Senior Reflection: Amandeep Kaur

Time definitely goes flying by when you’re in High School. It feels like just yesterday that I was entering High School for the first time as a freshman and now I’m a senior about to graduate, and about to start college in the fall. WHAT? I seriously thought that this moment would never, ever come. But I was wrong.

What can I say about senior year? Well all I can say is that I had so many high hopes for this year, though this year was not what it had been cracked up to be. Since the beginning, I had heard that senior year would be the best year of High School because it would be our last year and all we would need to worry about would be getting into colleges and that’s it. But finally being a senior, I had so much stress about STP, applying to colleges, scholarships, and also financial aid. Now I just want this year to end, summer to come, and to go to the University of Massachusetts: Boston in the fall.

In the beginning of this year, seniors had to write an STP on any book of their choice. I thought that the STP was not as bad as what everyone else had said it was. But one thing that I had wished was that we would have gotteb to read the STP book over the summer. If we had done that, we would have gotten a chance to change the book that we didn’t like to a book that we do like and we would have been able to have lots of time to read and understand it, rather then being stressed out on having to read it in just two weeks. Also, we would have been able to take much better notes than the notes that were picked last minute.

After the STP was done and over with, the next thing that I had to worry about was applying to college. My biggest fear was not being accepted to any college or university and having to go to some community college. I felt like that because my GPA and SAT scores were not what I wanted them to be and because of that I was under so much stress. I applied to 16 colleges and universities, and thought that at least one of them would accept me. When I got my first acceptance letter, my stress went down and I was really happy that some higher level of education wanted me. I was extremely happy when University of Massachusetts: Boston accepted me because that was the college that I wanted to go in the first place. I have no idea what I want to do with my life so hopefully maybe when I attend the University, I will find something that I will enjoy.

The only way I will be able to attend the University of Massachusetts: Boston is if I have the money to support myself to continue with my education. My parents don’t make that much money and that is a huge issue for me. So I had to apply for FAFSA and a lot of scholarships just so I will be able to attend the college that I want. And if I don’t get a lot of money, I know that my parents will help me with anything the best they can.

Freshman through junior year were my favorite years. Senior year was filled with so much stress that I really hated it. But the only good part of this year is that I got accepted to University of Massachusetts: Boston.