Update on me

Hey. So I have been out of the picture for a long while and I thought I would catch you guys up on what has happened. 

As someofyou know I am AnnJelique and this is my blog advice for you. You can always send in questions and I will post them anonymously with an answer which can be left open for comments or not. That is up to you. 

Now my blog has turned into me reviewing different shows on Netflix and music. Which my advice for those things is if it is worth the time. Therefore it is my duty to struggle through things so then you don't have to, lol. 

Okay so First college. 

I was supposed to go to Columbia College Chicago. When it came to moving in day, my heart didn't feel right. It wasn't the exciting feeling that you get before you go down the first drop of a roller coaster. Just as you see the edge you wanna take it all back but cannot wait for the adventure, so you don't SCEAM in a panic wanting the ride to stop. Well, I needed the train to stop dead in its tracks. 

Then I realized that Columbia was not my stop. So, at the last minute, I applied to a different school still in the city/urban life. Which is my comfort zone. I somehow got in because I am not as stupid as I thought I was...we will come back to that point. 

Anyways I got into Seattle Pacific University(SPU). I thought cool " I could explore my religion some more, go to Washington have an adventure, be away from my parents." 

Many of these things I did. 

1. Found out that I am more of a spiritual human being, than religious. 

2. Goodwill opens at 10 on random Saturdays when it is not apart of the city. 

3. I like my parents. 

With all these things in mind, this school was still missing something, just as Columbia was missing. 

I got super stressed one day and just could not function and I was already feeling ill on top of everything-the stress did not help. In turn, I took the day off. By 9 am I was feeling better but my stomach felt like we were sitting down to take of SAT(a test that I thought defined my life). 

My wallet embarked on a 60 dollar deduction just so then I could go figure skate. 

Then I signed up for lessons and then Corna- hit and I came back on a plane. 

Two things are important here. I signed up for lessons. And came back on a plane. 

During my time in Washington I always questioned my decision on if I chose the school out of "yay!!, I am not as dumb as I think I am!" or "Yes, we got in they have a great program good bang for the buck, etc." 

It was both but more of an 80/20 ordeal. I was very excited! When I got to the school I went in as a Fashion Merchandise Major, but I also love my arts; theatre, dance, singing, skating.  I was stressed out trying to plug in a piece of the puzzle that just would not fit. Turns out I had the wrong puzzle. 

The right one is the college that I am going to next. You guessed it I am transferring. 

Now let's get back to those points. 

So in America, you are a number out of 4.0 sometimes 4.3 if you are lucky. The number I was defined by was 3.10. A grade point average that I could not bear, I just made the mark on a B average student. Now that I am transferring I asked the school to send over my transcript and guess what!!

I have a 3.6-grade point average instead of a 3.10, which I never told anyone but my parents. Everyone else knew that I had a 3.3 and that was the way they were gonna remember me. 

I am just glad I can remember myself as something more, more than that GPA because I am more than that and so are you and if you are in Europe(specifically the UK) you are more than your A levels. 

Anything I missed...Oh, yes! 

I was the only one ready to pack up and go home. I was not sad when SPU sent that email that they would be delaying the quarter because things would have to be moved online. Then that also left me confused because everyone had a connection to the school and it's not like my time there was awful. It was great even. This left me worried, out of place. I did not feel like the friends that I have made and people I knew down the hall. I did not know if I wanted to feel like them either. I had been pondering if I should transfer all the time that I was at that school. If the price of 23000 dollars was worth it (per year). The college could not give me everything that I wanted. So, that's when I did a deep dive into other schools. I also was ready to have the adventure on my roller coaster. Transfering for me is exciting because I will get to Skate/dance, and Sing, and Act. Those things I cannot give up and if I would have gone to either school I would have given up on my passions. Going to that other college even took time away from my blog. Which I am sorry about. 

My advice: 

Follow your gut. if you second guess your current college I would start checking out others. Then ask your self, What do I want? What do I need to accomplish that? Will _______ give me the resources to accomplish that? 

Don't ask yourself what you will be doing in the next five years with your career. Now that's a trap unless you are dead sure I would advise against it. 

One last thing. You should be excited when you transfer, but don't forget about the holes in the decisions that you made when choosing your current college.

Until next time...