It's all worth it!

Blogger… do you copy? Over. Hope everything is okay over there. I was thinking about things that I should write about in my blog and I drew a complete blank. I started to think that my life is even more boring than I thought. Then it came to me, I haven’t written about probably the biggest influence in my life, the University of Puerto Rico (ok, maybe that stress rant I did a while back counts).

Ever since I started thinking about my future (seriously) and was considering where I wanted to study, I had the University of Puerto Rico as my top priority. I heard that only the best students got into the university and that the education was top notch. Another thing that probably influenced me wanting to go there was the fact that my mom studied there and she’s the greatest human being ever so yeah…

I was a straight A student all throughout my life in school (Academic Excellence every graduation) so I had high hopes that I was going to get accepted. The day I received the letter with the reply from the university I asked my mom to read it for me. She tricked me by making a disappointed face and I got so nervous and panicky since it was basically the only place I wanted to study. My mom then reveals with a big smile on her face that I got accepted and I just started jumping around. My whole family was proud of me (and still is).

When I started attending the university I immediately loved the ambience and the diversity of people. I was nervous at first because of the freshman hunt but thankfully I didn’t get caught. As for my classes they were pretty easy and mellow. My first year was pretty awesome, even though I was studying Computer Science (which I found out I didn’t like that much). The classes in the UPR are generally pretty hard and require a lot of effort but you learn a lot. There's nothing like that feeling of accomplishment when you ace a class.

Currently I’m really stressed out since I’m taking two major classes (Biology & Chemistry). However, there is something that won’t change and that is how privileged and proud I am of myself for studying in the UPR. I admit that sometimes I gloat that I’m in the UPR and sometimes I get a little feeling of superiority and even though I feel as though I shouldn’t feel that way, I convince myself that I am working (studying) my butt off for my future and that sometimes I deserve to give myself a little pat on the back.