As in right now, I can apply this to my life in my transition from high school to college. This is definitely a whole new thing and experience, a big step in life. I will have to adapt to a change that, I believe, I was not ready for. During the summer I had a difficult situation that made my transition even more difficult, confusing, and terrifying. I found out that I was not going to be able to attend the college of my choice, and I had two options after that, option one: work through a semester and apply to other school during that time, or option two: attend UTEP. I knew I didn’t want to fall behind so I decided to go with option two.
I did not submit all my papers to UTEP, I had only done the application, and I had been accepted, but that’s where I had stopped because I thought I was going to leave out of town. I began to move as quickly as I could to find out about registration, my financial aid, scholarships, classes workshops, and everything else I needed before it was too late. I did this all by myself; no one told me where to go or who to call. This was when I knew that the cheese was not going to come to me; I had to go in the maze and look for that cheese myself. It was somewhat tiring going back and forth, making calls all day, leaving messages, getting transferred from one office to the other especially when I didn’t have a lot of time left.
I was very fortunate to get everything in order on time, but know I know that in college you have to be aware and look for your way through the maze by yourself, because no teacher or counselor will be over your shoulder telling you what to do and where to go.
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