By CharKendra Harris High school is supposed to be one of the most stress-free times of our lives. It's the weird stage between being a kid and an adult called a teenager. We go through the first 3 years not thinking a lot about what life will be like after we walk the stage. Some of us will work, some may go off to the military. Some may do nothing but most of us will go to college. We spend the majority of the year trying to figure out what college or university is the perfect fit for us. The perfect college for you could involve a lot of different things. Maybe you want a big university or a smaller community college? Or you want a program like a SUNY school or you want to pay out state tuition? Not only do you have to choose between many colleges, you may get rejected by some too. Professor Sherman Dorn writes in the Washington Post, “…writers like me who bemoan great students getting rejected by their first choices but who ignore the fact that they almost all get into a good school.” The perfect college may not be the one you've been dreaming about since you were in middle school. A lot of schools prioritize and value different things from you. A community college may attend a nursing program more than the big university you always wanted to go to. The preconceived notion that community colleges are poor or not good schools is very false. It's actually a proven statistic that students at community colleges save more than $30,000 by graduation date than a university student (think impact). This factor of money is a big stress on choosing which type of college or scholarship you may choose because many 4-year students end up with tens of thousands of dollars of debt and student loans to pay off. The risk factor of attending college is always the uncertain guarantee of not being successful in your career. Majors like law, medicine, psychology etc. are never going anywhere because those are necessary for people. However, majors like criminology, sociology and fine art may be a lot harder to find success in as time changes, so do the way people interact with each other and current events involve. For instance, back in the 60s-90s serial killers were more common then they´re now so the need for criminology has significantly decreased. We as high school seniors look for a lot of validation from our peers. Many choose to go to the same cities or colleges as their friends. Others may try to step out of their comfort zone and try a brand new city. The stress of starting over and not being able to go home puts teenagers in a stressful, anxious state. My advice to other seniors is to look beyond the cost, the city, the name and the type of college and really try to find happiness in what you are doing.
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