A New Chapter
It was August 25, 2001 and I was moving out for the first time of my life. I made the decision to quit playing soccer and start to focus on college academics at Birmingham-Southern. There were numerous thoughts running through my head and I didn’t know what to expect. Would it be tough or easy, would my roommate and I get along or hate each other, would I be popular or an outcast. All of these thoughts would soon be answered. Going to a place not knowing anybody, leaving all of my friends, and not being around my family would prove to be a big challenge.I think back to applying to colleges during the beginning of my senior year, I had no idea what I was about to partake in. I was torn between playing college soccer and focusing on strictly academics. I was recruited and offered many different scholarship opportunities to play soccer. My first reaction, I thought I should continue playing, whether it meant playing at a good school or going to a school just for the opportunity to play. I had been accepted to all of the schools I applied to and had to choose between playing soccer and focusing on academics. Soccer is how I found Birmingham-Southern with my coach suggesting I should play here. I came up,
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Approximate Word count = 989
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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