{"id":4382,"date":"2017-05-15T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=4382"},"modified":"2017-05-15T13:16:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T17:16:51","slug":"college-decisions-have-seniors-heading-off-to-unexpected-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=4382","title":{"rendered":"College Decisions Have Seniors Heading Off to Unexpected Places"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carly Netting ’17
\nEE\u00a0<\/em>Contributor<\/p>\n

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Many seniors are finding that their choices on where to attend college are not choices that they saw coming. As college decisions are winding down and seniors are starting to plan for their next academic adventures, many are finding that the colleges that they are attending were not schools that they would have seen themselves going to during their years in high school.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI never saw myself at a state school, and during junior year I was against going to UCONN even though I had never been. Once I visited the school, though, I couldn\u2019t believe how much I liked it and now I can\u2019t be more excited to attend in the fall\u201d senior Natalia Paskevicz said. Paskevicz is not the only one who is surprised by their decision, though. Many students found themselves drawn to schools they never gave a thought to, and now their futures are much different than they originally thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t even know that I wanted to play a sport in college until my junior year, so my entire college process was different from what I thought it would be. I never thought I would apply to most of the colleges I applied to, and definitely did not think that my college decision would turn out the way that it did\u201d senior Alexa Brown said, who is going on to play division one golf at Central Connecticut State University. Brown continues, saying \u201calthough I didn\u2019t think I would be going to Central, I\u2019m really excited to play golf and continue school at a place that I didn\u2019t expect going to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Kellie Broderick shared similar thoughts. \u201cI was convinced that I would go to school on the pacific coast, in Washington or California. But when I went to visit the schools I applied to out there, I realized that it wasn\u2019t what I actually wanted. I would have never guessed that I would be going to Penn State next year, but I\u2019m so happy with my choice and can\u2019t wait to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Although these students are attending schools that they were not expecting to go to, they all expressed their excitement to attend these schools, and are happy where they will be going in the fall. These students all saw different paths for themselves before their senior year, but have found that they had to follow what they thought was a good choice, and base their decisions off of their own opinions. The college process is a long and confusing one, but Brown summed it up perfectly, saying \u201cwhere you choose to go to college will be the right choice as long as you are comfortable and excited to go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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