College

It’s hard to believe college is just a little over a year around the corner. It’s all come so fast and I’m not even sure of where I want to go or what I want to major in. As excited and ready I am to leave this town and go somewhere else, I know I’ll be ready to come back within days of being there.

What is bothering me is the fact that there’s so many expenses that go into college. Since I’m interested in pursuing a career in the medical field, it’s no secret that I’m going to be a big hole once I leave school. What’s worse is that once I no longer live under my parents roof, I’ll be on my own and all of those fees are going to be my responsibility. I’m so used to feeding off my parents income for the essentials such as school supplies and food, that I won’t know what to do.

I question my determination to go through that many years of college, and I fear that I will waste a lot of time and money if I ended up not completing what I started. I’m struggling to even keep up in high school!

I hear bits and pieces of input about college from my sister through my mom, which makes it sound dreadful. Movies and stories make college sound like a party where classes are a breeze. Unfortunately, in reality, it sounds like college is a combination of stressful mornings and caffeine supplied nights stocked with roman noodles and HoHo’s; neither of which I like.