As the final chapter begins for this school year, seniors are eyeing the future as they prepare for college, work, or learning a trade. For college-bound seniors, choosing their school may have been an emotional, and at times gut-wrenching, experience, as they experienced campus tours and pored over heaps of information about a given school. Others still may find themselves defeated by not having the option to attend a “good school,” elusive elite institutions that give admission to only a select and fortunate few each year, due to financial constraints or simply not getting in. And some may want to go out of state, but high tuition costs keep them out.
To all these uncertain and anxious seniors I write this: it is not the school, but the person, that makes college meaningful. It is the study habits you develop to learn complex subjects, the relationships you build with fellow students, and the organizations you engage with that make college a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make something of yourself. Sure, you may not be going to Havard or MIT, but that does not mean you cannot receive a high quality education that prepares you well for the job market and helps you discover yourself.
Lastly, regardless of where you go make sure to have fun (but not too much fun), make friends, and do not fail out. Have a good life.
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