CC1. Struggles

Senior year means college. Walking in the front doors of Alden High School on the first day of school as a senior didn’t really feel much different, but now that it is April 28, 2014 I can feel a difference. On the very first day of school I felt just like a normal student but as the year went on I felt more complications and stress. Senior year means figuring out what you want to do for the rest of your life, and that kind of scares me a bit. College is just a few short months away. To me it felt like senior year started to hit me just a bit after the first of the year when we met with guidance counselors for a senior status meeting. Senior status meetings is to review the classes you need to graduate and what diploma you will be receiving and what your future plans are intending to be. Your guidance counselor also notifies you how many more credits you need to graduate. Another thing that comes attached to senior year is college visits. Our FYE, college class, we went on two college visits to Medaille College and Canisus College. When touring these two colleges we had full access to both campus tours and an explanation of programs offered at both schools. Besides those two college visits I only went on one college visit on my own time. The college I visited was Trocaire College in Buffalo. Trocaire College is strictly a nursing school. When I took a tour of Trocaire I took a tour of the college, was able to look into some of the class rooms and hands on lab rooms, and looked at all of the admissions tables with programs and scholarship offers. With being a senior I think figuring out your future is the hardest part not so much the schooling.