Today, I took my 26th and final college tour. Twenty-six truly isn’t a normal number regarding college tours. In fact, it’s quite extensive. However, my family and I still argued where to park the car three minutes before the tour began, whether or not the biggest building on campus is the admissions building, and whether we should have taken the tour in the first place. Some things never change, no matter how many times you’ve done them. However, the more you experience these things, the more likely you are to recognize what you are searching for. I guarantee you, after looking at twenty-six universities, I know what I am looking for in a college.
Tomorrow is my last first day of a semester at NDA. I will still wake up early, but it will still not be any easier than the first day I had to do that. I will still bring tea with me to school, but I will still probably forget to boil the water for it when I wake up. Some things never change. So, what will those things be in college?
Indeed, when you’re only 137 days away until graduation (but who’s counting?), everything becomes about the future, this lingering question: What will college have in store for me? The sad part is not the beginning of the end. The sad part is the end itself and our tendency to not appreciate the moment until it comes and goes. Right now, I’m a little sad my undergraduate college tour days are over as a prospective student, all the plane flights, late nights, and blisters from long walks and new shoes for snow. However, in 137 days I’ll think the same of a little school called NDA.
Tomorrow is my last first day of a semester at NDA. I will still wake up early, but it will still not be any easier than the first day I had to do that. I will still bring tea with me to school, but I will still probably forget to boil the water for it when I wake up. Some things never change. So, what will those things be in college?
Indeed, when you’re only 137 days away until graduation (but who’s counting?), everything becomes about the future, this lingering question: What will college have in store for me? The sad part is not the beginning of the end. The sad part is the end itself and our tendency to not appreciate the moment until it comes and goes. Right now, I’m a little sad my undergraduate college tour days are over as a prospective student, all the plane flights, late nights, and blisters from long walks and new shoes for snow. However, in 137 days I’ll think the same of a little school called NDA.