My Sign From Above

Jan 23, 2012

So on Thursday I got some good and bad news. For the last 1 1/2 years, I have been attending a Community College to finish my undergrad coursework in the hopes of transferring to a University and finishing my degree and then going on to law school. Fortunately, I have completed enough units at a community college for the last year and half to transfer to a University soon. So, I applied last year to the University of my #1 choice and waited for Fall Semester grades from my Community College and sent my transcripts over to the prospective school that I had applied to. Everything was going smoothly and I really wanted to start U in Spring 2012 (February). One thing though is that before I entered the CC to finish my general ed units, I went to a College fresh out of High School and bombed out miserably. It was a culture shock and the first time I had been away from home so at the end of the year, I dropped out and took a break from school. Luckily, a few years later I went back to college full-time at a Community College while working full-time in order to finish my degree. Fast forward to this year and I have finished all of my credits at this community college, so I applied for acceptance to a University I have loved and been eyeing for 2 years now. I called them on Friday because it seemed to be taking them longer than usual to go over my application which they told me once they received my transcripts, I would be accepted in about 2-3 days. I had already gone to the U for an informal advising where they look at all your past schools and units etc. and judge whether you'll be a good fit for the school. That session went off without a hitch and they were excited to have me become a student soon. Well that dream turned awfully wrong but in perspective in a good way. So I call the U on Friday and they kept transferring my call. Finally the Director of Admissions gets on the phone and I hear the word "UNFORTUNATELY" thats when I froze. Basically, they can't accept me! I was dumfounded. My current GPA is very good but when they factored the old College I went to straight out of HS, it lowered my GPA below the accpeted standard for the University requirements. So bottom line, they couldn't accept me at this point but said they are glad to accept me when I get my GPA up .20 points. Can you believe it? I was only .20 away from the GPA requirement and only because my old ass College grades came back to haunt me. It was so unfair considering I was on the Dean's List at my current school and I have worked my ass of. Now I need to do another semester of about 2 bullshit classes to get my GPA up slightly. I was crying to my mom and aunt about it and they reminded me about something important. They told me that maybe this was meant to happen because I am meant to get my surgery soon, in March or April. They said this was a sign from above that I was meant to change into a better person and that God knows I need to be focused on just my weight right now and not cloud my attention with starting a U and beginning upper-level courses. At least the 2 classes I have to do at my CC are lower-division electives that I am doing online, so it won't be at all stressful during the time I should be focusing most of my energy on my weight loss. What do you all think? After taking everything in, I think it's a sign that my dream is coming true soon! This way I can start college as a normal-sized person and not have to worry about the fears that go along with being fat in College... 

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