When Alan and I first started dating, we talked about everything; what we wanted out of life, what our plans were, what we wanted to do as far as education/career goes, we even talked about marriage and things of the sort. It was mentioned that I should try applying to Michigan State University, partly because it’d allow me to move there and be closer to him but also because I’d have to figure out some where else to go when I finished at Trident here. In my mind, I figured why the hell not - if things go well with him then I’d obviously want to be closer to him, and I’m ready to get out of South Carolina so Michigan would be a nice change of pace. I applied over the summer for the Spring 2008 semester and found out a few days shy of Thanksgiving that I wasn’t accepted. I was upset to say the least although I expected it since my GPA was still low from my first semester of college; the letter said that my application was good for an entire year and that all I’d have to do would be send in updated transcripts and switch the semester I was applying for if I decided to go to MSU still.

Towards the end of Fall 2007 (last semester), I switched the semester I was applying to to Fall 2008 and had my new, updated transcripts sent after December 10th which was the end of the semester. I figured I had a better shot this time around because my GPA had jumped from a 2.2 to a 2.75 and I had my straight A’s last semester - I began to wait…every day with the thought of “did I get in or will I get rejected again?” in the back of my mind. I’d frequently check my application status that when a decision is made a message is posted saying that a letter is being sent to you; when that message showed up last week, I became anxious - this is what I had been waiting for, this is what would determine the next step of my life for the next two years as far as school goes.

I received my letter yesterday - I wasn’t accepted but I wasn’t denied either. The letter stated that a “decision regarding [my] status will be determined at the end of this term upon receipt of an official transcripts containing [my] final grades.” I’m not exactly sure why a decision couldn’t be made at this time, but I can only assume and assuming gets one in trouble and gives one a headache so after I thought about it a few minutes, I let it go. It bummed me out that I wasn’t able to call Alan and tell my family that I got accepted to MSU, and it bummed me out that I still have to wait for an answer but I am happy that I wasn’t flat out denied this time around and that I still have a chance. I know now, which I knew before, that I must do extremely well in my courses this semester and that if I do that - I am almost positive that I will be accepted to MSU. I am ready for a change, I am ready to start life on my own even though I know it won’t be easy, but most of all I’m ready to just KNOW what the next step is going to be in my life and get the ball rolling. I’m looking forward to those things, and being able to start them and experience them with Alan right there beside me.

Tags: Alan, Michigan, Transfering

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