As part of my "Summer of doing things for me" I have decided to review my readings. As you can see below I am part of the summer reading challenge. The first book that I read was a classic book by Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper. I would have to say that this was one of the best books by Picoult that I have read. I really do enjoy her style of writing, where she writes from multiple character's perspectives, but she did an extraordinary job in this novel. Her character work was outstanding. I particularly enjoyed her character work with the older brother Jessie. She made him such an interesting character and a great addition to the main story line. I think I connected to this because I see everyday how student react to the various situations in their life. I also loved the ending. I of course won't give that away here, but it was a classic twist Picoult ending.
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Well I would love to go somewhere in CT so I am close to home. But i do not want to live at home at all!! Im thinking about uconn but im not totally decided yet. Hopefully after a year or so of college im able to study abroad and have the chance to see a different county and culture.
im so nervous for college! i think my problem is that i really just cant make descisions! even simple descisions are tough for me.. i just dont want to make the wrong choice..the future is exciting but scary.. i think i'm going to stay close for now but deffinately not live home!.. maybe central.. new york city is my dream but i'm not sure if i'm ready for that quite yet..
I want to go somewhere that is like at least 45 minutes away but not across the country or out of it. I am planning on attending Uconn or URI and have gotten into both but now I just have to decide which one I want to go to. I am not that nervous because I am doing the Army ROTC program and there will be people who are willing to support me and I can make friends through that program. I am going to do the nursing program at either school.
Well, I was nervous about going far away so I applied to schools that were mainly around here, CT, RI, MA, and the furthest is PA. I know that I don't want to stay home at all, I definitly want the full college experience, I just realized that I wanted to be able to come home when I felt like it. One of my teachers told me that her son goes to school in California and he has to pick which holidays he comes home. I deffinitly didnt want that, but I'm super excited to go and be on my own!
unlike most of the bloggers im only a junior and have more time to think about college, although its definatly stressful to think about. mostly cause i dont have the money or the grades..community college really may be my only option at first..i also dont know what im interested in studying but i do know i wont be living at home...we'll see what happens
I am planning on going not too far from home, but far enough. i want to be able to get 'the college experience'. im really excited, but really nervous! i just dont want to make the wrong choice in what i do and regret it later.
im a little nervous especially since im graduating in about two weeks. i dont think its really hit me yet that after that point im going to be out of school and ready to go to college. i want to go somewhere close for two years so i can get a feel of what everything is like and then after that i'd love to transfer to california.
I think the best and hardest decision I made was to go away to college. I was so scared about being homesick I made my parents promise me that no matter how much I cried or said I wanted to come home that they would not come pick me up until Thanksgiving break. When I got there I wasn't even homesick for a second, but I did have to do things that were scary. I had to make all new friends (I didn't know a single person when I moved in), I had to join new activities, find an on campus job, and make a whole new life for myself. But by doing so I met the friends of a lifetime and even though I don't live in NY anymore, I am still close with several of the friends that I made. I think that moving away from home and being on my own was the best decision ever.
OH MY GOD AM I NERVOUS!!! i know how exciting it will be to start this new chapter in our lives but i can't help being scared at the same time. i have a couple collages lined up but i'm not sure which one i'm going to yet.i just can't wait until this process is over and i can just look forward to the future. it's just so weird to listen to my parents for years talk about when they graduated high school and now it's my turn. the future can be so scary but i'm willing to take on my fear and start a whole new road of happiness change and independece.
Well I've been thinking about it allot lately, and even though I've always wanted to go out west to California I'm afraid I'll get homesick allot. I'll miss my family and my friends, its so much different out there, I'm worried that I wouldn't make a good transition to the environment, I'm so use to the way it is here.
i have decided to go to central, and stay at home for the first few years, i plan on transferring schools after the first year or two. i would like to get the overall college experience, and live away from home
I'm going to Central, I'm not really nervous because it's still pretty much like living at home. It's really convenient that it's close and it's cheaper than living far away but also they have the 3rd best teaching program in the nation so I don't see why I would need to go anywhere else.
i want to stay in CT, but not at home. Uconn is my top choice right now, but i wouldnt mind going to MA or NY. i want to be out of the house and get a real feel for what college is really like.
