By Meg Nieslanik
Special to the Herald Times
MEEKER | When I graduated from Meeker High School in 2009, I would have lost a lot of money on the bet that I’d ever live in New York City. Yet, in one of life’s many plot twists, I am today nearly five years a New Yorker. 
I recently re-read my college admissions essay (something I highly recommend everyone do). It oozed equal parts optimism…

