sarah nguyen

Short answer:

Google.

Long answer:

I am a geek. Thus, starting in eighth grade (or perhaps even earlier), I browsed site like Princeton Review’s for information about high school, college, and beyond. Or, I was bored. Doesn’t matter.

Through random internet browsing, I learned that in high school you can’t exactly spend your summers lazing around if you want admission to Ivy Leagues and other selective schools. But, traveling was acceptable! So being ever the enterprising middle schooler, I researched summer study abroad trips…and came up with the conclusion that most colleges and universities considered these expensive ventures that rich parents used to try and impress admission committees. BUT, a year-long exchange could be a way to stand out among cookie cutter applicants.

Being a typical thirteen-year-old with a ridiculously short attention span, I completely forgot about all of this. I would occasionally remember during random moments when my dad would mention that his coworker’s son was studying in Japan, or my German cousin was coming to the United States, and so on.

Fear not, the story does not end here! For during Sophomore year I came across those old exchange student websites again, not much changed from before, and became interested again. The clincher was that I found not only that Rotary was completely affordable, but there was a full scholarship for Germany. That’s it.

And now?

I really don’t care about college admissions. But I’m still a geek.

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