Help me out here people
ok so since I have some time I figured that I would explain my college dilemma. I've always wanted to go to State. I think it was mainly because it was a prestigious school with a good reputation. I also like how it had so many options and LymnBriggs is such a nice school. i never noticed how large it was until I visited... so I took some time to think about what I wanted and needed in a school. I remember going to North from SJA and noticing the language and the type of people there and being appalled. I wasnt accustomed to bad behavior at SJA. When someone got written up for "bad behavior" it was because their shirt wasnt tucked in correctly, not because they were selling pot in the hallways. I didnt like the atmosphere at North at all. I remember waking up to go to school and not wanting to go because I didnt feel safe and a person should feel safe at school. I liked the small catholic atmosphere of SJA. Everyone knew everyone and they were always in your business. At North I didnt even know half of my graduating class. As peoples names were called I was like omg they are seniors!!?
I know that I need the small classes because Im not naturally intelligent. I have to work for my grades and for me studying takes more than a hour. I also dont like talking to people. Im not what you would call a go-getter (with the exception of Michael of course) My pessimistic view tends to push people away even though everyone thinks Im hilarious. My good friends know that I always think of the worst and in the back of my mind hope for the best. I would like to call myself a realist.
So after I visited State I basically had a breakdown. The classes are huge and I dont want to be just a number. I know that everyone says ohhhh its alright you have one on one time with the TAs. HHAHAA! I dont want one on one time with the TAs! Personally, I dont care what the TAs have to say because they arent the professor. I also dont like how big the campus was, how small the dorms are, and how i cant keep my car for the first year.
After my little, well ok, MASSIVE breakdown I did some college searching. I looked at Oakland, Grand Valley, Kalamazoo, Central, Wayne, Western, Eastern, Calvin, and finally Hope. Hope was everything that Ive ever wanted. The campus is clean, Holland is a great town, its safe, they have a dance program, I could keep my car, its not too small but not too big, there arent any TAs, the biggest class is 80 people, and its close to my cottage. There is one problem though... the only science major that is offered is Biology. I want to do something with science but I dont think that its biology. I would rather major in Microbiology and go into Diagnostics or something.
So help me out.. I got into both for 2nd semester...
so Im going to Macomb and transferring into one but I dont know which one yet..
Option #1: Go to Hope and forget about State
Option #2: Go to State and stick it out
Option #3: Go to Hope and take all of the classes that would be massive at State and transfer into State Jr year
Option #4: Try State and if I hate it go to Hope
It basically comes down to this...
which is more important?
Loving the school that Im at or having more options...
HELPP
I know that I need the small classes because Im not naturally intelligent. I have to work for my grades and for me studying takes more than a hour. I also dont like talking to people. Im not what you would call a go-getter (with the exception of Michael of course) My pessimistic view tends to push people away even though everyone thinks Im hilarious. My good friends know that I always think of the worst and in the back of my mind hope for the best. I would like to call myself a realist.
So after I visited State I basically had a breakdown. The classes are huge and I dont want to be just a number. I know that everyone says ohhhh its alright you have one on one time with the TAs. HHAHAA! I dont want one on one time with the TAs! Personally, I dont care what the TAs have to say because they arent the professor. I also dont like how big the campus was, how small the dorms are, and how i cant keep my car for the first year.
After my little, well ok, MASSIVE breakdown I did some college searching. I looked at Oakland, Grand Valley, Kalamazoo, Central, Wayne, Western, Eastern, Calvin, and finally Hope. Hope was everything that Ive ever wanted. The campus is clean, Holland is a great town, its safe, they have a dance program, I could keep my car, its not too small but not too big, there arent any TAs, the biggest class is 80 people, and its close to my cottage. There is one problem though... the only science major that is offered is Biology. I want to do something with science but I dont think that its biology. I would rather major in Microbiology and go into Diagnostics or something.
So help me out.. I got into both for 2nd semester...
so Im going to Macomb and transferring into one but I dont know which one yet..
Option #1: Go to Hope and forget about State
Option #2: Go to State and stick it out
Option #3: Go to Hope and take all of the classes that would be massive at State and transfer into State Jr year
Option #4: Try State and if I hate it go to Hope
It basically comes down to this...
which is more important?
Loving the school that Im at or having more options...
HELPP