Chloe Shih

Yeah, I think I just was like, college is the most expensive thing ever.

If I don't try as hard as I can, what am I doing here?

And that was always on the back of me.

And then I felt I had to figure it out.

I definitely think I was on the extreme end.

Yeah, I think a lot of it was self-imposed too.

How so?

Like all the club activities, my parents did not want me to do that.

Dance, of course, they didn't want me to do that.

They just wanted me to study.

So that was annoying.

Yeah, but I was, I had like mediocre grades.

I was like, I was like, fine.

I think for dance.

Oh, my God.

I remember now.

I was a big fan of Naruto growing up.

And I was like, if I wanted to be a ninja, the closest thing that's not martial arts is dance.

And when I first saw the body move, I was like, oh.

can i do that um but actually i wasn't gonna do dance and well when i did dance in claremont it was super toxic so uh i was very scarred and then i went to columbia and it tried out and then i got in and then i said i don't want to join dance and then the president pulled me aside and was like let me take you out and get you some boba and sushi and talk talk talk to me why do you not want to join dance and then she convinced me and bribed me with some boba and sushi we're best friends today