus. UMCP accepted me. I thought this was nice, but is God going to let me get into Virginia Tech? It wasn't for another few more days until I finally heard from Virginia Tech. I was accepted! I was filled with joy and I knew I was no dumb kid. God had answered my prayers. |
