As the school year quickly passes, it occurred to me that "holy crap, I have to apply to schools", and I realized I haven't given this near enough thought. It is my future after all. So I decided to go to a couple of university seminars. I went to the Brock seminar, and the Waterloo one and finally Western. Now I know its the presenters job to sell the university as best as they can, but Waterloo and Western seem pretty alright. But there's of course the most difficult choice; what I actually want to go for in those schools. I'm alright at English, and while that is a pretty generic degree, it can lead to a lot, right? Then I was thinking maybe history, but honestly, what can a history degree get you other than a job teaching history...not much. Let's be real, I don't want to go to school for something I'm not sure if I'll need it for my future - especially when it costs close to $20,000 a year. My marks are pretty decent though, currently holding a 89.5 average so if I keep it up, choosing a school shouldn't be a problem. It just seems like its all happening so fast, it kind of sucks to be honest.
I know what you mean!
ReplyDeleteI just got my PIN for applying to universities yesterday, and when I was looking at schools, my mind just died and I was like "Oh shit, this is the rest of my life." And it sucked. I also had the same issue with what to apply for. I finally decided on Psychology, but I was between that and creative writing for a while, but then I figured there's more of a demand for psychologists then writers, so that's what I applied for.
MOST USELESS DEGREE EVER: Philosophy. I know a guy who got a degree in it. He's a manager at McDonalds now. Point made.
I am in the same boat as you. There are just too many decisions to be made in such a small period of time. This is our future that we are planning and I think that we should have a little more time trying to figure out what we want to do in life. Not looking forward to applying at all.
ReplyDeleteAmen brother. My parents won't stop nagging me about it either. My mom feels like i should be spending all my free time looking at schools online and courses and other schooly stuff. It's just all too mind blowing for me :S
ReplyDeleteThe chooseing is always hard but in the end you know you will get the right one by meeting people who can be friends for life.
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