Time for Change

So much has changed over these last few months. My perspective on many things have slowly but surely started changing. Before school started my dream school's had to be Stanford, Duke, or Emory. As of last week it has gone down to only Emory. I finally came to the realization that maybe I can't be a plane ride away from my parents and little brother. And maybe they can't handle having me that far away either. I used to feel that going to school in Atlanta would be like staying home and not being able to experience new things that one expects from college. But the more and more I think about it, there's so many opportunities to experience in a setting I am not well acquainted with, and still be a a car drive away from what I call home. I had to think hard about how my parent's and little brother would fare with me at a school like Stanford where they would only see me like once every few months for brief periods of time. As much as I do love that school, it has become apparent that going there for my undergraduate is a decision that would not consider the affects it will have on my family. I know my parents would be more than happy for me to enroll at a school as prestigious as Stanford, but when it comes down to it, I know they would have a very difficult time adjusting, adding in the fact that they are Afghan and the fact that I have no family near home to keep their mind of me if I was away. So I am playing it close to home, already applied early to Tech. Working on my Emory application, and inshallah I will get that in before November 1st. This is just one of many changes that have occurred during these last few months, and hopefully I'll add on in the next few weeks.