Virginia Tech: A Decision That Changed My Life

For me, college seemed like this huge fun thing that everyone gets what they want and has a blast. I was wrong terribly wrong because you actually have to work hard in high school to get where you want. I didn’t realize that until it was too late. Ever since I was little I wanted to go to Virginia Tech because I love it there and my mother went there. It is an amazing school and my dream but unfortunately, I didn’t work hard enough to get in. I was very upset but I moved on and had to make the decision of where to go from there. This question to me means a lot of different things like growing into a young adult, moving into the real world partially, etc.… When you’re little you never think about how things in your future will affect

I just wanted to make the right decision for me but of course, I didn’t. I spent my first semester of college as a freshman at East Carolina University and hated it. I made some friends but I was never fully happy I always wanted to be home and just always felt alone at school. When I was in the process of making the decision I used the method of similarity. That was a bad decision on my part I tried to pick the school closest alike to Virginia Tech but I shouldn’t have. So I ended up hating East Carolina University and then wanted to transfer somewhere so I chose here as in Virginia Commonwealth University. It is close to home, I have friends here and it is so different and excepting of others. It was one of the best decision that I’ve made I’m glad I had to go through the troubles to find my way because without that I wouldn’t have realized what college is about; It’s not about where you go but about where you end up. The method I should’ve used is not similarity but what is best for me. Somewhere where I would thrive, make friends and ultimately be the happiest. If I could’ve of done this differently I would have tried hard and realized that school isn’t just something you can put to the side and work on it when you want but something that is actually worth your time. I would’ve made my decision differently as well I would have done it in the way of what’s best for me not on

But as the semester went on I quickly realized that maybe I had made a mistake. I really wish that I would have worked hard from the start and just got into the school I wanted but you can’t ponder on what could’ve been. If you do, you’ll never be happy with your life you will always think about that moment. Sometimes I do catch myself getting sad about it but I know it’s not the end of the world and that I am going to have the best time of my life here at Virginia Commonwealth University. For me, the choice with East Carolina University at the time was a very certain choice but people make mistakes and we learn from them. You can never judge someone on their mistakes but on their accomplishments. The level of certainty I had for this answer was very high I wish I had that much confidence when I was there in North Carolina. If I had to give advice to anyone on answering this question for themselves I would just tell them to not stress but more so just go, there every pro and con to each college. Then really think about what you want out of your experience and education. Based off all of that I would then tell them that they are ready to make their decision because honestly where you go is not where you must stay. I mean look at me I transferred, you should not have to stay somewhere where you are miserable you should thrive and be happy don’t stay somewhere