My heart has been set on studying abroad in Cape Town
for a year now. Naturally—and like everyone else—I am so excited to be accepted
to the program. But personally, I also feel like this is the natural resolution
to a long period of waiting. For quite some time I have been thinking and
talking about South Africa, asking people who have gone in previous years
everything about it, and convincing my parents to let me go. Cape Town has gone
from being a goal for the distant future to a reality. Though until now I could
never be 100% sure that I would be in Cape Town this spring, it has felt like a
fact of life nonetheless.
So naturally when I heard that this year many people applied and
it was one of the most competitive study abroad programs at UConn, I got a
little worried. The prospect of being waitlisted or rejected made me realize
just how invested I really am: if that had happened, I would have been
heartbroken. Luckily, that wasn’t the case. Some of my excitement may be
overshadowed by relief, but all the same I couldn’t be more thrilled or proud
to be a part of this trip.
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