WHAT’S YOUR STORY?: THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE

On my second day at Oldfields, I remember sitting in a room covered in college flag pinwheels with Mr. Mike asking me what I plan to do with the rest of my life. Mr. Mike asked, “What do you do? What do you like? What are you passionate about?“ I recall responding, “I play the flute, I like to read, and I’m passionate about sex education.“ Mr. Mike persuaded me to research some colleges. What really convinced me to put in more effort though was when I learned that Mr. Mike was also the basketball coach. I’ve played basketball since I was five years old. Mr. Mike had just become ten times cooler!

Fast forward to the last few weeks of October when Mr. Mike advised me to apply early action, and I applied to eleven schools.

The first acceptance letter I received was two weeks later. My mom found out first, and I immediately ran to Mr. Mike’s office. About two weeks later, I received another acceptance letter, and I ran down from my Jane House room and banged on Mr. Mike’s door. I’ve narrowed

“I’ve narrowed down my eleven school acceptances to seven schools. I plan to double major in music education and women, gender, and sexuality studies.”

– April Lee ’23

down my eleven school acceptances to seven schools. I plan to double major in music education and women, gender, and sexuality studies. Then I am going to get my master’s degree in orchestral conducting.

The first school I got accepted to, Brevard, has me on track for a full tuition scholarship. During the months of January and February, I will be auditioning at all seven schools. Every time I tell Mr. Mike about auditions or about a new acceptance letter, he brings up our first meeting in his office and jokingly points out that I was the “girl who did not care.“ But now I do, and it paid off!