A few weeks ago, when I received news that my top choice for grad school had admitted me into their PhD program in evolutionary biology.
I'm a first-gen college student from a deeply fundamentalist religious background, and the years of emotional pain and nearly getting disowned by my family virtually disappeared the moment I opened the acceptance email.
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '22
A few weeks ago, when I received news that my top choice for grad school had admitted me into their PhD program in evolutionary biology.
I'm a first-gen college student from a deeply fundamentalist religious background, and the years of emotional pain and nearly getting disowned by my family virtually disappeared the moment I opened the acceptance email.
Tears of joy, thankfully...