Better late than never!

Finally found some time to reflect on the last week. Truly, I don't know from where to start writing about my thoughts on Top Uni camp.

Not gonna lie, it was one of the best weeks of the year, if not my whole life. Since I didn't prioritize my application to that camp and applied just to have some fun, I assumed I wouldn't even be sad if not accepted. But over time, this camp has proved how wrong I was. Seeing my name on the list of accepted students gave me some joy, but still I was hesitant about going. Being strongly urged by some of my friends, including Jamshidbek, I started arranging my plans according to the camp.

"Bristol, Beshni ol🙌"

Cannot even imagine how swiftly Mardonbek aka coined with these words for our group motto and how viral it went in the camp. And I even didn't know the University of Bristol existed in the UK. There was only one paradigm of discipline, leadership, kindness, and humor in the whole camp. Yes, I saw all these characteristics in Mardon aka even before the start of the camp, as in the case when he required all team members to come at least an hour earlier for registration, so we could get to know each other better. "Nima qilsezlarham, muhimi kontrolchani yòqotmelar😹" and "Vaqtida qòyilgan paxta oltinga tengdur☝️" were his notable words I cannot still forget.

Before the start of the camp, by seeing such unknown name, I thought they put me in a group filled with a bunch of mediocre students. It turned out that our group members were already selected before choosing a name for this group. And I was astounded to see that Mardonbek aka didn't choose well-rounded students only but chose the spikes, who are the best in their own fields: while someone had a good sense of humour, other students were individually best at zakovat, astronomy, volleyball, architecture, and etc. Just to name a few guys from Bristol: Rasulbek and Abror- all credit go to these 2 boys for leading the team in every event and competition and doing their best to make our team unique in every aspect. Temur and Doniyor- these men were so passionate about their fields and constantly asked interesting questions. Btw, Temur is a flex finalist of 24-25'. Jahongir and Abdusalim were pro in literally everything, ngl. The way Jahongir came up with jokes and our "ayuuu🐻" approached others with any help was different enough to stand out easily. No less credit also goes to Shohjahon, Mustafo, Muhammadsodiq, who always stood next to me and spent most of their time with me for various activities

"UPenn and NyuAD"

Our group was lucky enough to have representatives of these distinctive universities as our mentors. When I first saw Nigina and Gulrukh, they appeared less outgoing, but later little did I know that it was me who appeared as reserved to others. I absolutely adored how amiable Gulrukh(potato.rue) was during her lessons and how Nigina tried to visit our secret friend parties to enjoy Mr.Jahongir's dark and emotional jokes😭😂.

I am also so happy that Mr.Sega and Mr.Valera instantly agreed to have a free-talk, unlike some others who felt much arrogant lol. I took some friendly advice and suggestions from them, and I genuinely appreciate their time.

It was so obvious from the level of sessions and high-quality presentations that Freshman Academy mentors, especially Mr.Valera, and TopUni camp organizers invested significant amount of time to make this happen smoothly.

Having the chance to meet with students from the same district(Mr.Xurshid, Mr. Ozodbek, and Miss Jasmina), and also some familiar faces, like Mr.Behruz (academic weapon), and young SAT monster Mr.Shohruhmirzo(1540 at just 15😐) is what made this camp one-of-a-kind and unforgettable for me.

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