feeling important

I admit. I was terrified!

During our program check in, I, along with my batchmates, received a whole bunch of documents (and a thumb drive with even more files). One of the documents was an assignment to be submitted next wednesday. The first question was the most horrifying sight. It asks “How would you describe your financial modeling skills?”

NON-EXISTENT!!!

So, from that moment, I couldn’t stop worrying. Did they expect me to be proficient in finance? How about logistics? I could not stop thinking that I was screwed.

Although I don’t know why I’m surprised. We were already doing assestment tests and stuff weeks before. But still, did not expect that.

But then, things started looking up.

In an activity during orientation, we had to pair up with another person based on a word we wrote down. And thank goodness, I was paired with someone who also had no idea what the assignment was about. When we were given a chance to ask about the program, we jumped at the chance. We asked about the level of knowledge they expected from us.

I don’t actually recall the answer but the answer made me feel a lot better. Coming from different backgrounds, they know that some would be good in some topics and not too good in others (or most, hehehe). But that each one of us was accepted in the program because they knew we were going to contribute greatly to the experience, which is as important as the grades. So I may have a bit of a trouble with some of the subjects (Don’t worry mom, I promise to study hard), but I’m important. Isn’t that great to hear?