I am going to Boston College!

Ahhhh!! It is so crazy to even say that! I’ve been dreaming of going to Boston College since I was a little girl! I remember taking pictures with the cheerleaders at the football games and thinking how I wanted to be just like them when I was older. Don’t get me wrong I love cheerleaders, but that is definitely not what I’m cut out for now.

So if I am not going to be a BC cheerleader who am I going to be? Well, I aspire to be so many things. I want to be a friend, a student, a blogger, a yoga instructor, a club ice hockey player, maybe get involved in student government. I anticipate that at BC I will become more aware of what my interests are and maybe those things I listed above will completely change. It is kind of crazy the unknown, you know? Life in a year is going to be compleltly different.

Also my journey to actually getting to BC was not easy. Senior year was my most challenging in many ways. I think the workload was abundant but also just navigating the whole college process was something that was so new to my family and I. The college process is a lot you know? Or maybe you don’t know yet and if you don’t I hope that my blog can in some ways be a resource to you. I plan to have many more posts centered around the college process in the future!!

“It all works out in the end.” Wow. That was probably the phrase I heard the most throughout this whole process. And even though at times I felt as though it might never work out, it truly did in the end. I applied to BC regular decision and I ended up getting waitlisted. Getting waitlisted was not the answer I wanted but it was better than one of the answers I could have gotten. You feel me? What the waitlist really means is you just need to wait…and patience for an answer about the next four years of your life is not easy. You also need to commit and deposit at another school if you are waitlist, because if you don’t end up getting off the waitlist you are going to the school you deposited at. Anyway, I was going to go to Indiana University because I got into their business school and I just really loved it when I visited. Throughout my whole college process I had a list of things that I really wanted. I wanted good academics, football, to be close to home, catholic, greek life, and a campus. Obviously there were other things I looked for but that was generally what I wanted. I knew I couldn’t have it all. Even BC, which was my top, didn't check every box on my list…it didn’t have greek life. Oh well. You can’t have it all right?

Oprah says when you want something too badly it doesn't come…and I wanted to get off the waitlist at BC so so badly. I wrote emails, sent letters, checked my email like 7 times a day. It was all I could think about. I felt like everyone around me knew what their future held except me. I didn’t want to let myself get too excited about IU because I didn’t truly know if I was going to be going there. But eventually I started to allow myself to get excited about going to such an amazing big 10 school. I could be in a sorority and live in a house with 100 of my best friends. I was going to be studying business in the 10th best business school in the country and EVERYONE I talked to raved about midwestern people. I started talking to other incoming freshman at IU and their excitement was infectious. Then on June 11th, I opened up my computer to work on my blog and I had an email in my inbox from BC…

My inbox had a little preview of how the email started. “Thank you for your application to Boston College” My heart sank. They were closing the waitlist. I thought to myself. If I was accepted it would say congratulations not thank you. I called my mom and told her about the email and she too thought they might be notifying me that they were closing the waitlist. I held off opening that long awaited decision for what felt like three hours but was probably closer to 10 minuets until my mom got to me. Whether it was good or bad I wanted to either celebrate or cry with my loved ones.

She got to me and my heart was racing. Thumping out of my chest. Either way ill be happy. Whichever school I go to I will thrive. I will have the best four years of my life regardless of the school. I will meet wonderful friends. But deep down I really wanted it to say I was accepted. Finally, I clicked the email and the smallest little paragraph popped up. UGH! If it was good news It probably would be a little more wordy don’t ya think? But I zoomed in on the PDF and…I HAD BEEN OFFERED A SPOT IN THE FRESHMAN CLASS! Oh My God! So many emotions flowed through me. I was overwhelmed, overjoyed, I was on overload of everything really.

So a lot of stuff has happened since June 11th but I am officially going to Boston College in less than a month…oh my god. I had orientation last week and honestly it just really confirmed that I am going to the right place. I teared up watching the welcome video because I just felt so overwhelmed with gratitude…haha I’m such a ween. People say college is the best four years of your life but I know it is not going to be easy. I anticipate I will struggle immensely but as I have said before, struggle leads to strength so I am looking forward to becoming even stronger during my time at BC and beyond!!

I am going to post another blog post in the near future about how I am getting ready to go to college! What am I bringing? How am I decorating? Where I am shopping for dorm stuff…and anything else that is requested! If you have a request contact me and I’ll do my best to include it in my future posts! Thanks for joining and supporting me as I start this new journey! Go Eagles!!

Love always,

Casey