Actually, as a child, my big dream was to go off to college on a scholarship and be merry and happy and get my degree. Now, as a soon-to-be junior in high school, I know that going away isn't as sweet as it seems. I went to a leadership summit last month, stayed in the dorms for 4 nights, and I HATED IT. Now I know for sure that I don't want to go away. There is a college not even 15 minutes from my house, it's the local university. No, it is not prestigious or anything like that, but it isn't out of state, and I can live at home. That's probably saving my single, working mother about $20,000.
Now it isn't that I lowered my goals, it's just that I have become more realistic. I scored a 23 on the ACT at the beginning of my sophomore year without studying, and if I can score a 27, I can get a full ride to my local school. A FULL RIDE for only a 27! Listen, a degree is a degree. I could get my bachelors degree from Harvard and it would still be the same degree. Also, I am not about to put my mom and even myself into huge debt.
Anyway, all I want is to be an attorney, and quite frankly, I don't care where the Pre-Law degree comes from as long as I get it. If I can save tons of money by staying at home the first 4 years of college, I'm gonna do it. I'll always hear the people say, "Well you can pay back your student loans when you get your career started with all the money you'll be making!" or "Why would you wanna stay in this town? Get out while you still can." but it wont affect me. I will have more opportunity to get out by staying and saving my money.
That is basically all for tonight, I had a busy day today and was not been able to blog earlier. So I will end this with a goodnight.
Until Tomorrow,
Alaina xo
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