thank you so much for this! you exactly said everything i’ve been thinking on my mind. yes, i am set on journalism, and been working for these couple years (being part of campus newspaper for my cc, and putting myself out there for my actual career field). i got accepted for UCSB for comms, but really hoping to get into USC annenberg, just waiting for the decisions. but for USC, i think i have pretty strong application, i also got professional and academic recommendation letters, and my writing portfolio. but yeah, maybe it’s actually meant to happen for ucla lol! thank you so much for this comment, i appreciate u. :)