November 8th, 2009
So instead of writing the last paragraph of my anthropology midterm, I have spent the last hour and a half researching and thus freaking myself out over this whole graduate school/my future thing. And now I'm updating this. Haha
Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that I'm feeling really, really pressured to make a huge decision very quickly. Grad school is a ton of time and a ton of money and not something I could just leave if I got bored. It's a commitment and not one that should be taken lightly. I need time to think about what I want in life and what I can do with what I have.
I've started looking into community colleges in PA to institute my brilliant stay-on-insurance plan and I don't know if those are going to work out either, mostly because I don't know the first thing about applying to new colleges post-graduation. I just want to take a few fun classes; I don't need to work toward a degree anymore. But is that even possible? Can I just go and take classes without being roped into a program? And after a year or two, if I decide that I want to go into grad school or something, can I just leave college? How does that even work???
I really need to talk to a counselor.
And finish that damn midterm.
Anyway, I've come to the conclusion that I'm feeling really, really pressured to make a huge decision very quickly. Grad school is a ton of time and a ton of money and not something I could just leave if I got bored. It's a commitment and not one that should be taken lightly. I need time to think about what I want in life and what I can do with what I have.
I've started looking into community colleges in PA to institute my brilliant stay-on-insurance plan and I don't know if those are going to work out either, mostly because I don't know the first thing about applying to new colleges post-graduation. I just want to take a few fun classes; I don't need to work toward a degree anymore. But is that even possible? Can I just go and take classes without being roped into a program? And after a year or two, if I decide that I want to go into grad school or something, can I just leave college? How does that even work???
I really need to talk to a counselor.
And finish that damn midterm.
