Being Accepted

"Congratulations! You have been admitted to Morgan State as a degree canidate for the FALL 2008 semester."

I thought it was all a dream,; it was about ten degrees outside and I was opening up my mail while waiting for the bus. As I opened up the letter I said to myself, this can't be it--what I've been waiting for the longest--a college acceptance letter. This meant so much to me because in the past two months, I recieved two letters declining me from their institution. The first was from the University of South Florida and the second was Penn State, so I thought, what was the difference with this letter.

Well the difference was the first word was 'Congratulations' and not 'Sorry.' The first thing I wanted to do was go back home and tell my dad and grandmom, but instead I just called my mom and told her to tell everybody for me so that I could go to school. This was the best moment of my life, hands down. This means so much to me. Even if I don't go I know that I accomplished something in my life. February 12, 2008, 10:39am, at Haines and Stenton Avenue, I will never forget it.

By Jon Mason

By Jon Mason