Hello everyone!

As you all now know, I have been accepted into a creative writing master’s program. The program is entirely online through Southern New Hampshire University. Before I decided to apply, I was in another master’s program-public health. However, as I thought and thought more about my passion, I realized that I am not interested in public health. It may be that I am not working in the field; therefore, my passion is not at the same level as most of the other students. However, a big part of me feels like I have been investing my entire education career towards a degree or a field that has an outstanding innovation in my culture. It was something that I wanted to pursue to be like most other kids who went to college years before I did. So for the first time, I am deciding to let go of that goal since that was based on what I admired about other people and doing what I enjoy and want to do.

The application process is straightforward and does not take very long to complete. I took a couple of days as I was in the middle of working and completing a few projects and papers for my public health classes. Nonetheless, I wrote my purpose statement in a few hours, submitted it, and received an acceptance letter two days later. The admission office will call to speak to you throughout the whole process. I never talked to the admission counselor assigned to me because I was always at work when she called. I only ever emailed her once to confirm the term I wanted to start and how I was going to finance my classes. A few weeks later, I discussed over the phone with my academic advisor, and she was very nice. It was more of a “get to know me” type of conversation, confirming my classes and if I was familiar with taking online courses. There is another meeting with my academic advisor to go over some more courses to lay out a foundation plan for the rest of my terms.

Now that I have been accepted and registered for my first term, there is no turning back. A part of me is worried because English and writing have always been my weakest subjects. Nonetheless, I look forward to being in this program. Even though it may not precisely be all cupcakes and sweet peach tea, it will be a good challenge for me—a good opportunity for me to sharpen my writing skills and work on my creativity.