My life
...on-to-be adult life. I really hope that I・m ready for it. My mind flashed back the next minute. ：Did you black out dear?； my professor asks me. ：No, no, I'm here, I just had a bit of a day dream. After Cambridge, I would love to go to the United States, because I might wish to live and practice there, since I am an American citizen.； ：Well then, I guess you・d better get to it.； she said. As I was walking out of her office, I remembered the day when I had to go to the office to get my university letters back. I was nervous and worried sick that day, what would the mail bring? ：I・m here to pick up my mail.； I said. ：May I know your name please,； the secretary replied. ：Sabrina natske.； ：Oh yes, you have quite a lot of mail, here you go.； ：Thank you, have a nice day.； As I sat down with my friends to open my letters, I could barely tear open the envelope to read my first response. The first letter was from King・s College London, as I carefully read every line, my hopes were rising. Finally I came to the decisive sentence, whether I got in or not. And as I absorbed each word, I broke into one of the biggest smiles in the world. I had actually gotten into King・s. I couldn・t believe it! All that hard work from the past two years really paid off. Studying for every quiz and test, doing all the projects and homework required, dedication, commitment into achieving my goal all were completed. I couldn・t be happier. The rest of the letters were positive, I had actually gotten into Cambridge and Oxford, all except the letter from University College London. They thought that I had more potential to go to higher-level schools than going to theirs. All of my friends couldn・t believe their eyes and ears when they found that I actually achieved my goal. I was now on my way to a fantastic future, it all depended on which school I was going to choose to attend. My first thought was to call my parents. ：Mamma, papa,； I screamed into the telephone, ：I got into Cambridge and Oxford! All that matters now is which one I choose to go to.； Both of them automatically replied ：Cambridge, that・s been your main goal for most of your life,； my mother said, ：I can still remember you as a six year old saying that someday you・ll go to Cambridge. And guess what, you actually did it!； My dad was too shocked to speak. After saying goodbye to them, I went my counselor, Mr. Callahan, and told him my good news. He could hardly believe his ears. ：All of them?? All of them? You got into all of your choices? I can・t believe it! I knew you had it in you sabrina, I・m so proud of you.； ：Well, I didn・t get into UCL, they didn・t want me there, they thought I had more potential to excel in higher level schools.； I said dully. ：But who cares about that! You got into Cambridge and Oxford, that・s all that really matters. Who cares about UCL? I certainly don・t.； As I was walking back to my dorm, all I could think about was that day. All of my thoughts and emotions, which I thought had disappeared a long time ago, surfaced again. I was full of joy, not even the snidest comment could put me down. I felt complete again. I had forgotten how much I had loved that day. I remembered a few of the thoughts that had gone through my head that day, ：What type of clothes do they wear there? How will I fit in as a third culture kid? Will I enjoy it there; will the friends there be as great as they・ve been here? How much harder than ISKL is it? What・s the competition like? Will I have enough time for tennis, is there a tennis team?； Endless questions like these ran threw my head that day, I was so distracted my teachers just ignored me and left me alone in class. As I entered my dorm room and hopped onto my bed, I thought about my accomplishments here at Cambridge that I・ve achieved since I was a freshman here. My proudest moment was being offered an apprenticeship at one of my professors・ law firms. I was very proud of myself, being one of the two juniors offered a job there. The other five were seniors, and commonly, these apprenticeships were only offered to seniors. Semester exams are only a month away, and I need to start studying now if I am going to have the same GPA as I had last year. I aced my junior year final exams. I started studying roughly a month and a half before the exams. Everyday I would come back to my room and review what had been discussed in the day・s classes. I was determined to have a higher GPA then I had had the previous semester. My reviewing did pay off; I ended up acing all of my exams, and received a grea...