Going to College
A friend has good news: she got into the national university in León, the only student from her rural community of Goyena to pass the entrance exam this year, among the handful who managed to attend high school. Her mother, raising four children alone while their father works in Costa Rica, is pleased and proud of her oldest.
For space and time to study, my friend had hoped to get a scholarship to live in León, but she found out that this year they’re reserved for students who come from the Atlantic Coast So she’s living with a relative, an hour by bus from the city. She passed the entrance exam by three points, and must study hard for the next six months if she’s going to be accepted to study medicine, as she hopes. She spends two hours a day on the bus.
