<p>^^ My reasoning is that TAG kids tend to be the smarter ones and have always been told they were smarter than the rest. Therefore they were always pushed to do better and not going to college just doesn't follow with that line of thinking.</p>
<p>And you were coming out of the stairwell in Canton between 1st and 6th hour.</p>
<p>Oh, that makes sense. I thought you meant that I didn't see you because I'm a TAG kid.</p>
<p>"Northstarmom, my dad owned a business before he got into a terrible accident and couldn't work any more. Trust me, I know I'm putting a lot of thought into it. But I'm going to go to college and do what I love to do first, and if I decide I like plumbing better then that is what I'm going to do. I'm the first in my family to go and I know that as long as I don't, I'll always wonder what could've been.</p>
<p>Does that make sense?"</p>
<p>It makes sense particularly if you major in business. </p>
<p>I don't know if you listen to NPR's car talk, but it's a great show by two witty, knowledgeable auto mechanics who are brothers and own their own business. They also are both MIT grads.</p>
<p>With a business degree from college, if you go into plumbing, you may be able to do what you enjoy, and get even more money than most plumbers do (and from what I've seen, most plumbers do very well!).</p>
<p>I am SO excited to go to college! I can't wait to get out of my crummy public school and actually be challenged!</p>
<p>I can't wait for college!!!!</p>
<p>I definitely want to go. I'm looking foward to the academics, to being challenged and being in an environment where others are there because they want to be there. But it's also a matter of a new social life, a chance to start over and learn from new people and be away from home. It's a 4-year long transition into the real world, if you buy that, that has so many perks without many of the struggles of adulthood.</p>
<p>as cliche as it sounds, i really do want to attend college for personal growth. sometimes i feel discontented about certain aspects of my character. i think college is the perfect opportunity to nurture my character. academics are a vital reason, too, as while i'm fairly confident in my abilities, i still feel very, very limited. i am really anticipating the fresh start that college can grant me, which is why i hope i get into one i will be happy at.</p>
<p>Not completely.</p>
<p>I know I'll regret it if I don't, though.</p>
<p>do i want to go to college? not really, since my hs has turned me off from formal education... but, i really don't want to work yet, so i don't have many options (college, here i come, i guess)...</p>
<p>Sounds fun... Why not?</p>
<p>I now know how college admissions officers feel. after reading some replies with the commonly repeated vocab, I feel like "bleh...."</p>
<p>My greatest fear is that college will just be High School: Part 2. Hopefully a good honors program will fight that monster off or the general freshman class will be more mature. Maybe people will actually be there to learn now that they are PAYING for their education.</p>
<p>Maybe it's because I've led my life in a happy little suburban bubble, but I'm excited about college just to meet druggies and borderline-alcoholics and all other sorts of other people, just to make my life more interesting. I just haven't had enough "and then we built a HUUUUUUUGE potato cannon" stories to satisfy myself yet.</p>
<p>Also, personal growth, med school, etc.</p>
<p>college=freedom.
i cant wait.</p>
<p>zamzam- you live in a suburban bubble and don't know any druggies or alcoholics? clearly you aren't looking hard enough- they're everywhere</p>
<p>^haha really? there are druggies and alcoholics in suburbs?</p>
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My greatest fear is that college will just be High School: Part 2.
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Haha, from what I hear, that's usually the case freshmen year since people are just as stupid as they were in high school but with more freedom. Then they kind of mellow out when the novelty wears off.
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Maybe people will actually be there to learn now that they are PAYING for their education.
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Or maybe they'll be more mature if their parents stop paying for their education. ;)</p>
<p>Alex</p>
<p>Yes, I do want to go to college. I am actually taking a gap year to go on a program and after that I will willingly attend college. :)</p>
<p>I am so afraid of High School: Part II.</p>
<p>Exactly. Noooo thanks. I don't hate high school, but it's getting old, you know?</p>
<p>After spending, you know, 18 years with people my age, I think I'll learn more by joining people who aren't my age. College is just the same old, same old, really.</p>
<p>It's like day care for kids who can't deal on their own after HS but who were too smart and restless to stay at home with mom and dad. I'd rather tag along with a professional at something! Not write more papers that no one will read.</p>
<p>^ Exactly. I been the type of person that has been working since I was 14, do my own laundry, cook my own food, occasionally buy my food, etc. I'm not "better" than anyone at my school, but I think I'm more mature than many people, and even my teachers have told me this. I want a fun experience where I actually learn and balance it with a moderate social life, which I've never enjoyed because of my overly-protective parents who employ Gestapo techniques to prevent me and my brother from having lives (although they did give me the green light to lead my own life after HS)..but yeah, I want to be able to research, to learn, to use what I learn...etc. Not waste my parents and my money on a HS-esque experience</p>