The Best of Alyss

 Dearest reader,  A few months ago, I came up with the idea of transferring. Today, I am going to share with you my Common App Transfer Essay up until this point. Enjoy. Uncertainty is a feeling of not knowing what is coming next, a feeling that one could either take on with pride or let themselves drown in. Starting at Villanova, I was excited by this lack of control, not knowing what incredible places the next four years would take me. The last two years have been filled with nothing short of uncertainty. This uncertainty, however, was not the uncertainty I had hoped it to be, but rather an uncertainty that fills me with dread each morning I wake up. In high school, I struggled with friendships, seeking membership within the friend groups I deemed popular or cool . I found myself chasing after what I had considered the dream life: superficial friendships with people that had been nothing but unkind to me and the self-appointed title of “one of the 'it' girls.” This constant...

Dearest reader,  As I return back to campus from Spring Break and sit in my quaint, cozy, and quite frankly lonely room, I am forced to ponder what the rest of my second sophomore semester might bring. It started on a good note: hanging out with Abbey and Zoe and getting dinner with them and their crew. There's something about their friends that just feels so right. They are funny and quick-witted and polite and friendly and I feel great hanging out with them. They remind me of the people I love so much at home.  Sidebar: I don't know why I am being brought to a panic right now but I am oddly anxious for having not done much today that could trigger such negative thoughts. Maybe it's all the Cadbury eggs I ate. Let's blame it on that.  My spring break trip to Florida went swimmingly. I got quite tan and got closer with my group of friends. I wasn't nervous about being excluded or not feeling like I fit in with the girls. It was simple, and it was nice. I think the d...