No Stanford for me, I am Nigerian

No Stanford for me, I am Nigerian

“What colleges are you applying to?” I keep getting asked this question, and I roll my eyes every time it’s uttered again.  It is well-meaning for people to ask. It is expected that high-achieving students in their final year of high school have already submitted a couple of college applications by December and have even gotten accepted to a few if they applied early. As for me, I had to forgo plans of applying to colleges in the United States. …