Not excited about college. Help?

dinasaurus
Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:41:27 +0000

So I’m pretty much certain that I’m going to go to UMBC next year, because out of all of the colleges I got into, it was the best one (I considered Towson but apperently academically they are not as good). Based off of all the online reviews I’ve been reading, and the few people who I’ve talked to about UMBC, it really looks like its so academically focused its impossible to actually enjoy yourself and have a college experience.

I know what you are probably thinking. Why not go to college park? It has everything you could ever imagine in terms of a college experience and more?

Yeah, I know, but unfortunately I didn’t get in :(.

Every time people ask me where I’m going, I’m almost embarassed to say UMBC (I go to one of the better high schools in maryland where we have kids going to MIT and Yale).

I really don’t know what to do with myself though…obviously academics are important for me, but I don’t want to go to a school that is all about that and doesn’t have any parties/social life (something that there’s not a lot of for me in high school).

I literally feel like I’m at a dead end…advice?