"The Road to College"

“The Road to College”

When you start your senior year of high school, you think it’s going to be the greatest time of your life. You’ve waited thirteen years to get to this point and you’re going to enjoy it to it’s fullest. That’s what I did. I took a bunch of the so-called “slacker classes” and then whatever else was required of me to take. I never really gave the idea of going to college much thought. I sometimes wondered what it would be like and who I would know, but I was really slow in the application process. I finally applied for Anoka-Ramsey Community College in the winter of 2002, right before Christmas break (only because the Career Center teacher, Mrs. Erzberger, told me that would be the prime time for me to get my name on the list). I turned in my application to the counseling office secretary, Mrs. Roth, and off I went to my other classes for the day. This was just the beginning of my long road to college.
A month after I got back fr...