College again next year? Ya, Na? Not sure!

[glegend]

I was looking online today during one of my breaks in between classes and I realized that the deadline to apply to college is Febuary 2. Even though its so far away, it feels like its so close by. Since I am not in high school I read that I need to submit my high school and college transcript to them. I'm assuming by mail.

 

However, I'm just scared. I'll be honest I'm scared to apply, and confused at the same time.

 

One part of me is telling me to apply. Just for the sake of it and see if I get in. If I do then go for it becasue I want to go and also see if I like it or not. If I don't then well at least I tried and will never have the thought; what if I applied and I got in?

 

Another part of me is telling me, to just take a year or two off and apply after. You know work during that time. But I know if I put it off then I wont go, plus this is the time for me to go to college not when I'm 30 or 40.

 

However, there is one thing for sure I can't keep relying on my part time anymore. Once I graduate this year I need to start working in a shop. Hopefully, I'll be able to get my own shop (I know high hopes) but I know someone who opened up their own shop and so far its going well. Of course it does look like a barn but heck it does business and a lot of business and he started it with very little money. But bottom line I have to be working almost full time in a shop. I do know that come September it will be very difficult with business hours you know having to work around my school schedule. One of the schools that I will be applying to gives out pretty good time tables and from what I've herd from friends is that the second semester of each year they allow you to create your own schedule; pretty much they tell you have to take these classes, they are avaliable at these times, chose which time you want to attend that class. Also what I am thinking is to try to balance my part time job (one or two shifts a week) and working in a shop, and then quit, just at first you know until I start to get some clients (so I could be brining in a tiny profit opposed to none) and then once I start to get busy enough where there are no days where I am just sitting around scratching myself then quit my part time job.

 

So I don't know what to do. Should I apply and give it try and keep my part time job? Should I just work and try to apply in a few years? or Should I appply and try working as a mechanic?

[simply complicated]

I had the exact same dilemma when I got outta high school, and you know what, I ended up taking what I thought would be a year off, I started to work in sales, just as a job, it paid decent and I wanted real life experience.

Well, that one year has now turned into 5, because things happen, now i'm stuck in a job I don't like, and trying to get back into school, while balancing a job, plus rent and bills etc.

I regret taking that "1 year" off, cause I would be in a much better situation than I am now, so if you ask me, it's better to apply now, and go to college.

[glegend]

I had the exact same dilemma when I got outta high school, and you know what, I ended up taking what I thought would be a year off, I started to work in sales, just as a job, it paid decent and I wanted real life experience.

Well, that one year has now turned into 5, because things happen, now i'm stuck in a job I don't like, and trying to get back into school, while balancing a job, plus rent and bills etc.

I regret taking that "1 year" off, cause I would be in a much better situation than I am now, so if you ask me, it's better to apply now, and go to college.

 

This is exactly what I know is going to happen. Honestly, I know its going to happen. I didn't pass grade 12 math, I didn't want to go to summer school in the afternoon so I dropped out. I said its ok I'm in college now I don't need it, then I said I'm going to get. I said to myself I'll either do it in night school last January ( 08 ) or in the summer ( 08 ). Well guess what? Its not January 2009 and I still have not even gone to register.

[Sadman84]

I went to college, I met a crap ton of people its an amazing experieence, on top of an education.

[glegend]

I gotta say to you then you must of had a hell of a time. For me its the total opposite. Majority of the people are older then me, a lot older and don't the time to be friends with someone they see as a 19 year old punk @?$. The education is pretty good I like it, you know I'm doing something that I like.

[purpleduckie]

which gr 12 math didn't you pass? which college are you trying to get in? my friend had a real dilemma about this as well. she stayed in highschool (2 extra years) to try and finish all her credits. she also started doing co-op, trying out different things. she didn't want to do college and have a bunch of debt for something she wasn't sure of. she ended up doing something for the army and got paid that way (it was decent money).

 

she's now going to sheridan or something, i think, we haven't spoken in a while. we were all really worried that she would never go back to school but there she is! anyway, she only took those extra years and whatnot for the sake of finding out what she wants. once she got that figured out, she went straight to college.

 

i just don't see it when people say they want "real life" experience when they take a year off. school does give you a lot and makes you grow up a lot, at least in university, you need a lot more responsibility/maturity/hardworking to get through it. i find that most of the friends that stayed back/take (a) year(s) off instead of going onto college or university are pretty boring and too highschool-like for me. most people i've talked about this to feel the same way. i think people underestimate the importantance of school and it's NOT just a degree.

 

you do grow up along the way, you do get to network and meet new people (great for later when you want to do business!), you do get a lot more experience in your field if you make the most out of your college experience.

[glegend]

I'm aiming for Humber. I could go back to Centennial, where I am at now or even George Brown. But I really want to get into Humber, the program seems better there. One of my buddies is doing Industrial Design there and he seems to like it, another guy who's an acquaintance to me is also doing industrial design and he also likes it. Plus I also know a few other people that go there. The math I didn't pass is G12 Functions and Relations (university level), which is the math they eliminated a year and a half ago. However, it is still open in night school, adult school and summer school. But I did take math here in College, and when I spoke to Humber a while back they told me that I could use that instead of g12 math and they even have tests if you are missing any of the requirements. Personally, I would rather have the high school like immaturity then the immaturity that I have in class now. Maybe I'm just really not out of that high school mode and some of my new friends are still in high school.

[purpleduckie]

oh humber is a good college. i have a few friends who go there as well. my mom went there, actually! have you talked to counselors and stuff? in highschool, i didnt find them useful but at the college/university level, they're a lot better at it. they give you a good view/understanding of what you're looking at and could give you a hand at looking for what you want.

 

check that out if you haven't. goodluck! by what ive seen in your post, i think you've already made up your mind. take the risk~!

[waveseer]

People return to school all the time, but I always thought it much cooler to be poor when you're young.

[glegend]

oh humber is a good college. i have a few friends who go there as well. my mom went there, actually! have you talked to counselors and stuff? in highschool, i didnt find them useful but at the college/university level, they're a lot better at it. they give you a good view/understanding of what you're looking at and could give you a hand at looking for what you want.

 

check that out if you haven't. goodluck! by what ive seen in your post, i think you've already made up your mind. take the risk~!

 

Humber seems to be good school to me. One of my friends is not that crazy about it because he has the dream of being a top designer and that himber is a crappy school and not to his standards and that he should be at a top notch design school but he needs to get his head up out of the clouds. I really want to try humber the rest of my friends that go there seem to like it and deep down I want to go a school where I actually know people. I know that's not a real reason to choose a school but I hate being by myself and I kinda want to go to a school where I have some friends and that I know we could hang out in between classes. Back in high school I spoke to my counsellor but never really touched on humber, my counsellor was really helpful she was the on who suggested I go to college instead of university, well actually she told me to think about applying to colleges and then do college first and then to go university after. I have not spoken to any counsellors here at my college and really have no intent on doing it because I was having problems last semester with the teachers and marks and I called in to my college and asked if I could switch into the program I'm planning on applying to and they were like yes and they started asking me some questions and they were like your confused so I don't want to speak to one of their counsellors because I don't think they are going to be much help.