Plans change by Jessica

Plans change by Jessica - March 2019 Scholarship Essay

The most important piece of advice that I could give to incoming Freshmen is that the plan that you have set in your head aren’t going to be the same when you graduate high school.
The plan that you have for the classes you want to take will change, and you will not always get into the classes you want to take. Classes fill up quickly, and people often have to take classes that they didn’t want or even ask for, and you know what, that’s okay. Taking a class that you weren’t sure about or didn’t even think you’d like will often lead to you enjoying the class and discovering something that you didn’t know you like. My Freshmen year, I had to change classes, and all the ones I wanted to take were filled, so I had to take a culinary arts class. During the class, I discovered that I loved to cook and ended up enjoying the class so much that I took another one this year. Taking a class you didn’t ask for will also lead to you meeting new people. You may even make new friends who you probably never thought you’d get along with. In the culinary arts class I had to take, I met someone who was basically my complete opposite, yet we became best friends.
Continuing from that, it’s not just your plan for classes that will change; your friends will, too. The friends you enter high school with will not always be the ones you graduate with. I said before how I met my best friend during my Freshmen year, but I have also lost most of the friends that I started that year with. Friends will come and go just, and sometimes it’s for the better, so believe me when I say that your friends are not set in stone.
Your plan for what you want to do in life will also change. I came into high school wanting to go to the University of Idaho to get my Master’s in Archaeology and then get married. Now that I’m a Senior, that dream seems silly because I have realized that I don’t want to pursue a degree in Archaeology, nor do I want to go to U of I. I also broke up with the boyfriend that I’d had at the time, so my plans of marrying him are gone. As a Freshmen, your plans seem to be carved in stone, but they aren’t. Your plans for your life will change again and again, and there will be times when you have no idea what you’re going to do, but don’t worry, you will eventually get to a place you’ll love.
So, if I am ever asked to give a tour to some incoming Freshmen, the best piece of advice that I could give them is that plans change… and that’s okay.