Hello, blog readers. Blogging is weird for me. I do write a
journal, but that's seriously personal. And this? It's on the internet
for all to see.
Anyway, the future. I'm a junior in high
school, and, at some point, my future will include college, most
likely. Except not if we all die in some sort of apocalypse before
then. But, most likely, I will go to college, to study political
science and middle east studies. First, I want to take a gap year, to
travel, though. Something which is apparently much more acceptable in
other parts of the world than in the US, but whatever.
While
in NYC for the release party, I visted four institutions of higher
education: Fordham University (Lincoln Center campus), Barnard College,
Columbia, and NYU. I hated Barnard and Columbia. I loved Fordham and
NYU, pretty equally, although they are very different.
However,
I might not go to either one of those even if I'm accepted. I actually
kind of want to go overseas, to England, maybe. Or to Sweden--they have
English-language university programs there, and tuition is free.
Cost
of living for an American in Europe, though! And tuition (although this
does not apply to Sweden)! It's so expensive! Not like NYU or Fordham
is cheap; it is my mother's dream that my dream suddenly becomes to
study somewhere in-state. UNC Chapel Hill, maybe. But I would hate
that! I mean, Carolina's a great school, yes, but not for me. I don't
know how I'm going to pay to go to a private school, though. It'll mean
loans and job and hopefully scholarships, but I'd rather work hard to
go where I want than more easily go somewhere I don't want to.
I'm not sure there was much of a point to this blog other than rambling on about my possible future, but whatever.