Believe

This is not the name of an album.

It has been a year since that day. It was the day I got my UN result. Let's just say i'm proud of my result, but not as proud when comparing it with others. It was not the happiest moment of my life. Later that day, Ian and I went to the Church for a youth event. There's this special service with bazaars and stuff. On our way there, I remembered checking my Twitter, and found out that the result of SNMPTN Undangan will announced sooner; in two hours.

What is SNMPTN Undangan? It's basically a universal university application. Selected students from all around Indonesia applied for max. 2 Universities, and 2 majors for each university. I applied for Universitas Indonesia, with Information System as my first priority and Law as my second one. I did not apply for another University, because I simply don't want to end up somewhere else. I heard a LOT of information that UI will not bother to select students who enlist a major in the second priority. So if that is true, let's just assume I only applied for IS.

Back to the story. So it was the most nerve-wrecking two hours I have ever felt. You know what? I failed. I did not make it to both majors. I was devastated. I read the announcement 1 hour before the event started, and i lost all my mental power to continue with the show. However, my friends and my Kakak Gembala (i don't know how to English it up) calmed me down, and I attended the event.

Thank God I was also prepared for taking the test. Therefore, I took the SNMPTN Tulis test, and got accepted in Unversitas Indonesia, Information System. Right after finishing the test, I switched gears and started studying Social Science. I took the SIMAK UI Test (Independent selection by UI), and I was accepted to Universitas Indonesia, International Class Program Majoring in Law. I got accepted in the campus that rejected me earlier. I have no option back then, but at that moment I have the liberty to choose my own path.

If I was accepted at SNMPTN Undangan, it will most probably be Information System. Even if I got accepted in Law, I will be accepted in the Regular Program. Not that it's bad, but it's not the perfect scenario. Now I am a proud Law student of International Class. I loved everything about it. It's perfect; and it's something that I will NEVER get if UI accepted me through SNMPTN Undangan. If I was accepted through Undangan, I would have never took the other two test. I would never be as happy as I am right now.

The point is; no one knows which way is the best. What we thought as a huge failure can turn out to be the greatest thing that has ever happened to us. The only thing we can do, is to believe that everything happened for a reason, and to never stop walking.