Avoid something that you might regret Jun 21 '00    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet To say that making the decision whether or not to apply for early admissions to college is very difficult would be a gross understatement. This should be viewed as a monumental task. So many variables come into the picture. Will early acceptance open up better chances for scholarships or the like at a college that you would like to attend? Will a better scholarship possibility come along after you have accepted early admission? Could anything happen in my last year of high school to change my mind? Those are just a few of the things that entered my mind as I struggled with the decision. I choose to apply early and have regretted the decision ever since, so I'd like to take this chance just to give a quick run of my story and maybe someone will gain from it. While I did not attend a large or prestigious high school, I made the most of my opportunities with one goal in mind since I was 8 years old. I wanted to attend the University of Virginia (UVA). I don't think of myself as really outgoing but I guess I was gifted and did enough to shine a little. When my senior year came around, I had all the qualifications to pick any school in the country really. Yes I do mean any but I decided to apply to UVA for early admission to the chemical engineering program. Well I got accepted on my 17th birthday and felt great knowing that I didn't have to play all the little games that all my friends were playing with applying and interviewing, etc. Heck I didn't even really have to take the S.A.T's again if I didn't want to. I got accepted on my sophomore scores. All in all it made my senior year relaxed and fun, but the good things about it stopped there. As the year wore down and friends got scholarships and sent acceptance letters, all I could do was smack myself with letters from schools offering possibilities for full scholarships, etc. Did I get any scholarships offers for UVA? I was a finalist for the great Jefferson Scholarship which is 4 years completely paid. Why didn't I get it? Well to be honest it may simply have been because I slacked off a bit after my early acceptance or because I was not rounded in the liberal arts that well at the time. In the end one of my best friends actually got the award. So here I was with only financial aid and loans to get me through and a small $1000 a year scholarship but no matter I was going to UVA. Well I got to the school and meet up with some of my older friends already there, went to some parties, played some sports, tried frats, etc. but never could truly seem to fit at the school that I had always dreamed of attending. In the end, I became miserable and by the time spring break arrived in my second year, I was fed up with my major and my school. I left and later ended up finishing my Bachelor's degree in chemistry at a much smaller school which would have likely given my a full scholarship right out of high school. I was extremely happy there, but the confusion in getting there cost me a lot of time (6 years to a bachelor's), money, and grief. So what's all this say to me? Hold off applying to schools. Your final year of high school will change a lot in your life and you don't want to close any options. Hope this has been helpful. I think I'll be trying to find time to write about transferring and others areas that relate to my road through education soon.

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