I woke up rather late one day recently. I checked my phone as usual. I noticed an email and immediately got out of bed. It was from one of my two dream schools.
I rushed downstairs to check if my parents had left for work. My mom was in the middle of an online thing.
Spoiler alert: I did not pass. Not waitlisted, but completely rejected.
I waited until my mom had turned off her mic and camera to come into the room and break it to her. I was not even finished saying the words when I started bawling my eyes out, and just crying as hard as I could.
My mom told me it was fine, and that I did what I could, and it was okay. She told me that we could try to lodge an appeal and hope …
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