MSU-IIT Life is Simpler than in XU

Having been a student of Xavier University (XU) for three consecutive semesters already made me realize how much I am missing Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT). MSU-IIT is different from XU. MSU-IIT which offers low-cost education runs under the government. The infrastructures are just fine and enough to accommodate the students although the campus has fewer areas for students to stay during vacant periods. Despite the lesser privileges a student gets when it comes to facilities and the like, still, they, and also the faculty members, are competitive enough as evidenced by the high performance ratings in different professional examinations. Simpler life is depicted also by the students who are less conscious of their physical appearance, considering the fact that uniforms are not mandated, and that they are most of the time down-to-earth. Having fun does not necessitate pulling bills from the pocket. Meals can be had for as low as Php 20.00. Meanwhile, XU, being a private sectarian university, offers an expensive education. The campus is huge with appreciable infrastructures that can also accommodate the students. It also has several areas that are adaptive for school works, socializing, and studying. And like MSU-IIT, both the students and the faculty are competitive with good performance ratings too. Moreover, XU mandates the wearing of school uniforms but the students are more inclined into being physically conscious especially during wash day. Also, spending is attached to almost every move that a student takes. Here is the thing: IIT is never a notch higher than Xavier and vice versa. It is just that I see MSU-IIT simpler than XU.

It Was After All A Choice!

Choices define my college life. I was put into dilemma when I graduated from highshcool. I was faced with different choices which are very hard for me. I was made to choose from following what I really wanted from what’s good for me as they say. A lot of things sank to me when I was torn between taking up Accountancy or Interior Designing. It was hard. I had a couple of sleepless nights. I was bothered and I started to get unhappy when I was close to choosing what my family wanted for me from what I really wanted at first. I felt that the whole world turned its back on me when I finally decided to enroll in Accountancy which even made worse when I did it in a university I didn’t prefer at all. I didn’t feel the excitement every college freshman felt. I was like seeing bunches of burdens. I can see darkness when I attended the first day of class. I was really indifferent from all other students who wear great smiles. I didn’t even dress myself at my best for the first few weeks in school. I just wore something that’s more appropriate in strolling around a park. I was really devastated and I felt like carrying the entire universe in my back. I can hardly do the right things although I was close to being a Dean’s Lister during the first semester. All that I know was that I was betrayed and that my heart was broken and bleeding because of this choice. I don’t know where to gain strength. I can’t appreciate everything that was there for me. It was like it’s raining every day and that there was no chance of the sun rising again for me. I hold on to these feelings until I’ve finally realized that there was no way I am going to make a brighter future me if I continue to be like this. I was very pessimistic so I tried to be the optimistic one. After all, it was my choice to start my college life a misery and to make it a remarkable one was a choice I decided to follow!