Going off to college (or staying home for college) is such a huge step. Sometimes I can't even wrap my head around it. Maybe that is because I dream of going away and it will be a whole different environment for me. I know going away to college is the right choice though. I suppose my first question for you is "How important is the environment to you?". I don't mean in a "Let's save the penguins!" kind of way, but basically in every other sense of the word. Out of the other things to think about like cost and major or whatever where does environment go? By environment I mean local vs. somewhere else in California vs. out of state. Rain and cold vs. sunny and hot. The diversity and look of the school. It is pretty important to me. Diversity of the school more than any other factor. I just feel like the more diversity the better. There is nothing bad about making a wider range of connections and having more cultures to learn about.
There is a joke between my friends and I that I will be so poor in college the only thing that I will be able to afford is apples with oranges sometimes for diversity. The thing is I'm scared this will come true. I don't want to be in thousands of dollars in debt after college either, but the college that I want to go to has a big price tag. I'm applying for aid and scholarships and whatnot, but I still have this heavy feeling just lurking inside. Does anyone have the same feelings? Are you willing to give up the college of your dreams because the cost is too much? Will you only be eating Top Ramen for four years of your life?
-- Mikayla Lewis
Mikayla-
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I can only hope that you, I and the rest of our peers are not stuck eating ramen and apples for four years! Luckily, most colleges offer meal plans so that's an option to think of. The cost of meal plans seems reasonable once you break down what your budget would be if you were to buy food for yourself, to me at least and of course we're all different. I think I might prefer a few more drops into the giant pail of water that will be my college debt as opposed to being on a ramen diet for four years.
In regards to environment (weather wise), I would say that it is a pretty big factor in deciding which colleges I will apply to although it does seem a little strange to be fussing so much about weather. My main logic behind it is that I don't want to give myself any reason to dislike college which I know could have been avoided. I know so many people who go somewhere completely out of their comfort zone and end up coming back after a semester or a year because they just feel so out of place; however, there are equally as many people if not more who love the places they go to and decide that they enjoy it more than the place they came from. That being said, I won't be going anywhere that gets below 50 degrees in the winter because I know I would regret it. Unluckily for me, that rules out most of the country so I'll be staying close to home! Great questions/prompts by the way!
-Taylor Spencer
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ReplyDeleteIf I knew for certain that it would pay off I would not think about the money your dreams should not go to waste because of a price.
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