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Chapter Forty-Seven: Dilemma

Chapter Forty-Seven: Dilemma

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Luke:

When I open my inbox after work on Monday, I'm greeted
by an email that I was not expecting. Not in a million years.

Holy shit.

I read over it once, twice, three times. My mouth hangs open and my mind kinda shuts down as the words float hazily across my vision.

Full scholarship

University of Waterloo

Congratulations

Acceptance

Faculty of Engineering

Full scholarship Full scholarship Full scholarship

Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo

Again, holy shit.

And so I just kinda sit there for a bit, not sure whether to be ecstatic or sick. It's this dizzy mix of disbelieved and grateful and surprised and, well, a bit of dread, too, because, I know what this means and I didn't... expect to have to make this decision.

I mean, it's not a decision, right? I can't move to Kitchner for school. Leave Toronto? No way.

Except, fuck. I know that a full scholarship to fricking Waterloo is rare and prestigious and I guess I'm still shocked because there's no way this could actually happen to me. My essays were not that impressive. I mean, it's probably a mistake but, still, I...

Fuck.

I toss my phone on the bed beside me, collapse onto my back and rub my face into my hands.

A gazillion and one things run through my mind and I can feel my temples start to prick with a headache.

They have like, the best research facilities next to U of T. Best eng program in the country, amazing co-op opportunities, high-tech facilities, everything.

They blow York and Ryerson out of the water.

What if... I don't get into U of T?

What if I have to choose between going away to Waterloo and staying in the city at York or Ryerson, even though those programs are obviously inferior?

And, with a full scholarship?

I don't know whether to laugh or cry, honestly.

I probably spend an entire hour laying there, googling shit that I think will help me deal with this dilemma.

An hour and a half drive by car. Closer to two hours on the Go Train, $20 ride each way. And I google the price of tuition at all the schools, which over 4 years amounts to, well, a shit ton of money. And I do more research on the school rankings, especially for chemical engineering, and about job prospects after graduation, about transfer programs between universities.