Change is something we all have to deal with at some points in our lives. College is one of those times where no matter what things change, it's inevitable. Personally, I have never coped well with change, it's something I have had to work on since a very young age. It seems to be that no matter the size of the change it still bothers me.
If someone had asked me a year ago if I would be attending VCU, I would have laughed and said I am not even applying. By my first week in high school, I was into my top two choice. I had in essence already started my plan. I like to plan, it makes me feel safe, to have contingencies and to know what is “next”. However, I slowly watched my plan unravel in front of me, and I could not do anything about it. How …show more content…
For the past four years I could answer the question “ what do you want to do when you grow up”. I had used my career choice as a way to narrow the list of colleges I would apply to. Yet, after a day of shadowing at the VCUHS , something in me changed. I realized all that I could do as a nurse. My mother was a nurse and I wanted to go down my own path so I had always shied away from that occupation. But here I was finding myself thinking of becoming a nurse. When I realized that this was what I wanted to do, VCU and Lynchburg stayed the only two schools on my list. At this point, I had not been accepted to VCU so I thought I still had a chance at lynchburg because they told me they would do their best to match the tuition price. However, I had to give up the idea of going to lynchburg pretty quickly, after receiving the news that they could not match the price of VCU. I guess you could say I knew deep down they would not be able to match the tuition it still broke my heart a little bit. My plan was being torn apart piece by piece. The biggest change in my life in the past 8 years and I did not even know what college I was going to until the last week of May. I realized soon after this I had no control over the situation which scared
If someone had asked me a year ago if I would be attending VCU, I would have laughed and said I am not even applying. By my first week in high school, I was into my top two choice. I had in essence already started my plan. I like to plan, it makes me feel safe, to have contingencies and to know what is “next”. However, I slowly watched my plan unravel in front of me, and I could not do anything about it. How …show more content…
For the past four years I could answer the question “ what do you want to do when you grow up”. I had used my career choice as a way to narrow the list of colleges I would apply to. Yet, after a day of shadowing at the VCUHS , something in me changed. I realized all that I could do as a nurse. My mother was a nurse and I wanted to go down my own path so I had always shied away from that occupation. But here I was finding myself thinking of becoming a nurse. When I realized that this was what I wanted to do, VCU and Lynchburg stayed the only two schools on my list. At this point, I had not been accepted to VCU so I thought I still had a chance at lynchburg because they told me they would do their best to match the tuition price. However, I had to give up the idea of going to lynchburg pretty quickly, after receiving the news that they could not match the price of VCU. I guess you could say I knew deep down they would not be able to match the tuition it still broke my heart a little bit. My plan was being torn apart piece by piece. The biggest change in my life in the past 8 years and I did not even know what college I was going to until the last week of May. I realized soon after this I had no control over the situation which scared