By Sadie Urtz<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In highschool, I completed my two year associate’s degree along with my regular highschool degree so, when I came into college, I was already a junior. Now I am a 19-year old senior and I\u2019d like to share my opinion on graduating early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought for the longest time (all of highschool) that I would want to graduate college as quickly as possible and start having a real job and a \u201creal life\u201d as fast as I could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now I am on the fence on whether or not I made the best decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coming into college as a junior, I was immediately put into difficult, major specific classes with people two or three years older than me. Not having any gen-eds to complete was so much more difficult than I anticipated. I changed my major three times because the classes were so specific I couldn\u2019t even tell if I liked the majors or not prior to getting into the meat of the classes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m now graduating with a communications degree, and I am pretty happy with that decision seeing as I found interest in advertising. Prior to communications I tried business economics and healthcare management. Although I did eventually get the hang of the class load as a young junior and a young senior, it was definitely not what I anticipated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hardest part however was the friends I made. Coming to Cortland, I met so many amazing people and I clicked with many people in my classes. Unfortunately, most of them were graduating and leaving, or a good bit older than me. Most of my best friends here are all 21 and 22, graduating and moving away from Cortland and I am still a teenager who will be stuck in this town trying to figure out what to do without them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you’re put into upper level courses, there are not many other people the same age to connect with. While I am so grateful for the friends I have made, the age gap has made it difficult for us to all be on the same page all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On a positive note finally, I can confidently say I don\u2019t regret graduating early for a few reasons. First and foremost, I will be saving money. I will be saving two years worth of tuition as well as all the other expenses that come along with that. Saving money was a large reason I took so many classes in highschool. I also do enjoy the fact that I will be able to get a \u201creal job\u201d pretty soon into the future. While I don\u2019t know where I will be or when it will happen, I do enjoy having a jumpstart in that aspect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t think I made the wrong choice graduating two years early, but I will be certainly missing all the friends I\u2019ve made here at SUNY Cortland, and I wish I had more time to make more memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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