Overwhelming Excitement, Overwhelming Anxiety Ashley Evans
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I constantly battle between these two emotions as I journey through two very important periods of my life. The excitement of being in my senior year of high school is something I have been looking forward to all my life. This is where everyone strives to end up. This is the sign that you have made it. Before now, all that hard work in the past didn’t seem worth it... but now, it’s so obvious that it was. At the same time, now you’re facing adulthood and you have no idea how to make that transition. Once you graduate, no one sees you as a kid anymore and that’s the scariest part. Who cares if you go to college? Who cares if mommy and daddy kick you out? Who cares if you can’t take care of yourself? Once you graduate, you’ve got to face the music that now you’re on your own. I’ve never had more fun than when choosing which schools I’m applying for. The constant mail and phone calls received from schools all around the country wanting lil’ ole me at their college is absolutely flattering. Searching for the perfect school, seeing what every college has to offer, learning about their student
life and seeing how much fun college life will be, it gets no better than that. Remember, you can only go to ONE school and that ONE school may not be the one you always dreamt about. The crushing reality is you may not be able to afford that school, your family may not want you to go there or worse, you may not get accepted. When dealt all these cards during your final year in high school, along with the ton of homework your teachers are giving you, the extra- curricular activities you participate in, and the craziness of just being a normal teenager, it’s a wonder many 17 and 18 years olds don’t lose it around this point in time! To be honest, there’s no way to prep for the things that come your way when you face this delightfully frightening stage in life. The best advice is to work hard, and keep the faith. Surely you’ll get through this feeling more accomplished than ever.