College, it's complicated.

I’m staying here at NPC, well I want to get as far away from Holbrook as I can, I’m going to college out of state. These are all comments I have heard from our deer peers.  College is indeed the main concern every senior I thinking about.  In state or out of state? Junior college or a 4 year college?  These are all things we have to decide, and soon I must say! It’s a very difficult and stressful decision, after all our future is in our hands.

Tick tock, tick tock as the time to decide begins to come closer and closer/ our palms sweating, our body shaking and our mind at the verge of shutting down. All we can hope is that we picked the correct decision. Such a stressful moment. There is a vast number of options to choose from. Stay in Holbrook and attend NPC for two years. It’s much cheaper than a university; you’re in your home town nice and comfortable. You get the hang of being a college student so you won’t as overwhelmed to go to a university but staying in an environment where you’re close to your friends and other influences, you more vulnerable for distractions and can get off track easily.  Or you can attend a university right out of high school. It’s much more expensive than a junior college. You are in classes with a lot more classmates than you were use to.  But you get the full university experience. You have freedom you didn’t have before, you have all these clubs to choose from, and tons of new people to meet.

It’s no surprise many seniors get so stressed out. Every option has its set of positives and negatives, nearly drives you insane.

And once you have made a final answer, you have the fear of being rejected. You apply to the school you truly want to attend but there is never a guarantee that you will get accepted. But when you do receive your letter of acceptance and come to find that you have been accepted, it’s one of the greatest joys that you will feel in your life. All those moments of stressful time is now all worthwhile.  Now you can just focus on finishing the rest of the high school year. But if you were to open your acceptance letter and come to find that you have been rejected, it must be the worst feeling. Having your dreams shatter right before your eyes.  Knowing that plan A is no longer an option and that you have to go with plan B, hoping that this plan will work.

Applying for college leaves you with so many different emotions and reasoning’s. It’s a stressful time figuring out where your attending , it’s a thrill ride when you get accepted, or it’s a dead end when you get rejected.  And although we may not understand why someone would want to go to a junior college after high school or vice versa , we share the feeling of applying for one.  And all we can do is hope the best for one another on our road unexplored. That’s exactly what I wish for my classmates.