My Experience With College And Earning A Degree - 1525 Words

My experience with college and earning a degree feels like an elusive treasure I have sought after most of my entire adult life. It was my junior year in high school when my journey began. As most of my classmates chose their best options upon graduation, the most obvious ones were which colleges we would most likely accepted at and attended in. At the time, my heart set on New York University and I felt confident of my acceptance. When I attended high school, I was not an overachiever, but not a slacker neither. In subjects such as the sciences, English and Writing I relaxed, but I needed extra effort in other subjects such as Math, and History. I would classify myself an above average high school student, and the potential of†¦show more content†¦This is a moment in my life I can replay over and over again in my mind, because of the monumental value it provided in my life’s direction. I pulled the letter out and unfolded it, while my heart pounded into a tachycardi a rate. As I began reading the first sentence, I smiled, and then I read further down the letter I felt all the walls inside the house closing in towards me. One sentence diminished my world and it said, â€Å"Although, you are an excellent student, and met all of the requirements for admission, we regret to inform you of our decision not to accept you at this time.† At this point, I stopped reading and fell to the knees. My eyes welled up with tears, as I reflected on my five-year plan coming to an end before it even started. I experienced my first heartbreak at seventeen years old, and I have never been the same person afterward. My family consoled and comforted me during this emotional epic of a failure in my life. Nothing or no one was able to lessen the blow of my rejection from the one thing in my teenage years I have wanted badly. Other acceptance letters arrived days after from Rutgers University and the State University of New York, yet none of them replaced the gap ing hole in my heart caused by New York University. My bitterness and disdain towards pursuing higher education stayed with me for a very long time. I decided not to attend college after I