Life after High School: the Process of Applying to Colleges

Worthington Christian seniors can look back and say that their high school experience was exciting and unforgettable. Now, it is decision time on what they want to do with their lives after high school.

Your decision upon post-secondary options is incredibly important, because it directly influences the course of your life.

For seniors, the toughest and the most excruciating part of getting ready for college is going through the application process. The process can take a long time, especially when you have to fill out your application and then write your essay.

JJ Edelinski is still deciding where he wants to go to college, but he has filled out all of his applications. He told me his “parents just proofread everything to make sure there were no mistakes,” and that “they really didn’t have a big part” in filling out his application.

I talked also to senior Paige Stump, who said she “will be attending Ohio State,” and that she “felt like the application process would never end.”

Paige also told me that her “biggest problem with filling out the application was the length of it,” and that she then had to “fill out the essay, which took even longer.”
The most important part of the application is your essay.

Senior Corrine Stone said that “the filling out part was easy,” and though it took a long time, her biggest worry was her essay, because she was concerned about whether her essay would be “good enough to get into Ohio State.”

Charlie Held is going into the military for the Coast Guard. He said that “the military is going to pay for my college.” I asked Charlie about filling out his application and he told me that filling out his article was a “long and dreaded process,” and that he wished he had filled it out at the beginning of the year.

Alena Moye is attending Bowling Green State, with plans to become a mortician. Filling out her application was hard, because, she said, “I wanted to go to Ohio University, but Bowling Green State offered more money.”

Danielle Phelps has filled out several applications, but doesn’t know whether she’s going to college straight after high school. She told me that filling out her application “took a little longer than I planned, but I was happy to get it done.”

After filling out the applications, you’re ready to start a new chapter in your life; and you are thrilled to be done with that prolonged process.