tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591746524478903126.post3661163296917381772..comments2023-09-26T00:55:56.735-07:00Comments on 11 ILC at Vanderbilt: School Board Meeting: An IntroductionMadeline Kronenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00809038721402994691noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591746524478903126.post-36964161966461281142011-05-14T19:32:44.991-07:002011-05-14T19:32:44.991-07:00Julia,
Every year these "prestigious" u...Julia,<br /><br />Every year these "prestigious" universities admit thousands of freshmen students to study in their hallowed halls. The question you need to ask yourself (and it seems that you already are) is why shouldn't you be one of them. <br /><br />What is it about everyone else that makes them "better" than you. Is it because they come from money or attend better schools? is it because they have the right connections? Or maybe because the color of their skin is different than yours.<br /><br />The answer to this, Julia, is that they're no better than you. Money doesn't make them batter and even a better school system doesn't make them smarter than you.<br /><br />No matter where you go there are going to be people who have more money or have been afforded a better education than you but that doesn't make them better than you. If you give it your all, you have a good chance of being noticed by those schools and you'll be opening those stacks of letters that begin with: Ms. Julia Chang, We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to..."<br /><br />My philosophy, Julia, is to go for broke. WHat's the worst they can do to you except tell you that they don't have room for you. I get that in most of the places I go but it doesn't stop me from trying to get in. Go for broke, Julia.Don Gosneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110247579694408858noreply@blogger.com