Assignment 26A- Celebrating Failure
1) I failed at being able to get into UF the first time I applied. I applied to all of the Florida schools, but the one that I was most excited about was UF. I started getting all of the decisions from the other schools but nothing had come in for UF. I applied with a good amount of extra-curricular activities, my GPA was good and my SAT scores were also good. Even though I knew it might be a long shot to get in, it still was very upsetting to get the rejection letter from them. I remember my family telling me that it was going to be ok since I still had options to chose from. But in my mind, I had failed to get into the school that I really wanted to go to. My boyfriend got in a year later than me, and it was really hard to know that we would be doing long distance for a while.
2) I learned that no matter how hard it was for me to accept the fact that I would not be entering UF as a freshman, I still had other options to chose from. I learned that I could still try again, apply as a Junior and I would still be able to graduate from this school. I also learned that while things do not always go as planned, you can still learn from the experience that the other choices that are available to you. Even though I wasn't able to go to this school for my freshman and sophomore year, I was able to experience my first two years of college with my best friend because she was going to the same school as I was.
3) I was very upset when I found out that I hadn't gotten into this school the first time I applied. It felt like I had failed, all those times I had worked really hard during high school to not be able to get into my first choice. I think I have changed how I view failure now since not everything is always going to go the way you want it to. I don't really enjoy taking risks that much but I think that this class has opened up more possibilities for that because of all the assignments where we had to interview people.
Hey Juliana!
ReplyDeleteI think it is wonderful that you have this outlook on not getting into UF at first. Being able to go to school with your friend and learning from this experience and great things to take away from it. I think the important thing to do when things do not go as planned is to see the positives which I think you did. Great job!
Hey Juliana, I bet that this experience made you grow a lot. While it must have sucked that you did not achieve what you wanted initially, you did not give up and here you are. You are now going to graduate from your dream school! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteHi Juliana! I think its very inspiring that even though you failed to get in the first time, you pushed through and ended up exactly where you wanted to be! Its important to learn from failures and how to handle them because everyone is bound to go through them. Great job getting in and still striving to get where you wanted to be!
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