Maybe There's More

For the past few days, I've spent almost every waking hour on the PC, browsing through multiple university sites in search for the best university within my budget. Going to USA would be something like a dream come true, but yet it's challenging when you don't have a specific university that you intend to transfer to. I'm not one of those people who knew what they wanted to do since high school. I graduated from high school, quite clueless, then enrolled into college, still clueless, and spent two years being clueless. It's time to break free from indecisiveness and embrace the future.

Seeing as there are hundreds of institutions offering Journalism in the States, wouldn't it be so much easier if I was presented with a list of universities to choose from? Then I could just look them up online and compare them. By the end of the week, I'd have a very clear idea of where I want to go! Well, it's good that my parents have set a budget for me; so that has certainly influenced my decisions in choosing universities. I've shortlisted 3 at the moment, but strangely I still feel like there's a better one out there that complies to all my dreams of having a good university life.

1. A well-established and well-recognized university with a strong Journalism program
2. Availability of scholarships
3. At least one friend studying there or nearby (the hardest thing is starting off in a foreign country all alone - I need moral support for the most part)
4. Easy accessibility to shops and malls or gorgeous landscapes

And there's this other dilemma about retaking my SAT for the chance of earning a better scholarship into this particular university that I might be applying to. It's in Abilene, Texas... apparently it's a small rural area that endures snow storms very often. Hmm.

I gave up once when I reached this road, because I was unsure and unprepared of taking chances. Maybe I got turned off by the pressure of choosing the right university. But I'm not giving up this time. I'll search until I find it.