"My Hard Work" by Kiara W

It’s September 26, 2017 at 9:30 in the evening. I’ve just arrived home from practice and I am about to start on my homework. As my computer is loading I am thinking about my future and what I would want to pursue my profession in. A notification appears on my screen of an email from my dream college. Thinking that it is going to remind me to send in the last of my application attachments, I continue to open it. Instead of seeing the information that is needed to finish my application I see “Congratulations! You have been admitted to Washington State University for the fall 2018 semester.”  I clearly was shocked and did not understand what I was reading until I showed my mother and she started crying. Next to show was my father. He was the one who showed me this college. Before I knew about Washington State I was looking into University of Washington and Oregon State University. At first when looking for a college I was just looking at the scenery and what the class ratio would be. I finally started looking into How the students and teachers from previous years worked together. Picking the school started when I chose to take the junior experience field trip and was able to sit in on a class and get a hands on one on one with the professor knowing that there were 30 other people in the room and this professor was able to get an overlook of all the students by simple asking them a couple of questions and be able to know their intentions for that student already. This was really the ice breaker of this school. Reading the email over and over finally realizing what all of my handwork had helped me to achieve. I was able to get into my top school and do it by myself. I achieved my goal of being the first in my family able to attend a four year university. The stress of taking extra classes all 4 years of high school. The late nights of studying all payed off to be able to say that I am a future cougar of Washington State University. Even when you are busy with extracurricular and stress of school and graduation the hard work that you've expressed through your work and dedication shows at the end.