Whoever Told You Playing Games Wouldn't Get You Into College Was Wrong

Tired of your parents telling you to stop playing video games? What if you told them that you could win scholarship money by doing so?

“Get off that video game and do your homework,” used to be my parents’ favorite phrase when I was younger. “Why don’t you go outside and play some football with your friends?” Sound familiar?

Eventually that whole going outside thing didn’t work out too well because at the age of 18, nobody was outside on the playground. I always tried to convince them that my video game playing would help me in college. “Playing video games helps the creativity flow,” I’d shout up the stairs.

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