This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Saint Mary's chapter.
While most people cringe at even the thought of “Back-to-School” sales, I rejoice. If there is one thing I could spend an entire day doing, it is wandering the aisles of Staples looking at overpriced Post-Its, Sharpies, and stationary, and then arriving back home with a haul of colorful school supplies. Although searching for the perfect highlighter may seem mundane, I delight in hoarding a rainbow of them in my desk drawer. As someone who is constantly organizing my life, the one school supply I look forward to buying above all else is an agenda. Few things give me a bigger thrill of excitement than turning over that first clean and crisp page. As long as I had my agenda, I was free from chaos and free from the unknown.
The beginning of my senior year in highschool I had my college plans perfectly mapped out, I was being offered a scholarship deal I couldn’t refuse by a local university, but that sent my dream school out of the picture. I spent six months torturing myself by trying to fall in love with the logically correct choice, but one my heart didn’t want. But when I finally felt my Saint Mary’s acceptance letter in my hands, my fingers tracing the silver emblemed lettering “Spes Unica”, I knew there was no other place I could be.
My first college planner recently arrived in the mail a few weeks ago. If you had told me a year ago that I would be taking that agenda to Saint Mary’s, I would not have believed you. If my senior year taught me anything, it’s that I will not always be able to completely plan for what path life will lead me down, no matter how many agendas I buy. Even so, I will turn to the first page when I arrive to campus and will feel that usual surge of anticipation, accompanied this time with the hope and fear of the unknown possibilities to come.
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