Last year, I had a hard time: I was 1 by all the colleges I applied to. It's not that I was a bad student. So when I got turned down, I got into a 2 . I thought there was only one path to 3 , and I wasn't on it. While all my friends had many choices, I was left 4
what future I could have.
When my panic 5 , I signed in a community college. I wasn't excited. I thought the incompetent teachers would 6 their students' sleep in class. I was so wrong. The 7 of my professors were so poetic, and my classmates were 8 , who could figure out all kinds of difficult things.
I decided to give myself a year of 9 . Aside from general education, I took a range of classes. I know it seemed like some 10
classes, but it allowed me to know about what I want. I used to have this idea that I had to rush to 11 a certain level of success by a certain age. But a year of community college has taught me to 12 , and to recognise that things take time to 13 . I still hope to transfer to a four-year 14 next year, but now I am a more mature person.
Being around the classmates has made me realise that I'm not late
15 . There's more than one way to get to where you want to go.
