Only Rejections so Far

Hi guys, these past few days I’ve gotten my first two decisions back and I got rejected from both 🥹

I wouldn’t say I’m sad since I know it’s hard for international, low income students to get accepted as that would implicate giving me a full ride— something domestic students deserve more.

But, even if I get rejected from everywhere… I’m truly grateful I was able to take part of this process.

Because of my dream of going aboard to study, I was able to have the courage to do things I would’ve NEVER dared to do.

First, last year I decided to participate in as many competitions as possible, because of that I managed to win 2 international competitions and one national medal in our math Olympiad. It was def not easy, as I was the only student in my school that was participating, and although I had to compete with my schools’ name, I was studying all on my own. Thankfully I managed to place nationally , standing with kids that went to the most expensive schools in our country. It was funny, I was the only student from an unknown school lol. This honestly gave me the confidence to get out of my shell and start some projects, very meaningful to me.

Because of this process, I decided to take the initiative to advocate for mental health, something extremely important to me.. and I was able to get more than 1000 people, world wide, participating in this project with me.

Of course, I wouldn’t be as selfish with my family as to not have a safety school. So I applied to our national med school… and guess what… I was accepted! Only 100 people get in so I was veeery excited, and from talking with the other accepted students, I was the only one that hadn’t participated in an intensive training program or had a tutor so honestly my confidence grew even stronger lol. But I’m not sure if this is what I want.

Anyway, since I’ve been navigating this process on my own, without Reddit, and specially this community, I would’ve never known what I was supposed to be doing in this process. While def there are many ragebaters and some depressing people here, there are people that truly take the time to answer your questions !!

Still, I hope at least one uni accepts me, but if that doesn’t happen, that was the destiny :)