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in high school, there were nights in high school where i would just cry. i wanted to go to college so bad but i couldn’t afford it. i resigned myself to not going and was applying to jobs.
i remember falling asleep during the practice ACT 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đź’€" title="Skull" aria-label="Emoji: Skull"> i only took my SAT and ACT because i had a fee waiver. i had no idea who to send my scores to so i just randomly chose based off a list i saw earlier in the day. nc state happened to be one of the schools.
i filled out 4 college applications. they were also all free. i applied to livingstone, nc central, nc state, and unc charlotte. my application to nc state was submitted on the LAST day. cause i’m forever a procrastinator.
i was so scared to even apply. i was asking myself, “am i gonna get in?” “if i do get in, how will i pay for it?” my sister went to college but she had to drop out because she became pregnant with my nephew. people were telling me i would do the same thing.
results came back and i got into all. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">i was lit asf but i didn’t have enough financial aid for 3 of the 4. then a few days later my nc state letter came. i had gotten a full ride through the Pack Promise program.
to this day, i don’t think i’ve screamed that much since lmao. (until i got into grad school https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤩" title="Star-struck" aria-label="Emoji: Star-struck">) i accepted immediately. it was so surreal cause literally like a few weeks before that i didn’t even know what major to choose.
college has done so much for me yo. LMAO i went to orientation and i was READY. symposium really cemented that i was in the right place.
now ima be a first-generation college student. AND i’m going to grad school. never in a million years did i think i was going to be here. imposter syndrome almost took me OUT. but i did it. :)
oop i said student. excuse me. first-generation college GRADUATE.
