I have been at the school since the 4
th grade and I have been anticipating this time of year for a while. On December 30 me and my fellow juniors officially started the college process when we attended the Junior College Night. I am so excited and nervous and overwhelmed and just every emotion in the book. The night served as a precursor to the college one-on-one meeting with the student’s college counselor and the family. We had a senior come and talk about his experience and each of the three college counselors, Dr. Carter, Mr. Doyle, and Mrs. Weiss introduced themselves and kicked off the journey that probably won’t end until this time or later next year. I was fortunate enough to have my personal meeting with my counselor Dr. Carter and my mom last Thursday and it only excited me more. We basically mapped out the courses I should take for next year and whether I should take the SAT Subject tests among MANY other things.
But perhaps the most pertinent thing that happened, in my opinion, was the suggested school. Before we had the meeting we filled a packet, which included colleges we were looking for. I have wanted to live in New York City for my entire life, so naturally NYU and Fordham were my top choices and Dr. Carter said it wasn’t a definite but if I keep working hard I could look attractive to those schools! But he also gave me a list of other schools I might be interested in, and one of them was this school called Drew University in Madison, NJ. I had never heard of it before but it seems like the perfect school! I plan on double majoring in Theater and Business and Drew looks like a home run. I am filled to the brim with anticipation about my future and I'm sure that because of my school it will be a successful process.
