Elizabeth Roop never thought that she would be able to study abroad in Japan, much less go to a private school. Yet, here she is, sitting in Journalism at Morningside college as she prepares to study in Japan in the spring at Kansai Gaidai.

 

On her 18th birthday, she took the SAT at Morningside College as her mom waited for her, looking at a poster of the school in Japan. As she walked out, her mom pointed at the poster and said, you are going to go there.

 

She looked at her mom “Mom, there is no way I am even going to Morningside.” Elizabeth knew it was a private college, and how expensive it was. Little did she know, she would do well enough on the ACT to receive a full ride scholarship to come to Morningside.

 

When she found out, she got a postcard in the mail, called her parents immediately “I GET TO GO TO COLLEGE!” This experience has changed her life, especially since she has been homeschooled up until college. Japan will be another new exciting step in her life that she is ready to take.