Who Knew!

It has been a long long time since I have written about anything. Of course, I have many reasons for that but there is not much of a point in writing about that. There are better issues to cover, I believe.

I have always know it is not simple to start college. I have always known it is not easy to pick a major. I have always known it is not easy to find that dream career. But, despite knowing all of these there is something people never informed me about. The College Application.

Seriously! Applying for college is taking me forever. All I thought, and hoped, was that I fill in the blanks and send in a transcript and there. Now the college picks if they want you or not.

No! It is much more complicated than that. After filling up the application which has several parts, college essays are required. One problem is that each college has a different essay topic and different style they want to write with. Keeping all that in mind you write the essays. Next they want you to get letters of recommendation from your professors. Some even require a letter from your councilor. Then you need to get your transcript. But to get that you need go to the school office and request it and then wait a couple of days, to go back and pick them up. Then you decide to apply for financial aid and scholarship. Just for those even more documentations are required.

You basically have to do all of this for every college you apply for.

I guess the application process itself prepares you for college where you have to run around constantly. I pray that everyone who is applying for college for the first time adapt to the new environment they are entering and also achieve their goals.