Upward Bound Narrative

Senior year in high school was one of the most stressful times of everyone lives. Personally, I was balancing sports, clubs, an internship, and last but not least college applications. I was involved with an after school program Upward Bound (Los Angeles) that helped people of color like myself with their college endeavors. I always knew I wanted to attend college especially after the numerous amounts of campuses we visited. My only hesitation was if I was actually going to be accepted in any. A person I’m very grateful to have helped me in my journey through high school was Ms. Askew, our college advisor for the program. I remember when I first met her I wasn’t very fond but she helped me get into numerous scholarships and awards to make my applications look amazing thus she was also one the first people I would tell when I got into a school. She was someone I always confided in when dealing with stressful situations and always pushed me to do my best. Without her and my mother’s support I don’t know if I would be attending college right now.
Even if I did want to attend, I was tired of hearing about college. I joined Upward Bound my sophomore year and every time we’d go to the

I could feel everyone’s eyes staring at me. Why was I so nervous to check a portal, it not like I would I have gotten accepted overnight, I just checked it. I can feel sweat trickling down my forehead and my palms getting sweaty. All needed to do is check the to do list icon and I read “Congratulations, it is my pleasure to offer you provisional admission to Cal State LA!”, as I was about to click out of the window I blinked a couple times to make sure I was reading it right. I was feeling so many emotions I didn’t actually know what I was feeling it was so thrilling, and breathtaking to know that some school wanted me to attend their