I honestly don't really know what to say, I'm a bit speechless. I've been stopping at my mailbox as I've pulled into my driveway every day for the last two weeks in hopes of finding that one thick envelope from the University of Alabama. Well on today of all days it happened to be pouring down rain so I didn't stop to check the mail and my dad came in two hours later with not one but two small envelopes with the crimson Bama logo on them. The first was what I swore to be a rejection because it felt like one single piece of paper, but was actually an acceptance letter! That's right ladies and gents, I'm officially 2/2!
Now Alabama has been the school I've always dreamed of ever since I can remember, but the cost was just not something I could ask my dad to pay, knowing that he would have done it and sacrificed his own needs to make me happy, but here's where that second letter comes in. I opened letter number two, which was addressed from the office of the president, which was letting me know that they had awarded me the UA Scholar scholarship for academic excellence, which pays for 2/3 of my out of state tuition annually. Did I say I was a bit speechless earlier? Make that completely and utterly floored. The school I've always dreamed of is giving me a scholarship that I didn't even know I was eligible for to make my tuition less than the cost of a year at my high school!
The choice between Ole Miss and Alabama is an extremely difficult one, and I am going to have to do a lot of talking with my family and my college counselor to ultimately make up my mind, but I am just so fortunate to be in a position that thousands of students would kill to be in. I'll leave you with this. Roll Tide.
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