Accepted

          Okay, so fall is over and all the college applications have been sent and early acceptance letters are being received so, guess what? That right, I got accepted! Alright, so it’s a townie University and it’s not the acceptance letter that I have been pining for, but the "Congratulations" in the letter still got me a little giddy. 

          To take the confusion off your face, a townie school is a College which is basically a school where everyone gets accepted and 98% of the people in my high school end up. Mostly because its a ten minute drive and its really cheap. Bottom line, I do not want to go to school there, but that acceptance letter still made my day. It is like Valentine’s Day in elementary. You are supposed to give everyone a Valentine’s Day card but when you get that card from you crush it still makes you smile. Even if it was a forced card. You still feel special. So this made me feel special, which is way better than what I had been previously feeling. 

          I am a pretty smart girl. I take high level classes get good grades. By normal standards I am above where I am supposed to be. Unfortunately I have always taken higher level classes, so the friends I have made are basically level 2 geniuses. So where does that leave me? Well, compared to everyone else, I might as well be a chimp. I don't feel good enough when I am around them. They are all top 10% heck even just top 10 period. They understand everything and for that I resent them. Okay, I don't really resent them; I just wish I had their brain. Oh yea, and their acceptance letters. Back to the reason I started talking in the first place: Acceptance Letters. 

          Because all my friends are top 10% they basically get their pick when it comes to Texas colleges. (Now, my first pick would not have been a Texas college, but there are a lot of factors which played into me staying in Texas but that's a story for another time.) They all have automatic acceptance where I have a patience that is growing thin. You see, when you are automatically accepted, once you turn in your application, instead of a "Thank You for sending your application" email, they receive a "You have been accepted!" email. I received the former. I would be lucky to even get a "You have been wait listed" email. But I am fine with it and you know why? I'll tell you why! In March when I receive my acceptance letter to the school of my choice I will know it is because I was an all-around a-mah-zing person and they just could not say no. While a computer gave those geniuses the okay, I will go to sleep at night knowing that those people in admissions looked at my essays and test grades and transcripts and resume and said "I believe in this girl!" That's the difference.

      Well it has been fun, but I must go. 

Love,

The Girl in the Floral Scarf : )

The Girl in the Floral Scarf