The Begining of Senior Year is Behind Us
People always say that your senior year will fly by and like most seniors I just brushed it off feeling like school has never flown by, but they were right. I find myself thinking about how much time in school has already passed and how little we have left. The holidays are right around the corner and once we get back from break semester two is here. It's exciting and scary to think that they future and next step in our lives is so close.
The next step for me is to go to college to become a registered nurse and eventually work in labor and delivery. I have applied to three different colleges, Fresno State, CSU Fullerton and UC Irvine. Fresno State feels safe to me, it is close to home and a city that I’m familiar with. I think that going here is a good option because I wouldn't have to miss out on all the family events that come with having a big family and it's relatively cheap. I fear that I will get out of college and have so much debt that a big portion of my paycheck would be going to pay off loans. Ideally I’d like to minimize that debt as much as possible. CSU Fullerton has a nice campus and I think I would be comfortable there. UC Irvine is the school that I would have to push myself to go to. It’s outside of my comfort zone which could be a good and bad thing. I think it's good to step outside your comfort zone to experience new things and broaden your horizons. That being said it's somewhere that I’m going to have to be for at least 4 years so if it is too much for me to handle then that could be a dilemma. Over all picking which college I want to go to is going to require a lot of thinking and deciding which would best suit me.
I’m excited to almost being done with high school because it means I am one step closer to being independent. I want to know I can be on my own and provide for myself and not have to rely on other people. It gives me a sense of security. Not only that but I feel like I will be happy, knowing that the things I’m doing in college and the classes I’m taking are preparing me to become a nurse. It may have taken me a long time to figure out how I wanted to spend my life but being a nurse is something I can honestly see myself doing. It makes me feel good to think that one day I could be helping people in the nursery on one of the happiest days of their lives.
At the beginning of senior year I couldn't say I was fully happy with what the future held but the closer I get to it the more I realize that it’s just getting me closer to the place I want to be. For that reason alone I’m excited about graduating and going to college.
The next step for me is to go to college to become a registered nurse and eventually work in labor and delivery. I have applied to three different colleges, Fresno State, CSU Fullerton and UC Irvine. Fresno State feels safe to me, it is close to home and a city that I’m familiar with. I think that going here is a good option because I wouldn't have to miss out on all the family events that come with having a big family and it's relatively cheap. I fear that I will get out of college and have so much debt that a big portion of my paycheck would be going to pay off loans. Ideally I’d like to minimize that debt as much as possible. CSU Fullerton has a nice campus and I think I would be comfortable there. UC Irvine is the school that I would have to push myself to go to. It’s outside of my comfort zone which could be a good and bad thing. I think it's good to step outside your comfort zone to experience new things and broaden your horizons. That being said it's somewhere that I’m going to have to be for at least 4 years so if it is too much for me to handle then that could be a dilemma. Over all picking which college I want to go to is going to require a lot of thinking and deciding which would best suit me.
I’m excited to almost being done with high school because it means I am one step closer to being independent. I want to know I can be on my own and provide for myself and not have to rely on other people. It gives me a sense of security. Not only that but I feel like I will be happy, knowing that the things I’m doing in college and the classes I’m taking are preparing me to become a nurse. It may have taken me a long time to figure out how I wanted to spend my life but being a nurse is something I can honestly see myself doing. It makes me feel good to think that one day I could be helping people in the nursery on one of the happiest days of their lives.
At the beginning of senior year I couldn't say I was fully happy with what the future held but the closer I get to it the more I realize that it’s just getting me closer to the place I want to be. For that reason alone I’m excited about graduating and going to college.