This is going to sound silly, but my life is silly, so bear with me: making the president's list last semester in my community college.

I failed 2 grades in high school and dropped out of said community college because of treatment resistant depression. People used to say stuff to me all the time like "not everyone is college material". Going back to college, I didn't really feel taken seriously, and I felt like I had to prove that I had a place there.

Then I made the president's list and got a 4.0 two semesters in a row. Next semester I'll be the president of a mental illness advocacy / education club that I just need one person to sign a paper to start. At the very least I don't have to prove that I belong in college anymore, because I kinda did that.