Just Got Accepted...Now What?

Tuesday evening, I received my acceptance letter from Trinity Lutheran College!!!!! You should have seen me jumping up and down and running around the house screaming like crazy! I am so excited that I got accepted into my first-choice college, but what comes next? When I told my dad, he just laughed and said, “Congrats! Now how are you going to pay for it?” and my thought was like, “gee, I really hope I receive one of those big scholarships I already applied for.” If I don’t then I better start looking for a good-paying job and the nearest soup kitchen.

I figure if Trinity is really where God is calling me to be then he will provide. So with the thought of finances put aside, I began reading through and filling out all the forms that came in the acceptance packet. It felt strange filling out my housing application form, since I’ve lived in the same house my entire life. It’s strange to think that I’ll be graduating and moving-out so soon. Being a senior is so bitter-sweet. I’m so excited to be moving out and starting a new life for myself, but at the same time it’s going to be really tough leaving behind the only way of life I’ve ever known.

I currently attend a high school where my graduating class alone has over 800 students and next year I’ll be at a small private school with an entire student body of only 113 students. Right now I think my smallest class size is 38 students and Trinity has a 7:1 student-teacher ratio. It’s going to be such a huge shock for me to have that dramatic of a difference in my educational environment. I think the hardest thing for me though will be adjusting to living in the heart of downtown Everett when I’ve always grown-up in a rural area surrounded by farm land and forests.

I’m not completely sure what kinds of obstacles I’ll have to overcome this upcoming year, but I hope that I will continue using this blog to inform my readers of what’s changes I encounter as I adjust to college life so that you are all better prepared and know what to expect in your future, as you go through these same adjustments.