Inspire Us Challenge

I talk in my pitch about how when I was an incoming freshman and went to register for classes and got into 1/5. What I didn’t talk about was what I was already going through at that time. I was beginning long distance with my girlfriend, on the first night of college, my roommate had a suicidal episode which involved me calling the police and taking him to the hospital, all of which made it difficult to start college.

When I went to an advisor at UNC, she told me that I should take different, easier classes, which wouldn’t count toward my degree
but would be an “easy A”. That made me feel like the university just didn’t care about me. I felt like I had no control.

But this is what really led me

What really changed me was when I first made something that people used. It taught me I could control my environment, and

• I talk in my pitch about 1/5 classes.
• Didn’t talk about what I was already going through
  • Beginning long distance with girlfriend
  • On the first night of college, my roommate had a suicidal episode
    • calling police
    • taking him to hospital
  • All made it hard to start college
• When I went to talk to advisor at UNC
  • easier classes
  • she literally said “go for the easy A”