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College Application Miracle.
Submitted by: O.A
TurkeyA dreamer at the edge of reality.
I’m a 18 year old girl from Turkey. I was dreaming about living abroad for many years and my dream university has always been Stanford. I believe that places with soul encourage you to be more creative. It helped me to let go of my boundaries.
So I applied for Stanford last year, with a lot of hope to be accepted. Everyone around me used to say that I was not qualified enough, I was not this, I was not that. No one believed in me except me. But I knew the principles of visualising. I had been using it for many years and I did not even suspect for a second that those last months would not be the last months I would spend in Turkey.
I started to check what I can eat at Stanford and I started shopping as if I was going there. When someone asked me about my college I said Stanford. People laughed and I laughed too, but I was laughing because I knew I had won.
The day when the results came and I was really nervous. For a second I doubted myself. It took me forever to open the e-mail and see the congratulations in writing. And then I started crying. I cried about an hour. Then I picked up my phone and called my brother and said I got in.Then I called my mom and my father. And after that I called my dearest friends to share my happiness with them. That night I couldn’t sleep. I have never been this happy in my entire life.
And now I am writing this letter from my dorm room in Stanford! So to the seniors who are worrying a lot about getting in to a college, just trust yourself and be yourself. You don’t have to be perfect, you don’t have to have amazing SAT scores or an incredible GPA. Just be unique.
The Secret has been become my life. I know I can do anything with the help of The Secret.