3 Universities, 1 Decision

Hey guys. I told you I would keep you up to date with my plans for next fall so here's a little update for you.

Last week, Thursday March 7th, I was sitting at lunch with my friends and got a call from my mama. She had just opened my acceptance letter to the University of North Dakota!! I was so excited! UND is a gorgeous campus and overall a very nice university. I received this email a few days later...

So they are offering me a $2,000 scholarship! For someone who is going for Special Education, $2,000 makes a difference when it comes to paying off loans in the long run! Ha! I'd be much closer to my family, which would be so awesome! UND also has a masters program for Special Ed. that I'm really looking into! Their tuition cost is very similar to Point's. Roughly $15,000 a year which isn't bad at all. I like the school a lot and Taylor and I will be touring over my spring break. I'll keep you posted on that :)

 

Point is still in the mix. Kind of hard to know for sure what I want to do because I've been accepted into two other amazing universities. I have friends here, I'm doing well academically, and I'm in with my hall's government association. I talked to my friend Kaitlin about all of this and she said this: "Kase, you have ALWAYS been the one who can break out of their comfort zone." Makes me rethink my options for sure. I want to go out and do something different. Not someone who "just went to another UW school". I do love it here and have made many lasting friendships that would be difficult to walk away from.

I applied to the University of Iowa before I knew my family was moving. It's been a dream school for me since... forever! I did it just to kind of go out on a limb... why not?! I'm only this young once right? So I applied and didn't hear back from them for a month! At this point, I'm thinking "whatever, it's not going to happen anyway". I didn't even tell my parents about this, and I tell my parents pretty much everything! The only people who knew were my cousin Jamie and my sisters Taylor and Ken. Today, March 14th, I checked my email and saw a "Congratulations from the University of Iowa" email. Just about pooped myself! Hahaha! Here is the email I received today.

Later, I received another email! This one was also exciting for me! Honors Eligible! YAY!

This is going to be a really hard decision that I'm going to have to make within the next couple weeks. There are pros and cons to every school that I am taking into consideration. I have three amazing universities and one huge decision...

Thanks everyone!

Catch up!

Yes, I'm still alive and kickin'. Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile, just been living the busy life of a college girl. I figured I would blog and give everyone a little update of what's been going on recently in my life since the semester began.

I was invited by my Hall Director to join my Residence Hall Government! My roommate and I have the position of Co Social Program Coordinators. We basically just have to get people to go to programs and help promote awareness of things that are happening in our dorm. The government group meets once a week and our job is to make the hall a better place to live. We discuss any issues that have been brought to our attention so we can fix any problems to help our residents! It's been a really great experience so far and I love being part of such a great Leadership Team! :)

My dad got a job out in western ND/eastern Montana in the fall. He works for an Oil Field Water Services company. He drives a saltwater truck. When they pump up the oil on the rigs, saltwater comes up with the oil. They have to pump out that saltwater and drive it away to pump it back into the earth.

My dad was able to come home for a week at the beginning of February! So I went home for a weekend so I could spend time with him. Every time my dad walks through that door and I see the way my mom reacts, it makes me extremely thankful for how much they love each other!! It's been very difficult on my family to see my dad so far away, but my dad will do anything for my sisters, mom, and I. I've always admired that about him. As long as I can remember, he's told me: "it's easy from the cheap seats". For those of you who don't quite understand that quote, it means that it is soooo easy to complain about someone or something when you aren't the one that's actually doing it. (coaching is a perfect example... parents complain about the coaching all the time but do you see them devoting time to make the athletes better? NO.) So incredibly thankful my dad has taught me that because it makes you see life from a different perspective. Three things my dad has told me since day one: "Never quit, play hard, and it's easy from the cheap seats." I've been realizing more and more how important these things are as I grow up. Right now, he's 13 hours away from my mom and sisters refusing to quit, going hard (working 12/13 hour days), and doing something about financial trouble instead of sitting around complaining about it.

While my dad was home, he came into my room and woke me up. He asked if I'd be willing to move out to North Dakota after my sister Taylor graduates in May. Of course I would. It's my family. We are pretty used to moving all the time anyway ;-). I'm pretty excited to live there this summer, the starting pay at Walmart is like $18, just to give you an idea of how good the pay is for most jobs out there so I will hopefully be making decent money!

I'm not worried about moving this summer, I'm worried about what I'm going to do next fall. I'm currently in Point, which would be like 16 hours from home, give or take depending on where we officially end up in ND.  I wouldn't be able to just go home for a weekend like I'm able to do now. I have applied to the University of North Dakota and have yet to hear back from them. Taylor applied to the same school and just recently go accepted! YAY! Before I found out we were moving, I also applied to the University of Iowa, just because it's my dream school and I went out on a limb and to say I did it.

I'll keep you guys up to date on where/if I'm accepted. I've developed many close relationships with so many people here. It's going to be an extremely difficult decision. Do I move to be closer to my family or do I stay in Point where I've already started school? Or do I just go the opposite way and attend my dream university? Whichever path I choose, I know everything will work out and it all happens for a reason. I've been given this life because I'm strong enough to live it. That's my life as I know it.



I'll write again soon. Thanks everyone!