Living on the Edge

Waiting on acceptances from universities is like living on the edge. You don't know what city you'll move to in the next few months, what school you'll go to, who you'll live with, who you'll meet, what careers you'll be offered and where, and how much it'll all cost. It's all based upon whether or not you get the "Congratulations" or "We're sorry to inform you that."

So far I've been accepted to Long Beach and San Diego State! I used to think those were my only two options in southern California as a journalism transfer. That goes to show how important it is to do research on schools before making any big decisions.

Later I came to find out that Fullerton and Northridge also had journalism programs as well, so I applied. A couple of other private school had journalism programs as well, but in the end, I decided not to apply to them because the expense wasn't worth it. My future career and success is more important to me than the college I get a degree from.


Here I am, two months left into my last semester at SBCC, waiting on the response from the university I thought I once didn't want to transfer to.






After doing much research and thinking, Northridge (CSUN) is the best school for me. Out of all the schools I applied to, it has the best, most diverse journalism program and it is closest to friends and family.

San Diego State and Long Beach are highly impacted schools. Out of all the schools I applied to, they were the first to tell me that I got accepted, yet they were the most difficult schools to get into. They seemed like better schools because they are better for other majors, but not my major in particular. They'd be the most fun to go to regarding the "college experience" factor.

However, that's not what I'm looking for. You see, my friend Julia and I are like 30-year-olds trapped in college student bodies. We like to have fun, but most of the time we're determined and hard-working. It's all about balance, but at the moment, being editors on top of school and other jobs prevents that.

Julia and I take trips together farther south whenever we can!
Santa Monica, CA

Our plan is to be roommates and go to CSUN together. I'd love to experience this with her; she's my "cubicle buddy." As friends, we push each other to do our best. As of right now, Julia has been accepted (WOOO!!!!) and I'm still waiting (BOOOO!!!). But seriously, I hate this. I just want to know already. And quite frankly, Julia does too.

The frustrating part about it is that I didn't even take all the required courses to get into San Diego State and they always take their locals first, yet I'm still waiting on CSUN where I took all the required courses. Channel Islands is my local school, but they don't have journalism, therefore, CSUN is my local school. However, I called its admissions office and a lady working said I'm a "tier 2" student, meaning that I am not local. I explained that I'm an exception due to my journalism major. For now I just have to wait and see if they accept me. Worst case scenario I'll petition, arguing that CSUN is my local school.

I went from asking an admissions guy from CSUN what my chances were of getting accepted as a journalism major and him telling me "Oh, you'll get in" to anxiously waiting to know and checking at least once every day.

Any time now CSUN, any time.

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