<p>Everything was going really great. I came from an international high school in Indonesia, and being admitted to Wake Forest means that I am at the highest point in my school (no student in the school's history has ever been accepted to a university that is better than Wake). I went to FedEx to send my deposit with a great big smile on my face, and i said to myself, "This is it! My college application process is over once the clerk stamps my deposit envelope. I'm gonna be able to call myself a Demon Deacon!" Days gone by, and that huge smile has yet to leave my jubilant face. Yesterday was the start of my IB final exams; I tried as hard as i could to achieve the highest grade, because a grade less than the one I was accepted with means that Wake will rescind my acceptance, and i wouldn't let that happen in a million years. Everything was absolutely and incredibly perfect. What could go wrong right? Something completely unexpected. </p>
<p>Me, and my whole family were fairly confident in our financial situation, and paying for college wouldn't be much of a problem. However, two hours ago, my mom came to my room, her eyebrows creased with worry. She took a deep breath, and exhaled; words came soon after, "Your dad just talked to me. He's outside crying his life out...We (a great big pause)...We have a huge financial problem...we cannot pay your Wake Forest tuition."</p>
<p>I cannot breathe a word for a while; a part of me pleaded to myself, "Complain!", but my better half told me to be quiet, and so I heed to the latter. But after an uncomfortable silence, I broke a few words out of my mouth, "What happened?", and my mom replied, "Something that we just cannot tell you about. All that I can say is that I am truly, truly sorry. I know how hard you have worked to achieve what you got, but...", she cannot continue as she left my room with total and utter sadness.</p>
<p>A year full of hard work, crushed with one single moment. I wanted to burst into tears, but seeing how sad my mom already is, I cannot burden her with anymore emotions. All of my friends are busy studying for tomorrow's IB exams; I have no one to talk to. I sat for an hour, completely engulfed with sadness and disbelief. I went outside to try and cheer my parents; i put on a straight face and said, "it's okay guys...it's just college...we can go look for cheaper ones....the most important part is that you guys have worked hard to give me what i have right now, and that's the only things that mattered" Emotions were trying to break my face, but i stayed strong until i reached my room. I just sat there in front of my computer, lifeless. I started to look for options, and the best that I found is a transfer agreement between Cornell and a CUNY community college that guarantee's a student's transfer after two years in CUNY. The catch? it only gives guarantee to a few majors, and one of them is agribusiness (the only one that is slightly appealing). Here I was planning my life to graduate from Calloway as a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a concentration in finance; a dream of mine since 9th grade, for such degree would allow me to work in Wall Street, and now? My only chance is to graduate with an agribusiness degree. A good degree, from Cornell nonetheless, but one that I utterly have no passion whatsoever. It is no question that i would always dream of attending Wake, for it's program, it's campus, and it's CC community has captivated my heart. Thank you pinkcupkace14, rockvillemom, and CBBBlinker for providing me with the information that I needed. But now, I'm sorry to say that I cannot participate in Wake's library rave, rolling the quad, and many other activities. If fate brings luck, I would sure try again to attend Wake. Once again, thank you all for your kindness, and for being here while others are not. I regret that now, I cannot call myself a Demon Deacon.</p>
Maybe you can go to CUNY for a year and then try to transfer? I’m not exactly sure what the details of your predicament are, but you should email or write to them as dd2014 has suggested! It definitely couldn’t hurt.</p>