A few days before my travel to Hungary, I spoke with one of my colleagues about his plans for the future. He had applied for (and won) an scholarship to study in the U.S in the college of his choice as long as he got accepted in the program. I became trill and a bit jealous when I heard this. For the reason that before I finished high-school I set to my self 2 goals, to finish college with a degree not below 9.5/10, and to study a masters degree in the US, specifically in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) . …show more content…
In fact, I had an 85% scholarship in a private school that was not that far away from my parent's house. The tuition was about 36 thousand pesos every 4 months, so I had to pay 1,350.00 pesos every month.
But still this was not enough . the best education I could get since I was not sure that the public school in my location(UG) was a good alternative, on account of the stories of bad teachers and bad reI do not mean to offend anyone, I know really good professionals from this school, but I am trying to state what I had in my mind in that moment ) and other private and more prestigious schools were out my budget. And leaving Guadalajara to study in Mexico City was not an option either.
I did not do that bad in high-school since I got an average grade of 9.4/10, but I was not an athlete, I was not a math enthusiast, nor I came from the slums. I am a middle class, average