I am an outsider. Not an outsider as in creepy, but I usually stay to myself. All of my years of school have usually dwelt upon myself. The reason why, I was the kid in class that actually wanted to learn. However, most of my peers did not. I could recall myself as a kid occasionally feeling extremely isolated, then trying to fit in. Occasionally in class, I found myself holding back with academic questions, and concerns because I was afraid of being harassed. The fact that, I wanted to actually learn, was not considered popular. Therefore, when it came to college my question remained, what is college?
In my family, college is not something that is anticipated, perhaps graduating high school. But attending college, no. Becoming an outsider came from not wanting to contribute to the several stereotypes that surrounded African Americans to be successful such as: “playing sports or rapping to be successful,” in fact, I do not like sports or rapping. Nevertheless, my
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Broward Community College was my choice, but my teacher came to me and said, “Nelson, you are an intelligent young man, don’t sell yourself short, do some more research.” And, I did do some more research. I came across this school, my dream, Boston University.
For the college project, I found out that Boston University offered a Human Physiology major, which is something I was interested in because I did not want the typical “biology major” to ultimately become a medical student. I found out about the small class sizes in courses, the career experienced professors, and the overall student life at Boston University.
Over the course of two years, I have read more than a thousand student and faculty reviews on Boston University. I constantly keep up with BU Today and the BU social media pages. I watched the entire series of COMlife twice, which was produced by, the College of