I normally try to keep my posts God-centered, but I decided to do a brief reflection on the past few days with USC and college decisions. First off, I was at USC on Thursday and Friday for the Explore USC program for Presidential scholarship finalists. When I arrived, I was actually pretty lonely because it seemed like everyone else came with their parents, and I had like 4 hours before the Welcome Session. They gave us a list of activities we could do, including Walking tours, Bus tours, Thematic Option presentations, and financial aid info sessions. I went on the Bus Tour, which ended early, so I had quite some time before the next activity was to start. I called up my friend Emi and we had lunch & talked about stuff. Then, I went on the Walking Tour and thematic option. By then, I had met a few people who also came without their parents, but I didn't really get to see them for the rest of the program since we were all different majors.
After the Welcome session, they divided us up by major and we went to the department head of each college and had a info session. I was surprised to find that there was only one other person in my major, who was a girl who flew all the way from Taiwan to attend this program. After, we sat in a few classes and met up with our student host, who was also a Presidential scholar in architecture. I had dinner with some of her friends, and we had the rest of the night to do whatever we wanted. We went to an ice cream social for scholarship applicants, but not much was happening there. My host eventually took us to a Salsa-dancing night, which was pretty much the highlight of my entire trip. I am pretty embarrassing when it comes to dancing, but it was SOO fun, and the people were really nice and patient with my lack of dancing abilities. I am convinced that my future husband must be able to salsa dance. jk. kinda. Anyways, we came back and we just chatted until midnight or so.
Friday was less exciting; the biggest thing that happened was the scholarship interview, which lasted about half an hour. It was seriously super chill and laid back, and it seemed like they were more interested in answering my questions than asking me questions. I headed back to school after lunch for rehearsal, and ended my day at church.
When I went to church, I checked my email and found out that I got rejected from UCLA. To be perfectly honest, I was kinda surprised that I got rejected. But, I know that it is all in God's hands, and that if it's His plan for me to go to USC, I'll be happy to do it. I realized that I was upset about being rejected from LA because I cared more about my own pride and reputation than following God's will and being thankful in everything. It's something that I think I will struggle with for pretty much the rest of my life, but I am thankful that he works for the good of those who love him (Romans 8:28).
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