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Travelling Alone Internationally This may not seem like a big deal or an important lesson at first but this actually taught me a great deal. Travelling internationally alone especially for someone who never cared about where his passport was or whether he had a visa or not because all of this was taken care of by his parents. The first time I travelled to college, I realised the amount of stress and responsibility that was on me now. I had to make sure my passport was on me a

It was the end of February at 4am in the morning when the rest of my family was fast asleep and all you could hear was the occasional chirping of the birds and my thumping heartbeat, when I was glued to my laptop frantically refreshing the UIUC admissions portal to check whether the decision was out yet. Suddenly, after one such refresh, I see the webpage change, confetti appear on the screen and the words “ You are an Illini ”. I erupted with a sense of relief and excitement