(If you competed in any Central Valley VEX Robotics Competitions and you recognize me, yes I did set up and host those, I'm sorry if I yelled at you)
Besides the point, applying to college is a step in the right direction, but don't do it for the wrong reasons. Far too many students fall susceptible to the peer pressure that they have to attend a 4-year university just because their friend are, only to find that those friends are doing it just because their friends are. Join college because you have an affinity for a certain subject and you genuinely want to learn more. Don't spend tens of thousands of dollars on a college solely based off the fact that you want to "see what you're interested in." Again, a CC can give you the same experience at a fraction of the cost for the same conclusion. At any rate, if you're reading over this quickly because you don't care, I wish you the best of luck this upcoming application season, and all the other application seasons, but to this one in particular because of the uncertainty due to COVID. If I could come out of the college process unscathed (kind of) you will survive. And your #1 school does not define who you are because you will do just as well if you go to your state school or your #2.
Any who, if you're this far, thank you for taking a second out of time to waste it on me, MUA HA HA. Anyways, here's my 2 cents about college.
MY 2 CENTS
The society we live in is certainly a weird one. We work our entirely lives to eventually work for another person just to fund our retirement, and we have to convince ourselves that we like it.

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