Well, I'm home safe and sound. Break is officially over. Now for the serious side of the semester.
Midterms, research papers, projects and presentations: they are all pretty standard second half of the semester kind of things. This year however, there have been a few more added to my plate. Scheduling sounds like a fairly common occurrence, but this time there is a lot more that goes into it.
When I transferred from Grove City College to Millersville, I made the jump from a private school to a state school. Normally, this ensures better 'bang for your buck' in tuition and more varied classes; however, with the PA governor's new budget, it's looking like state schools are about to lose some of their best selling features. This semester, scheduling doesn't just signify what classes I'm going to take at what time during the day, I now have to figure out what term to take them and how many I can squeeze into one. With the potential for tuition to go through the roof, I have to decide how much time I want to take to get through school and what I'm willing to do to make that happen. Should I try to cram them into as little time as possible and take a class every term offered before tuition skyrockets or should I stick to my original plan and try to come out of college with my head still on straight? Both options will most likely require some outside financing as well. Where do I look? What kind of loan? What is the best place to borrow from? All these questions and more are what greeted me this evening upon arriving home and preparing for school and reality tomorrow.
Any hopes of waking up less tired than I did today just went out the window.
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