Decisions, decisions and even more decisions…
I have another five and a half semesters left at Concordia College and it makes me wonder if those five and a half semesters are going to fly by or drag along. It’s only my second year of college and I’ve already started looking at grad schools and what career I would like to pursue. It’s hard when you are a biology and chemistry major because there are way too many careers to choose from. I don’t know if I want to be a doctor, a surgeon, a physician or a dentist.
I feel like the pressure is already on and I know many high school seniors feel that way too. “Where are you going to college?” or “what are you planning on majoring in?” or “what do you want to be when you grow up”? Those are some hard questions to answer, but when you know the answer to those questions, that’s a good feeling.
There was a recruiter for the pharmacy program from the U of M, Duluth today on campus and I went talked to him. He had awesome information to share about the things I should do at the end of my junior year, about scholarships, career options and now that I have all of that information it’s making me even more nervous. So I decided to go talk to my advisor. I have to say that’s been the smartest thing I have done all week. I talked to him for about an hour and the result of our long conversation with me throwing out a new question every thirty seconds was that I figured out that I am the only one who gets to chose what I want to do with my life. Even though that’s a lot more pressure than I would have liked to have, I know that I still have five and a half semesters to try new things, expand my knowledge and finally figure out what to do.
The most important thing that I figured out was that it is crucial I have the time of my life, while still in college and plan to make the rest of my life as fun as college is. I know it’s hard sometimes (trust me) but I am learning to always look on the bright side.