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\u201cI’m sane, but I’m overwhelmed.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n I don\u2019t like to dwell on the past, but this week has been one full of reflection for me. I\u2019ve finally turned in the last of my final papers and taken the last of my exams for this rollercoaster of a semester, so there\u2019s far less to occupy my brain than usual. Even though these past few months have had their fair share of good times and bad, I look back on my third semester of college and feel an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI’m lost, but I’m hopeful, baby.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n When I was rejected from what I thought was my dream school two years and one day ago, I didn\u2019t know what my future was going to look like. Turns out, like Alanis Morissette says in her song <\/span>Hand in My Pocket<\/span><\/i>, \u201ceverything is just fine, fine, fine,\u201d – I would argue that it’s even better than fine! That being said, it\u2019s been stranger than I could have ever imagined. With the pandemic severely disrupting the end of my senior year of high school and transition into college, far more happened than I could have ever anticipated. However, even during the pandemic, I have never once regretted my choice to attend the University of Michigan, and that rejection letter that I got a little over two years ago turned out to be one of the best letters I have ever received in my life.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAnd what it all comes down to\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n I\u2019m learning like I never have before, I\u2019m meeting all kinds of fantastic new people, I\u2019m figuring out who I am at a pace unlike any I\u2019ve ever experienced, and I\u2019m making friends for life. Michigan students aren\u2019t lying when we chant \u201cIt\u2019s great to be a Michigan Wolverine!\u201d at the top of our lungs every chance we get. Although it\u2019s been a stressful semester full of highs and lows, the good parts overshadow the bad.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIs that everything’s gonna be fine, fine, fine.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n I am so overjoyed to have the privilege of attending the University of Michigan, and I am fortunate to be having such a life-changing experience here. While I\u2019m looking forward to a much-needed break, I am looking forward to getting back to school in Ann Arbor even more.<\/span><\/p>\n