Today I wanted to touch on the reality of college!
College can be really intimidating! It can also be somewhat deceiving! If I had one tip for my younger self about college it would be to PLAN. Plan into what classes you need before entering college, where they anticipate you coming in and try to figure out what interests you! I am very fortunate enough to have found a degree that fully fits my dreams, aspirations and future plans so I didn't have to change my degree a couple times. With that however, I did not come into college to where my program anticipated me to start. I wasn't planning into calculus my very first semester, and I am terrible with tests so I didn't get placed into the english that I should have. Needless to say, I am so proud to be graduating 4.5 years later and at the age of 22. I have gotten quite a few confused looks when I say that I will be a 4.5 year graduate and to be honest I think they need to revaluate the estimated time to graduate college. People's conceived notion of a graduate any time longer than 4 years is that you were most likely a slacker and didn't take the classes at the right time. Even with me taking 16-18 credits each semester and sadly not passing 1 class... I still had some classes that needed to be finished. At Weber State, I am one of the youngest students in my degree let alone most of the building. Most of my classmates are graduation at 27 ( I am not saying there's anything wrong with that, I think it is great that they are going back to school!) To wrap this up- Don't feel bad if you can't graduate in 4 years! Be happy that you might have taken that internship that helped you towards you future, maybe took some fun classes to help you expand your knowledge or didn't come into college where you expected! People that don't understand don't understand the hard work that you put into getting your degree.
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AuthorMy name is Elaine Cope, I am studying Manufacturing Engineering. I decided to make this blog with hopes to inspire other young female engineers to pursue their dreams. Archives
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