I am staying close for college, probably even living at home for the first year. I am way to much of a baby to leave and be by myself, but I like staying close to home where my family is anyways. Even though I'll be close, I am still extremely nervous, I know it's going to be totally different from high school, I think that's what I'm most scared of.
i want to live at home. i don't think id able to go away. I'm going to hairdressing school so that decision wasn't to hard for me. its the comfort of being able to come home at night or at least have the option to.
I am staying close and living at home for the first year. Then, I will live at a dorm but still close to home. I am very nervous for college! I'm mostly nervous because college is going to be so different then high school. But, I also can't wait to go!
I want to stay in connecticut. Right now, I prefer to go to Central. I am not planning to stay away from home untill i will graduate. After Graduating from central i am planning to go out of state. i am very nervous about going out of state right now.
Hmmmm....well im pretty sure that nobody wants to stay near home for college. I haven't gotten an answer back from any of my colleges yet but i will soon. I would have liked to go out of state maybe like California but my parents were not really positive about that so the farthest state i applied to was UMass. Amerhst. Im definitely nervous for college, but having alot of friends where im planning to go i don't think that im going to have a problem. Thank goodness.
im going to community college because i really have no idea on what i want to do with my life. i thought i had my mined made up but then new things come along and that sounds better with the first one so i am planning on going there to find out what it is that i want to do.
I'm really nervous about college. I think I'm the most scared about being on my own and taking care of myself. I've never lived anywhere outside of Newington, so anywhere I go will be a change. The only thing I'm worried about is how I don't know what I want to do in life, but I'm hoping college will show me what direction I'm supposed to take.
i'm not nervous really for college, more excited. I'm probably gonna stay in CT but I want to go far enough. I really want to meet new people and experience new things. I hope to go to Sacred Heart :)
I reallly am so nervous for college but excited at the same time. I cant wait to just be out of high school and away from all the crazy drama! I'm staying close for now but after college im definitely moving out to LA for the job oppurtunies in music and acting. Which makes me even more nervous. I kinda hope a lot of my friends end up going to central cause I'm going to miss everyone so much!
Im so nervous about college, its a big step. im going to tunxis for 2 years and then im tranfering. i dont want to live at home, but i dont think i want to leave my house yet because im afraid ill get home sick. when i transfer to central, ill live in a dorm to get the college experience, but im still close to home :]
im kinda excited but at them same time its not really that big of a deal to me cuz im staying home...like granted its still college and its different people, but like im going to Capital Comm. College and then transfering to Central so im just kinda chill about the whole thing..but i cant wait to get out of here cuz senioritis is killin me!
well im not as much nervous as i a excited! i just can't believe that graduation is almost here and i dont think im ready at all..im planning on going somewhere in CT because im don think im ready to leave yet : )
wow im so nervous!!!! im afraid i won't be able to handle the load of work. im afraid of being with such a different crowde of people that i dont know. im afraid of seperating fom my best friends. so i guess that would make me a chicken. i am afraid of leaving my comfort zone, which right now is high school.
I wanted to stay i little close to home so that way if I needed something home would not be too far away, but at the same time I did not want to live at home. I play to go to WCSU that way i can live in a dorm an hour away and come home if i need to. I'm really excited about going to college because I feel like everything is going to be a lot different and i finally get to be on my own. I also love to meet new people and I think WCSU has a lot to offer me in their acting program.
wow im really nervous to even think about college...but i definetly have to because with the economy today its going to be impossible to make a living with just a high school diploma. I am definetly staying in CT and going to a close community college till i get up on my feet to go elsewere. Im not sure that im ready biut im definetly going to roll with punches.
Sam A.
