Earlier Impressions Altered

Many times have I been in a situation where I misjudged someone, and I have been proven very wrong about that person. Out of those many times that this has occurred, one instance sticks out to me the most, partly because of how recent it was, and also because of how extremely mistaken I turned out to be.
The time that sticks out to me is when I changed schools in middle school. Previously, I had gone to a public school, Guion Creek Middle School. I was now transferring to Sycamore School, which was a private school, in the middle of the year. I had never gone to a private school before in my whole life. Most of my opinions of private schools were formulated upon the opinions, and misconceptions of others.
Sycamore School has quite a reputation among middle schools. It is very selective for allowing students to go there. Not only that, but it has a hefty fee that comes with attending it. I had been talking to my friends and asking what they knew about Sycamore School. Much of what I heard from friends is that, "Ooohh, Sycamore is a really nerdy school. Only really nerdy people go there. And it's filled with rich snobs. You shouldn't go there because you won't like it there."
I had heard this from so many people that this became my own opinion. Because all of my friends were telling me this, I was very reluctant to go there.
When I became eligible to go to Sycamore and I transferred there, I was a little mean to some of the people who went there. It's embarrassing for me to talk about this because I look back on myself with disgust. I feel bad that I was a little mean to the people there. But I met people and got to know them a little better and I realized how wrong I was. People at Sycamore were not nerdy, rich snobs. They were actually cool, and they were really easy to talk to. Sports were really popular in Sycamore, with basketball being the most popular. One of the people I was mean to has become one of my best friends. I regret treating the people I did rudely, and I have changed for the better in that. I try my best not to have opinions about others without knowing them fully. Now, when anyone says that only rich, nerdy snobs go to Sycamore, I tell them otherwise, and I tell them about how I thought the same thing and how wrong I actually was.