2008 Woodie Awards
The Senior Column
The Beginning of the End
Stephanie Hanisak
Issue date: 1/29/07 Section: Life & Times
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On December 15, I mailed in my graduate school application to the Communications department of the University of Georgia, and since that day I have not given any thought to life after Rollins. Yeah, right!
May 14 (the day after graduation) consumes about seventy five percent of my thoughts each day, and being home for five weeks did not help much. It seemed like every where I went I ran into some one that I knew from way back when or a friend of my parents. Every person asked me the same question, "What are you doing after graduation?" And despite all my planning and thinking, I still had no idea how to answer this question.
It is hard to explain to some that I only applied to only one grad school - especially one where there is some question of if I will be accepted or not. Most people's response to that would be "Why did you only apply to one school?" To which I respond, "I don't want to go anywhere else". Then they would ask me what my other plans were if I was rejected. My other plans are just as complicated, if not more. I do not really know how to explain what I want to do with my life, because it is very confusing even to me! So, rather than telling people the long story of what I want to do, I just began making things up.
I told some people that I was going to throw a dart at a map of the United States, and where ever it landed I move to and get a job. I told other people that I was going to move to the keys and work on a fishing boat. I had some rather erroneous stories thought up, because I was really exhausted from even thinking about graduation and the real world. I am not sure if I am ready to leave the bubble of Rollins to enter the unpredictable world that exists beyond the marble gates.
But alas, there is no way getting around graduation. I have accepted that I will be constantly thinking about graduation and my future for quite sometime. I have embraced it, and have begun the searching for the perfect job - in case I am rejected from UGA.
While it is rather cliché to say, it truly is the beginning of the end for the class of 2007. Seniors, we have only one semester left to complete our majors, experience Rollins, and prepare for life after May 13. Whether you are thinking of applying to graduate school or searching for a job, it's time to get in gear. Seniors who have not begun to prepare for the 'real world' should start as soon as possible. There is still plenty of time to get a plan for the future.
I would advise anyone who has not yet attended a Senior Success workshop at Career Services to do so as soon as possible. Take advantage of all the resources that Rollins has to offer, from monstertrak.com to alumni.
And to my fellow seniors, remember: This is the beginning of the end, and we should all try to make the most of our last semester at Rollins. Let us face it, what grad school or company will cancel the day's proceedings and head on over to the beach?
May 14 (the day after graduation) consumes about seventy five percent of my thoughts each day, and being home for five weeks did not help much. It seemed like every where I went I ran into some one that I knew from way back when or a friend of my parents. Every person asked me the same question, "What are you doing after graduation?" And despite all my planning and thinking, I still had no idea how to answer this question.
It is hard to explain to some that I only applied to only one grad school - especially one where there is some question of if I will be accepted or not. Most people's response to that would be "Why did you only apply to one school?" To which I respond, "I don't want to go anywhere else". Then they would ask me what my other plans were if I was rejected. My other plans are just as complicated, if not more. I do not really know how to explain what I want to do with my life, because it is very confusing even to me! So, rather than telling people the long story of what I want to do, I just began making things up.
I told some people that I was going to throw a dart at a map of the United States, and where ever it landed I move to and get a job. I told other people that I was going to move to the keys and work on a fishing boat. I had some rather erroneous stories thought up, because I was really exhausted from even thinking about graduation and the real world. I am not sure if I am ready to leave the bubble of Rollins to enter the unpredictable world that exists beyond the marble gates.
But alas, there is no way getting around graduation. I have accepted that I will be constantly thinking about graduation and my future for quite sometime. I have embraced it, and have begun the searching for the perfect job - in case I am rejected from UGA.
While it is rather cliché to say, it truly is the beginning of the end for the class of 2007. Seniors, we have only one semester left to complete our majors, experience Rollins, and prepare for life after May 13. Whether you are thinking of applying to graduate school or searching for a job, it's time to get in gear. Seniors who have not begun to prepare for the 'real world' should start as soon as possible. There is still plenty of time to get a plan for the future.
I would advise anyone who has not yet attended a Senior Success workshop at Career Services to do so as soon as possible. Take advantage of all the resources that Rollins has to offer, from monstertrak.com to alumni.
And to my fellow seniors, remember: This is the beginning of the end, and we should all try to make the most of our last semester at Rollins. Let us face it, what grad school or company will cancel the day's proceedings and head on over to the beach?
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