Decisions

It’s not what you decide so much as how you get there. Life is more than a journey just to get to get to a destination. It’s about how you go about the choices you make along the way. Life is not about finally reaching the culmination of all your achievements but how you went about working each day.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about which college I am going to go to. I got accepted at a lot of top notch schools. One of the most important factors I am considering in the college decision is the cost. I am paying for college by myself without aid from my parents.

My two top choices are incredible schools. Both have a long history of strong academics. One is private though and one is public. The private one has more oppertunities in the major I want to study. It’s geographic location offers vital internships and ability to explore a wealth of resources related to my major right outside of the school. However the private one is more expensive by at final total of 20,000 difference after four years of being an undergraduate.

The less expensive public university is offers less oppertunity with my major. The university does, however, offer a more conventional college experience. It is a public university with a good football team and well rounded student life oppertunities.

I don’t know. They’re both great. With one I could go into more debt to get a better education and more ability to gather critical internship experience. With other I could save money and have less student loans with a good degree but not as much options as the more expensive private university.

In the end though, I think it’s not about what school I went to but what I did when I was there. It would be infinelty better for me to graduate from a community college and be very intelligent than  for me to graduate with honors from Yale but be an idiot.

Besides, they say that your undergraduate degree is meaningless anyway. It’s the graduate degree that’s important. Right?