It still feels surreal to be here… am I really a harvard student?? Lyke whattt??? Rasanya baru kmrn gagal SNMPTN sm SBMPTN wkwkwk
Dulu, aku gatau sekolah bagus di luar negeri, gatau Ivy League itu apa, dan pastinya gapernah kepikiran bisa sekolah di situ. Apalagi gada background keluarga yg punya privilese akses dan finansial. Tp waktu kuliah S1, jd terbuka mata ku ttg dunia luar… “oohh ada toh experience kyk begini, ilmu kyk begitu, tempat kyk begini, orang kyk begitu” dan jadi tau kalo ada top school namanya Harvard University. It seems so far, even to dream of it, I’m scared. But at the same time, I want it. So I searched a lot about Harvard and I know that they have a public health school, which is the best. I want it.
Plot twist nya terjadi pas lulus S1 dan ternyata aku kerja di Puskesmas. hhmm jadi ngerasa jauh lagi sm mimpi ku buat bisa lanjut sekolah di Harvard, kyk… “Dahlah, apalah umbi ini, gamungkin ba diterima di Harvard…”. Sampai akhirnya stlh 3 tahun berkecimpung di dunia ini, aku jadi byk belajar ttg gimana sistem kesehatan berjalan, and am a part of it. I see many flaws in it, but I also see lots of potential improvement. So I dare myself to take this challenge and to be scared again, to pursue my dream school, Harvard.
Ada beberapa alasan ku untuk sekolah lagi, tp yg mau aku share..
- I need a new learning curve. Kyknya 3 tahun di puskes itu udah jadi zona nyaman bgt, udah enak juggling nya, udah engeh how it works. Terlalu lama di zona nyaman itu sangat berbahaya heheheheheheehhe
- I want to live my own life, even if for a short time. Both di keluarga dan di tempat kerja, I feel like everything depends on me. Rasanya abis ayah ku meninggal di 2016, kok yha semua keputusan hidup ku harus mempertimbangkan sekitarku. Aku pingin bgt bisa ngerasain hidup yg gaperlu mikir dan khawatir banyak hal di sekitarku, I want to live far far away, I want to experience this, even for a short time.
And yeah, here I am. Been manifesting it for years. Perjuangannya tuh SUSAH.BGT.
So I’d like to share my journey, because I know this is a once in a lifetime experience.
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