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was to give a try for having a little more ease in the fee

structure by requesting a TA-ship during the first semester.

Obviously, my brother being the only earning member,

makes it a little difficult to pay the fees even after a 50% merit

scholarship since there were many bricks yet to be laid. A

brick of my brother’s wedding, a brick of buying a car, a brick

of painting the house, a brick of having braces for myself and

so and so. These were the thoughts I left my house with on

the day of the meeting with Dr. Shahid and all along I was

constantly practicing how I had to begin the conversation.

From those 15 minutes on Careem to the time I entered LSE, I

had planned for hundreds of situations and how to deal with

each one of them if anything goes wrong and I continued

doing so when finally I was standing in front of Dr. Shahid’s

office. Every contingency plan had left me all alone, I was

shaking with the only thought that this is another challenge I

have in life, no matter what, I have to win this! After waiting

for a while in the lobby Dr. Shahid came and the challenge