I'm not graduating this year being a junior but I wish all of you seniors good luck and congrats when you guys walk across the stage. However I can't wait to be a senior because I had enough of this junior year! :)
I'm actually really excited to be going away for college but at the same time nervous! I've gotten accepted to ECSU and will deffinitely be going there. I'm a little nervous about the rooming situations cuz im so scared that im going to end up with a bad roomate! I deffinitely want to stay close enough to home that I can come home when I want to, so Eastern isnt that bad becuase it is not even 45 minutes away.
I am excited for college and can't wait to go and be able to be semi on my own. My brother keeps telling me about how great it is to be able to do what he wants and he still gets everything done. I like the freedom that seems to come with dorming away from home. Most likely I'm going to Eastern for a while to figure out what I like and try and find a major.
At first I was really adamant about not going to college. I just recently made the decision to go to college and am scrambling to get all of my stuff in order. All of the talks with my parents, teachers, and friends made me realize I needed to go. If I get accepted, I'm either going to Maine, Illinois, or Virginia. I do not like the idea of staying close to home, so I picked three colleges that were a good distance away. I'm very nervous to know if I'll get accepted. If not, I guess I'll have to go to a comunity college and transfer somewhere.
At first, i wanted to go to college far away from home like Florida of California. But now, the more i think about it the more I realize that Im not ready to go so far away. It's not that I would be homesick or wouldn't be able to manage things, its just that im not ready to leave everything behind yet.
i'm staying close for college, im planning on not dorming because by dorming you lose focus alot more because you want to party and have a good time. one of my friends dorms now and says she wishes she didnt because she never gets time to study and when she does she cant concentrate. SO i think that by staying close to home or not dorming you concentrate more. Also, i need to work and pay off school and my car and the things i need so it would be impossible for me to dorm.
after school i want to go to hairdressing school. i plan on moving in with one of my friends so we can go together. then i would like to go to college so i can take business classes so i can open a business. i cant wait to graduate!!!
i will be going to massachusets for technical school. i will have to rent an apartment becasue the school i am going to does not have dorms.So i will really be on my own. i can not say that i am nervouse at all but i am looking forward to living on my own and being independant.
Well im pretty nervous but im excited at the same time to go and meet new people. I think that going to college is a good thing and you have new experieces no matter if your going away or sating close to home. Also you meet new people and you learn about new cultures through them and you get a different taste of people outside of your hometown.
-Nisha
lol college... i cant wait... i think im gonna be going to tunxis for a semester though! ugh... kinda embarrassing you know? cause i applied to central too late. i wanna stay at home though. i mean i come home from school everyday, and food is on the dinner table. i leave my cloths on the floor and magically the next morning it appears in my drawer cleaned and folded. what can be better? i think i have it made at home and i dont wanna move out. obviously im gonna move out to a dorm junior year or something because i do need the alone kind of experience. but hey why not enjoy home as much as i can right? a lot of kids when they leave for college usually miss home after the first couple of weeks anyways, even if they agree with me or not. so i think ill just save myself the grief of missing home and just be home.
I definitely always wanted to stay in CT so i am close to my family but i do not want to live at home because then i would feel dependent on my parents. I am attending Uconn West Hartford in the fall but i am planning on getting an apratement as of july 1st with one of my friends. I do not know yet if i will be able to handle being on my own but you never know until you try...
I am only a junior but I have been planning my college experience for a long time. In 8th grade I went to Boston with my family and fell in love with the city. It was then that I decided to go to college their and I have maintained that wish ever since. I am not sure exactly what school I am going to I have toured 5 in Boston so far but I know I want to go somewhere in Boston. It’s a big city with a lot to do and a lot of job opportunity but at the same time it is smaller and cleaner than New York and it is only an hour and a half from home (well the way my dada drives at least).
When I was younger I always thought that I would go farther away for college just so I would get to experience more. I still would like to eventually do that however I do not feel that I could manage being so far away from home all on my own just yet. When it came time to apply to colleges I chose all in-state schools but most of them are atleast 30 minutes from my house so I will still get my independence.
