The Importance Of Life In Ateneo

I always prefer everything that’s blue. From shirts to shorts, folders, cases, bags, name it, they must be blue, or at least, have some shade of it. Well, who would have thought that my fondness of the color would bring me to a dream to be in the land of the blue?
I dreamed to be a part of the Ateneo community, ever since childhood. My mother once said, “I believe you were born to be in Ateneo, it’s the only school that comes to your mouth,” and sometimes, she gets quite irritated. After some time, she and my father also dreamed Ateneo for me. All things must be set right? Everyone dreamed of be going into that university. Nothing must stop me now! Well, not quite.
As a kid before, I thought that going to Ateneo only required a diploma in high school. As long as I study hard enough, nothing could ever stop me from reaching that dream. I was wrong. Stereotypes introduced themselves to me. In order to be in the university, you needed to be an elitist, have an Ateneo ancestry, son or daughter of the owner of a multinational company, and many other else. Being in Ateneo demands more than just academic excellence, much more than I thought.
These instances blurred my dream of studying in the Ateneo. I often asked myself, “Why am I here, in my current state of living?”, “why am I not …show more content…
They toured me in the campus while exchanging conversations. Then talk lead to my dream of going into the Ateneo and on showing some regrets and disappointments because my parents cannot afford it. Then they said that the university offers scholarships to deserving students. At that moment, I considered myself as an idiot for not knowing anything about scholarships but at the same time, my emotions uplifted that I can still pursue my dream. Inside my heart it clearly said, “Yes!”, “I still have a chance!” I could feel it. I became hopeful