Is Fordham my new number one?

So this week I had midterms and instead of studying for the exams, my mind chose to think of other things.

For instance, I was thinking about the mid year school reports that some schools request to receive after my midterms. It's not fun to do the little paperwork, or bug the guidance office, but I have some amazing grades this term so I do believe that it's going to help my application at the schools. It was while I was researching which schools wanted these reports (which of course was only Yale, Columbia, and Cornell), I came upon the Fordham website.

As a little introduction, my mother and I had been talking a couple nights ago about when we should visit the Fordham campus and hoping to do it in two weeks, maybe on a Friday. So I was really doing a bit of research as to the area that Fordham is in since a lot of people have been saying that they would have applied had it not been in the Bronx. Well, one of my good friends did tell me that they had one amazingly beautiful campus and all I could think about was seeing it. So, I started looking up what they had near them and what comes up? The Botanical Gardens. Yes, this is was extremely exciting for me, but then it got better when I clicked on the link for their main site and what's there??????

The Orchid Festival

My heart was racing and I was ready to explode because this campus had a Botanical Garden near by which features orchids every year in a show. How could it get any better? Well, I started dreaming, and it came really fast. My new option is to go to Fordham and study plant sciences for an undergraduate degree and while studying, I could get an internship at the Botanical Gardens. If I want to gain a masters in Horticulture, then I could go to UConn or Cornell to study even more!

Now doesn't that sound nice?

I cannot believe that I could have the ability to study plants, be in an area that has gardens, while living so close to New York City, and even better, so close to home!

Right now, that's my college plan. And to think-this week I had no clue as to what I wanted to do anymore. HA!

If you would like to watch my little youtube video of this, in case you hate reading, here's the video:

the new year

Wow. I never believed that this year would come. And yet, 2008 is finally here and I'm just in shock.

First off, I have set some cliché goals for myself. For example:
graduating with honors,
getting fit
getting into a really good college
making the right decision in scholarships
being happy
enjoying my summer
making this year be amazing
finally getting my license
OH and to get a job.

Other than that, I think this year should be amazing, since everything will be changing into a new world! Oh gosh, I cannot even put it into words. It's insane.

Now onto COLLEGE. Boy have I got some updates!!!

I got a scholarship for $4000 each year to go to MSU.

I found this out three days after the New Year! Yeah...it's pretty nice, but not enough to really get me to go and stay in the middle of the country...

I got accepted to Fordham!

YAY! The news I found out the WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS! I now have a chance to live in the city and study mathematics! It's driving me wild that I did get into a good school like that, but its tuition is a bite out of my hopes...for a while.

I got accepted to UConn!

What a surprise to get the Saturday before Chirstmas! Yes, I got accepted to the perfect school for me, in my state! This means that the total costs of one year is half of what the tuition is for cornell...it's SCARY. I'm just so happy that I got accepted the amazing school that I LOVE and have a chance to study horticulture!

Cornell couldn't make a final decision...

This was a bummer in the week before Christmas, BUT it is good. Why? I didn't get DENIED! Although, this really gets me thinking. Do I think that paying $200,000 for four years of school at a school where everyone freezes and dies from hard work a good thing for me? I know that I sound ridiculous, but I am having second guesses if I should go there. If I do get a nice scholarship to cut out more than half of the cost to go, then I am there in two seconds, but if I have to compare it's $45,000 price-tag for each year to UConn's $20,000? Well, I think I know that I would look into Cornell for graduate school instead.

That's another thing I'm beginning to think about.

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Oh yes, I am not even a freshman or know exactly what I will be majoring in, but I do plan on going to graduate school. As much as I hope to not have to go through it, I do believe that it would be a wise career choice for myself. So with that in mind, I need to be able to plan for another large bill, but I would rather go to the best school on Earth for my graduate. Seriously. Who wants to have $450,000 worth of debt from 2 ivy league schools? I know I won't. Truthfully, I need to look into some serious scholarships and plan for both college experiences. Like UConn and then Cornell. Actually, I think that may be the best thing for me, but I'm not sure. Who knows what will happen when it all boils down to money??

SO...my life is just going insane with school, and not only college, but my workload of regular school is putting me to sleep at 3:00 in the afternoon. I wish everyone a Happy New Year, and advice everyone to just think about things in the wide perspective of life since we never know what may come our way...like a nice chance to travel the world after school? You wouldn't be able to do that happily with debt!