*'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' by Green Day plays softly in the distance*
"After getting rejected by my first choice school, I ended up going with my second choice: a much bigger school in a much, MUCH bigger city. I was terrible at making friends and spent all my free time locked in my dorm. I fell into depression and my grades suffered because of it, and I ended up losing my scholarship.
I returned to school, took a heavy class load so I could get my GPA up, and ended up making the Dean’s List and getting my financial aid reinstated! Five major changes and two degrees later, I’m working for a Fortune 100 company, pursuing my Master’s, and I’m a hell of a lot more self-assured than I was in my freshman year!" —
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