Why Rush

I am at the point in my life where I am supposed to be planning my future, deciding the best place to go to college, picking a major, blah, blah, blah. I was planning on going to Northern Michigan University only because that was the first school I had gotten in to and they had a good nursing program which is what I originally wanted to major in. I had applied to a few schools, but none of them really stuck out to me. Over spring break, I went to San Diego. I had a lot of time to sit and watch the waves and think about my life. I realized that there was always a way out. I thought I was stuck and didn’t really know what to do. I researched on google for travel abroad programs which is when I saw this great program in Israel for kids who wanted to take a break between high school and college. It was the perfect solution. There are a few academic classes I will have to take, but it’s mostly volunteering and hands on activities. I have never been much of an academic person. I have confidence in a lot of things, and academics is just not one of them. Almost everyone in my school goes to college right after high school so I felt pressured to do the same thing but then I stopped, stepped back, and thought why rush?