I wrote this about lacking adequate money to go to college, although I am Valedictorian. I will have to take out loans for upwards of $30,000 while some of my classmates are going for free because of vocal talent or because their parent works there. I thought it was unfair but I didn't want to write a poem addressing that. I just wanted to address what was inside, and why I felt I needed to go to this college instead of some tinier college that would have given me a full ride. I guess you can say in a lot of ways I'm really stubborn about things, this being no exception.

I want to major in Chemistry but I still have a true passion for writing, English, and languages. I feel that going to a school which does not fully support the creative arts as much as it supports science would be a mistake; yet these institutions (especially the one I have selected) will not give a Valedictorian (with ample community service; I've really put so much time into everything I've ever done in high school) a full ride.