Well here I am.
It has been quite a year and I must say that which there have been many peaks and valleys, the feeling of getting accepted into UBC comes with a big relief. All throughout the process of applying for universities, and even one college I felt an overwhelming sense of doubt in myself. I attend a pretty competitive school and am surrounded by high achieving individuals, so it is easy for me to compare myself with my classmates and just feel inadequate. I finished all my applications, just in time, and left everything up to the Gods.
I applied to 3 schools in Ontario: Western (Kinesiology), Laurentian (Commerce), and Brock (Kinesiology), all of whom have a sport management program, and local schools UBC and SFU, and Langara for commerce.
(At time of publication) I had only gotten into Western, and it was good to know that if all else failed, I could go to a school with a great reputation and enjoy my university career. Realistically, I knew that I would not be moving out East. It is too costly, and I do not want to leave my life in Vancouver behind. So last week, Wednesday April 13 2011, when I accidentally found out I had been accepted into Sauder, I was overjoyed. What had happened was my friend (also a Sauder applicant) was having trouble self-reporting and so I signed on to my account to see what I had done. After going back and forth a couple of times, I finally read the words on that site that read
Congratulations you have been admitted! You will be receiving a letter from us shortly.
I was so surprise and happy that I blurted it out to my entire class. This was definitely unexpected. I had such low self esteem, and I was sure Sauder would be a goal I had set too high and would not be able to reach.
This year we had 7900 1st year apps and roughly 500 students will get in.
I feel so honoured. Not only have I been accepted into UBC but moreover into the Sauder School of Business, renowned as one of the hardest faculties to get into (by me at least). and an Early acceptance too!
Today, I felt such a sense of happiness for many of my classmates as they too got into their programs of choice at UBC. Their wait is over, and a future, secure.
I look forward to Sept or even before, when I will get to meet all my classmates. The future looks bright and exciting. Watch out UBC, cuz here I come.