I'll admit, it was a hard decision Even though I was in love with Northern the second I stepped on campus, I was mostly afraid of what others would say when I said I was going there. I worried endlessly about "selling myself short" and "pleasing my parents". When you get the vibe that the people around you want something different than you do, it gets harder and harder to speak your own opinion. I felt like I was suffocating. My parents were pushing one place (though discretely I picked up on it after a while), a family friend was pushing me another place (someplace I didn't even apply), and my mind was pushing me in a completely different direction.
