Why I Want To Go To Southern Methodist University

One could say I have it tough when it comes to meeting my parents expectations. Growing up in a traditional Pakistani household with two parents who have worked their whole life to get where they are. My dad had to work hard, and labor away to get from the bottom to the top, he wants my brothers and I to not go through what he did, and receive good Education, because “without education you won’t go anywhere in your life”. Ever since I can remember, my dad was always compared me to my older brothers. “You’ll see, she will beat you both and get top 10 in her class” he would say. Always talking big about his “wonderful daughter”, so one can see how much pressure is put on me. This is the reason I want to strive to get into that 42% accepted into Southern Methodist University.

Though S.M.U is classified as a Christian school, “being affiliated with the Methodist Church doesn’t mean that students have to be religious, go to Chapel, or take a course on religion”(smu.edu). It is considered a Christian school, however non- Christians can attend. S.M.U “began as a bold vision shared by Dallas civic leaders and the Methodist Church. The community had high assumptions for the success and prominence of the city”(smu.edu) .That is exactly what S.M.U has become, a bold success and prominence of the city. It was ranked in the top one fourth of the “best national universities”(smu.edu) in the U.S News and World report rankings In 2012. In the 2013 report, S.M.U ranks 58 among the 280 national universities, a four point improvement from the previous