Graduation
Hey Y’all,
So my college career has been anything but a straight and narrow path. In high school, I went to a summer camp for nerds students that were interested in airplanes. The summer camp was at the most prestigious Aeronautical school in the country, none other than Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Obviously after having such a blast during my week away from home I was head over heels in love with my dream school.
After getting accepted and going over the finances of loans and FAFSA and all that good stuff, I made the choice that I didn’t want to have over $100K in debt. So I changed my plan and I attended University of Southern Maine, knowing full well that I would be transferring at the end of the year. I knew that I wanted to pursue a career as an air traffic controller, so my plan was to do a year locally and get my general education credits and save money by living at home. My plan started off great.
Fast forward to the fall of 2015…
I had officially transferred to Daniel Webster College, and was loving being away from my family. I’m a very independent person, so naturally I was thrilled by the opportunity to start my life. While I was there I met countless friends and had adventures that I’ll never forget. I was thriving in my academics as well. I loved it.
Then, out of the blue…
I got news that still infuriates me to this day. ITT Tech, the company that owned our small school in New Hampshire, went bankrupt. Suddenly the school went into panic mode. It was pure chaos. I was a RA at the time and having to deal with my own thoughts as well as the thoughts of my residents was a lot for anyone to handle. Southern New Hampshire University luckily came to our rescue and bought our school out and did a teach out so we weren’t left on the streets (literally).
After a lot of thinking and going back and forth of whether to continue my education at SNHU or transferring once again, I decided to listen to my heart and it was telling me to go South. So I did. I transferred that January to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Just like that my entire college career came full circle. The school that I originally wanted to go to ended up being the school that I graduated from. I guess things really do happen for a reason. You just have to be patient enough to hold out for the ending.
What I learned
A lot of good things have come out of all three of my schools. At University of Southern Maine, I joined the Alpha Xi Delta sorority where I got to become a legacy because my mother was also initiated at that very same chapter of Alpha Xi Delta. My sister also went on to become a member of AXiD as well. At Daniel Webster College, I really got to do some self exploration and figure out who I really am. At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University I got…well my degree.
If you have a complicated college story I’d love to hear about it! Drop a comment in the comment section!
XoXi,
