WMU Reflection

Self-Reflection, Why I chose WMU

College, and the decisions I had to make in regards to going, was not easy for me. Growing up in a house and a family where I am the first one to go to college, made everything about going to college a challenge. From a young age, going away is something I always wanted. Of course, my dream as a ten-year-old was to go to Michigan to be a Pediatric Neurosurgeon. And then, I took my first biology course my freshman year of high school, and that changed my plans drastically.

Throughout high school, I didn’t think about college, or where to go until my junior year. That being said, I saw my GPA and told myself it was time to get my act together. My sophomore year of high school is really when I decided I wanted to go into therapy and human services. I had my mind set on Wayne State until things got worse at home and I

While Psych 1000 was slapping me in the face, I learned in my psychology seminar that what I wanted to do required a doctorate. During this time of stress and frustration, I had an epiphany. Psychology wasn’t what I wanted at all. Social work is something I wanted deep down, to counsel and help others.

To tell the truth, I leaned more toward social work from the get-go, but telling my family that I wanted to be a Social Worker, they said “No Lilli, you don’t want to take people’s kids away.” And I would say “Yes, I know that. I want to do psychotherapy, and I would have to go to graduate school.” And their reply was something along the lines of just get a four-year degree in something that made a lot of money, so I didn’t have to worry about any of that.

It was very difficult for me, so I convinced myself that I wanted to go the psychology route, and that was that. When I started to struggle and I came to my epiphany is when I realized that I didn’t care what they thought. this is my journey, and I am going to do what I want and need to pursue my dreams. So I