What I Wish Someone Told Me About College When I Was Applying
Honest advice from a recent college graduate
Community college was the best decision I made for my mental health.
If you told me to apply to a community college as a senior in high school, I likely would have rolled my eyes and vehemently rejected this idea. Now, I wish this was the decision I made from the get-go.
Like many teenagers these days, I am a product of our perfectionist, capitalistic society. I was an overachiever throughout my academic experience: President of everything — from the Science Club to Varisty Club; student-athlete on the girls’ swim team, manager of the boys’ team; Editor-in-Chief of the Yearbook Club; honor student, the list goes on and on. Essentially, anything you told me I should be doing to ensure acceptance to a great college, I was doing. When I did get into the colleges I applied to, I was (initially) thrilled.
This article is not an attempt to encourage you to apply to and attend community college. I am simply an advocate for thinking about your personal likes and dislikes, and here to offer some advice that I desperately wish I had heard during my high school experience.
