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Personal Narrative: Moving To Boston

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On my tenth birthday, my mom asked me to invite all my friends from school. Little did she know, that the entire school would show up. When I was my country at the age of fifteen to come to America, I was brought to tears at the airport. About thirty people who I still call my best friends came to say goodbye. Senior year of high school, I walked to prom because all my friends could not fit in the limo. My parents always asked me what is it about me that I just surround myself with all these people. I have a big heart. That’s it. There’s so much love in me that I feel the need to share it with a lot of people.
Today, as I write this personal statement, I have nothing to do but stumble through the memories I have made in the past. It has been two years now and I have never felt so lonely in my life. When I talk to my parents about this, they tell me that they never thought I could be lonely. The girl who never went a day without a friend, has three prescription medications battling depression. I really wish it was different. I made the biggest mistake of my life moving to Boston. I really wish I didn’t come to a commuter school. Every time I look outside the window of my apartment and every street is grey. I let the loneliness and depression take over my life. Just when I was thinking of dropping out of college, my therapist asked me this one question that has given me so …show more content…

University of New England is my Happy Place. The day I came to visit UNE, I saw bright and bold colors. This university offers everything I hope to achieve in college. Walking through the residential halls and eating lunch at The Hang, I could feel myself imagining a new life. A new start. The love of friends is more important to me than anything. I can’t succeed by myself. I am too young to feel so alone. This university made me burst out in life, gave me hope. I have so much to offer, so much love to share but I couldn’t do it alone in

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