I do not think I made that many sacrifices that were already out of my control. But I did move to Orlando when I graduated high school because my sister said that this was a great school. I also let my job go because I needed to focus more on my education and I did not need any distractions that were going to cause me to fail. Some days when I was working I was at my job studying and doing homework and it was just exhausting because I couldn’t focus because of the type of job I was doing. Within a week I noticed I was always tired because I was not getting any sleep, so I just had to stop going. Now that I look back on it, I think it was the right thing. My grades were good but I noticed that they were better than the first week. Now that I am getting the hang of it I want to start back working because I do not like to depend on people. But I felt that coming here right after I graduated was genuinely the right choice because I did not want to wait till I was almost 20+ years old to do what I have been telling myself for years. Now that I am here I feel as though I am on the right track and am exactly where I wanted to be at this age. Also, I want to thank Cambridge for allowing me to get to where I am now.
Rudaejah Atkins
