Right now I'm going through the process of accepting a college and I'm leaning mostly toward going to Chico State mostly because it's pretty far away and I want to be able to experience a new place with new faces. I feel that if I stayed within the same community I won't be able to try new things or develop the skills to be on my own. I'm also trying to figure out my financial status with FAFSA, Cal Grant and Scholarships.
I'm feeling excited and can't wait to get out of high school and move on from this place, the moment in time where adults expect you to make decisions but believe we can't make them because we aren't mature enough to, a dilemma that never gets solved. I know by going away in college it'll make me become a more mature person. Though even if I wanted to go far away, they think that the stigma of "partying" is the only thing the school does, and since it hasn't been "well-known" they assume that it's not a good school. They make it seem like certain colleges are so bad because people don't talk about it as much as other, not like they experienced the horrifying accusations they've placed on the school. I've even looked into it, yes drinking/partying will be around but that is at ALL colleges not just specifically Chico. Chico is still being haunted by the recent death a student for over alcohol consumption, it's just the student decision to drink or not. Family just becomes very biased and decision becomes more stressful.
I'm determined to go to Chico because I want to be able to move on and experience a completely new and different place. It's just like someone needing to go on vacation to get away for a moment and rethink things and come back as soon as it is over.
Thinking about how to pay for school, path I can take for classes for my major and a minor as that will be helpful, Constructing a College Binder about my school and get officially planned out for college so I won't be stuck in the momentary decision as this will be the time to make decisions for the future.
