BRAG (FC)

Towards the end of last year I applied for the Brag Scholarship. I had to write an essay on marketing which wasn't that bad, but then we had to do an interview which I absolutely hated. I generally hate interviews because I think they're awkward and they make me nervous, but I knew that i had to suck it up and pull myself together if I wanted this money for college. Even though I was still nervous the interview wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Honestly, I had my doubts about getting this scholarship I just didn't think I would get it, and so you would imagine my surprise when I got the email that I got the scholarship. Applying for the scholarship was one thing, but the actual event was a completely different story.

Two Brag representatives came to our school to tell us about the event, and the one thing that really stood out to me was the fact that it was a black tie event which meant that I had to wear a dress, and if there's one thing people know about me it's that I don't like to wear dresses. Not only did I have to wear a dress but my father had to wear a suit, and when it comes dressing up my father and I are exactly the same we hate it. As soon as we stepped outside we wanted to go back home because we felt uncomfortable and absolutely ridiculous, but when we got to the event we began to feel more comfortable.

Brag holds an event for all the scholarship recipients and their sponsors, where the recipients have the chance to meet their sponsors as well as other important people. My sponsor was the New York Times and I was a bit nervous to meet them, but the man and the woman who came to represent the New York Times were actually really nice people. I actually wasn't very excited about going to the event because I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but as soon as I met up with Georgie, Andromeda, Sucorah, and Kidist all those negative thoughts just seem to go away. I ended up having a great time, the food was amazing, the people were nice, and I got to meet Nick Cannon which was very exciting. I'm just glad that I got to share that experience with my friends.