I feel that this article did not teach me as much as it was expected to. I have watched my sister, who is now almost twenty-two and whom I am very close with, go through college and she has relayed much of what she has learned to me. For example, some of the things she has talked about are teaching for her recitation and being a T.A., living with three room-mates, and living in Boulder in general. So I feel that I already knew that the things you learn in college are not always things that are taught.
But it does help to think about the fact that which school I go to may not matter as much as I think. However, I am generally fairly laid-back about this, since I’m confident that I will be accepted to CU Boulder and know that if no where else accepts me, I would enjoy attending CU and living in Boulder. However I know that many students do not think about it this way. And I know that you don’t have to pay a lot of money for a good education; my dad and I have had this discussion in-depth. I suppose that for me at least, most of what was mentioned in this article I already knew because of my parents or my sister. I never felt as thought I have to get a high ACT score because I have to go to a really good school; my parents have never been like that. I want to get a high ACT score because I know I can, not because of any obligation I feel.
