Journal # 8

Journal # 8 - Decisions Decisions

For a while I have been trying to figure out what to write about for this journal. Only just recently have I figured out what would be good to write about.

Last sunday I went to the University of Guelph for a tour, and it was the most amazing thing ive ever done. I have been stressing out over university for the last 2 years, and now I finally feel like I can relax a little bit. When I first applied to schools, I freaked out, because I got accepted to my second and third choice schools but not to Guelph, and it had started to make me worried. I was never completely sure until this weekend where I was going to end up going, because all three schools are amazing and all three had good reasons to go to them.

The first school I got accept to was McMaster University. It is a great school for psychology, and it was really exciting for me when found out that I was accepted. Before I had been accepted I was starting to freak out because everyone around me had gotten into all of their schools, and I hadn't been accepted to any. When the day came, I was actually in this class, and stated freaking out, because I had never thought that I could be good enough to go to MAC, its just a highly rated school I really couldn't believe it. The day I got accepted my friend who goes there, took me to go see the campus, and I really liked it. But I was still leaning towards Guelph.

Then I had the longest wait in my life, for about a month and a half I waited and waited, checking my hotmail, and my website every single day, to see if I had gotten accepted, it was the worst wait of my life. Then, about a week ago, again while in this class, I checked the Ontario Universities website, and saw that I finally got accepted to Guelph. I honestly thought I was going to pass out, I was so excited, and I felt like I should be jumping up and down, or doing a backflip. When I told my mom later that night she was so happy, it was amazing.

Going to the open house, and tour on Sunday, knowing that I had already been accepted to the school, made it so much better. Going there, and seeing it, it already felt like home to me, it felt like it was where I wanted to be forever. It was also kind of funny to me, seeing all the people there, knowing that some of the people who had there heart set on the school wouldnt be able to go, while others would wait to the last minute to decline their offer, and take the possible spot away from people who dreamed of schools like Guelph.

Yesterday when I came home from school, I had a suprise waiting for me at home. It was my cousin Ashley who had come down a day early for easter break. When I walked in the door and saw her sitting there, I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Guelph all over again. Thats when I really decided, I thought to myself, why am I still kind of debating over schools when I know in the end im going to go to Guelph anyways. So I accepted my offer, and all of the stress this has been giving me for the last two years is pretty much over. Now all I have to do is make it to the end of the year with a 80% average, and it will be smooth sailing. (atleast until I start thinking about how much money i'm losing)