I was in the best shape of my life when I got hit by a car. The debilitating pain during recovery left me emotionally shredded.

Courtesy of Winston Chiang

Although I'd been depressed and lonely at my Long Island high school, going to college at Binghamton University improved my life. My Chinese immigrant parents were disappointed it wasn't an Ivy League, yet I was happy to be away from their incessant nagging, where I had more room to explore.