I would never want to go to far away from home. I love family, its really important to me to be able be home for holidays and birthdays. The farthest places i looked at for schools were mass and vermont, yet even thought i got into places already im not sure where i want to go.
Well I am going to stay close for college because i want to stay near my family and still be able to work my everyday jobs.
Well i have desided to stay close for college because of my faimly and i want to be able to work at the same job i am working at now.
im planning on going to community college, most likely tunxis for the next two years and living at home. this way i can get all the required classes out of the way with it being alot cheaper. since ill be living at home i could also work more and save up more money for where id like to transfer after two years. im not really sure where im going to transfer to, i guess well see how the next two years go.
Next year, or the end of this year, i will still be in CT. I am too close to my family to go any where farther, however i do plan on moving out of my parents house and into an apartment. I love my family and want to be close enough to see them everyday, just not live with them. I am also very nervous because of the dramatic differences between high school and college but with having my family close i will be able to get through it.
Even though I would love to move to a different state, so I can experience life outside of this state sadly i can't do that.Thus I'm staying close and going to CCSU/Capital.
Next fall I'm going to Capital to take some cheep classes and in the spring i will transfer my credits to Central and continue my education there.
I'm still not completely sure what to major in, but I'm sure with time I'll find my calling
I am so excited for college even though i am only going to Tunxis. I feel that in going to community college i can work more and save more money so when i tranfer to southern my junior year, i will be older and be able to have more fun experiencing college. I would have loved to gone away to college my first two years, but i would miss my family and not have as much fun. A lot of my friends are staying around here anyways so i will have so much fun going to Tunxis. :)
I'm going to CCSS, but I’m living on campus. I’m so excited to be graduating! I’m majoring in theater. I wish I was going further away but I think I’m going to transfer after a year or two so that’s aright. I am a little nervous, but not that bad. I’ve been away from home before, so I know that I like it.
I am going to Tunxis Community College next year and i will be signing up for classes after we graduate. After Tunxis i plan on getting my Bachelors degree at CCSU
I am going to the university of hartford and im going their undecided. I am thinking about changing my major to teaching and for english in the high school level but i dont know hence i am undecided. I am living on campus although i am 5 mins from home! i figured i want the college experience but if i get home sick it will be no trouble going home. I am extremly close with my friends and family so moving away from home and from them is going to be realy tough for me. I want to start fresh at a new place where no one knows me but as it grows closer i am wanting to back out more and more! I am excited but it is VERY bitter sweet. Sad to see high school go.
When I was younger I thought of going overseas for college but now when the actual time came and faced with the decision I decided to stay close to home. I got accepted to Central and will be majoring in nursing. I am excited to finish high school...but extremely NERVOUS about starting college in august! The good thing is that I will be able to have alot of my friends close to me since I am most likely going to live at home for at least the first year. My orientation is coming up soon so hopefully that will ease some of my stress :)
I am going to SCSU next year and am excited about it. i am nervous about other stuff like living with a room mate and that type of thing but the classes dont bother me. i hope it will live up to my expectations and be a fun experience
Well at first I wanted to go far away from home to get away from my parents, but now I decided to stay in CT but live on somewhere on campus. That way I can go home whenever I want and still be alone and not have to listen to my parents nagging all the time.
Im doing this one again because SUMMERS ALMOST HERE!!! i cants wait... im trying to not think about college though, i gotta live up my summer first. IM STILL ON THE WAITING LIST FOR CCSU, which is horrible, i heard you know like the last week whether or not your in CCSU. If i don't go there, i guess im gonna go to Tunxis for a semester and go to CCSU after that. It just isnt cool knowing that you might have to go to a community college and not something better. im trying to make it as positive as possible, ITS CHEAP
I'm going to go to somewhere either in Rhode Island or Connecticut at this point... a little late to still be undecided i think... but hey what are you gonna do? im really nervous for the end of the school year and for many different reasons... i just want this feeling to be over with already ;)
I am really excited for college were actually going to be in the adult world and considerd adults with responibilities and options. I will be going close to home, over at cetnral.
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