Assignment 7: Maggie Anderson

My thoughts on college are only slightly firmer than my thoughts on my life after college. In other words, they're all over the place and change often. Though I know what I enjoy doing now (sort of) I don't know how to translate that into a major or career. My main concern is inability to find a good career from my education. I do know what my goals are in college to some extent: learn as much as possible in as large a range as possible. I want to continue taking classes in almost every subject, as well as more obscure classes. This priority has helped me narrow down my options (see Assignment 6). Study abroad is also important to me, but I am rethinking this as I look into how it will affect my life. But as of right now, I want to go to Ireland junior year. Not only will these increase my satisfaction with my education, it will allow for more future options, which matter more to me than they probably should at this point, but I lay awake worried a lot, and my future is a big part of that.

My ideal college experience is also full of contradictions. I want to leave my general area, but I'm terrified of being away from home. I am afraid this fear will paralyze me and never let me leave a 30 mile radius, so I want to go away to break that tether, but I don't know how happy I'll be far away, and I won't know until it's too late. My college's size is another point of confusion. I think a smaller college might be best for me, and I have looked into many colleges I like that are smaller, but I have an image in my mind of college and I think if it has the same number of students as Henry Clay, it just won't feel like real college.