I was just skimming facebook and saw that most of the people that I knew from my childhood, who went to my middle school all went to Ivy League schools, or in the very least prestiges ones. It had me thinking, how bad the pressure on them must have been. Growing up in that environment, well it's a lot like Gossip Girl. You have to look right, talk right, act right. You are expected to get into the best schools, drive the expensive cars, live a life of wealth and some power. The revelation is, the groundwork was pressed into me as well. Though Del Val, isn't as well known as many schools, it is without a doubt a great school. A school that I feel safe in, and continue to grow in. I wont let myself get down by the fact that they are in these prestigous school. Because who knows if they are in fact truly happy. Who can be the judge of that. As for myself, who cares if I didn't get into NYU or Cornell or Harvard. I have accomplished a huge goal in my own right. The fact that I am here today writing in this journal is proof of that. In short, I guess the only reason for writing this late at night when I have to get up in five hours is to just tell myself. I'm doing just fine.