To live in the Windy City of Chicago, where most Sci-fi and blockbuster action movies took place in*most notably the Transformers movie line. Where I believe I could live my life to its fullest.
So when the opportunity came by, I voiced out. I told IIE, the organization which MARA asked to settle our placements, that I want a university somewhere in Illinois, where the City of Chicago is located.
After several months of endless waiting. Then one night, IIE took us by storm*literally semua kecoh gila hha*. Each and every one of us got a list of our own, a list of universities in the US which has accepted our applications. There was a mix of emotions that night, some felt relief after months of waiting, some felt excited, some felt sad to the prospect of leaving Malaysia.
My list rolled out like this
- University of Iowa
- Ohio State University
- Michigan State University
- University of Illinois-Chicago, YES! Chicago here I come!
At least that was first that came to my mind after looking at the list. Turns out the university was literally located in Chicago which will kinda fulfill my dream back then hha.
Then came the first knock,
Ayah said that Chicago holds the highest crime rate in the US.
The second knock,
Only me and Imran got a place here, not that it would be a gigantic life affecting problem though.
The final knock,
Ultimately, MARA decided to only send us to Ohio State or Michigan State after making several assessment themselves.
Fast forward to today, here I am as a student of the Ohio State University pre-majoring for Mechanical Engineering. I'm sure He has decided which was best and helped me avoid bad things that I don't know that could have happened to me in Chicago.
I'm sure there's a reason for me to be enrolled here. For whatever reason He holds, thank you.
Though He did allowed me to visit the place recently hehe.
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| University of Illinois-Chicago xD |
Be more grateful will you Adlan?
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