COLLEGE CHIT CHAT

Whoever said that senior year was the easiest year of high school 

lied straight through their teeth. Whether you take an easy class load or a difficult one your final year, no stress is greater than the stress of college applications. Simple applications consume time you do not have and one mistake can cost you your entire future.

College has always been my goal. Different aspects of it have changed dramatically, and because of those changes, I’ve had to make major adjustments to my college hunt. I’ve played fastpitch softball since I was four years old and I believed it was something that I wanted to pursue in college as well. But dreams change, scholarship offers get taken off the table and suddenly, I started to feel the pressure to get accepted to a college just like every other normal student.

TAKE IT AS IT IS: SCHOOL, FRIENDS & THE FUTURE

As fall is rapidly approaching, students all over North America are returning to their busy school lives. Recent high school graduates are realizing how easy they had it in high school, and seniors can’t wait to get out of that very place. For those of you who are in my position - recently graduated and yet to enroll in post secondary, you’re probably unsure of what to do next, and feeling remotely frightened by your sudden freedom.I was so excited to have a year to ‘figure my life out’, while working and traveling, that I didn’t even think of how things could have played out. Now, not even a week into September, I can’t help but feel like I’m missing out on something huge. I’ll never get the opportunity to move into dorms for the first time with my friends, nor will I get to go to uni parties. Sure, going to school is about learning, but I feel as if I’m missing out on the social part more than anything else. This now leaves me questioning, as my friends trickle off and leave me one by one, was taking a year off really a good choice?