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Hi everyone, my name is Pedro.
I'm 19 years old, I'm from Valinhos, in the countryside of Sao Paulo.
I'm going to study in Columbia and I'm not really sure
what will be my major.
When I applied, I wanted to study History,
but I'm not 100% sure if I really want to study History.
I think that first of all,
since I was little I always wanted to study in a big city
and Columbia for sure meets that requirement.
Columbia is considered the 3rd best university
in the United States and the 16th best in the world.
Only 5.5% of the candidates get accepted.
It has a huge tradition in human sciences,
political engagement, that sort of thing.
And I find this very interesting and it has all to do with me
and with the type of student and professional I want to become.
And also, their core curriculum is...
I'm going to "have" to study all types of stuff that I really enjoy,
so I think that's a great deal.
Reading all of this classic literature and philosophers
surely has everything to do with what I want to study,
so I'll "have" to do what I always wanted to.
History really interests me, mainly because
of the way of thinking that you learn in that course.
But I'm still very open to majoring in Economics,
beucase I think it's very interesting.
I'm also interested in Philosophy
and Political Science.
So I'm torn among those four and I'm still having a hard time deciding.
But it's going to be something from among those four.
Crimson was very important in this process,
to reassure me in many moments,
because applying to the United States from a German school in Brazil
was very complicated
and there was often a lack of information,
but Crimson was essential for me to understand
what type of paperwork I had to deal with,
which documents I had to prepare,
what type of student-- not type of student,
but how I had to express myself in certain situations
and that allowed me, that gave me time to focus on what was important.
Like studying more for tests, writing my essays,
be better at school, work on my extracurricular activities.
So that was surely-- they allowed me to further develop myself.
They know about the practices and how the system works,
because it is very confusing.
And counting on that help makes all the difference.
You could be a brilliant student,
but if you don't know how to express yourself in the way
that makes more sense for the system, you can end up in a bad place.
So, Crimson has helped me to be more secure on what I was doing,
knowing what made sense in each situation.
It was great, because I spent a lot of time
not knowing what was going to happen, as I had applied at the end of December,
but I had also applied for England in October.
So from October through March
I didn't know how my future would play out.
I was on vacation, but at the same time it didn't feel like it.
And when I saw that message on my computer, it was like...
you know, like a huge burden had disappeared,
and obviously I felt all the excitement and enthusiasm
of being able to study what I wanted and where I wanted to.
I still can't believe it, to be honest.
I think I'm going to have so many options that it will be hard to enjoy them all,
but I'm going to pursue all the opportunities that I can
and I'm going to take the most of this experience, for sure.
Anyone would say:
"Oh, just be yourself."
And that makes sense, but what I think is more important
is to know yourself.
If you take the time to know what you're good or bad at,
what you do know and what you want to know,
what makes you excited, what makes you feel like doing nothing.
Yeah... I think that makes all the difference when you're applying,
but also in life in general, because you'll become
a more complete student, you'll know how to prioritize your time,
so you can focus on what you're worse at.
So you can direct your efforts to the things that matter.
So you become a more efficient student and a more competitive candidate
for this kind of situation, I would say so.
So I think knowing yourself is the main thing.
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