See you in Los Angeles, Tim

I am going to be as honest as possible with this post. A few days ago, I dealt with the fact that one of my closest friends at Holy Cross decided to transfer. Now I know what you are thinking. If I read this as a prospective student, I would question whether or not Holy Cross was the best place to spend the next four years of my life. In fact, if I read this, Holy Cross would make it to the bottom of my list of desired colleges. I always envisioned college to be a utopian paradise (with a few dislikes every now and then). Sadly, this is real life, and the ups and downs do not simply disappear.

So what happened? Like me, Tim left Los Angeles to study at Holy Cross. Unlike me, he wanted to study business. If you know anything about Holy Cross, you know that Holy Cross does not offer a business major let alone business courses. So he struggled with the fact that he was at a school where he could not pursue his academic interests. Finally, he had enough and decided to transfer to a school in California where he could pursue a business major.

Is Holy Cross the perfect school? The answer is no. No school is perfect in every sense. Life is not perfect. I love Holy Cross for all its ups and downs, and I know that it is a great place for me to pursue my academic interests. But it is not perfect. This is what makes college a growing experience – it forces us to take the good and the bad, and to maintain a positive attitude regardless of what life throws at you.

So yes, Tim went to the wrong school. Before he left for California on Friday, he seemed very happy. It’s hard to see him go, because in college, it’s inevitable that you will grow close to so many people. You live together, eat together, walk to classes together, and even explore Worcester and Boston together. I still walk around campus thinking that I will see him later in the evening or catch up with him on the weekend. Yet, that will not happen anymore. But I can’t help but be happy for him. He made the right decision to transfer, and I wish him all the best.

If you are in the process of applying to colleges, I encourage you to really research each school and think hard about what you want to do in life. No, you don’t have to have a definite plan for post-graduation – just think in general terms about what you would like to do. In this way, you will choose the right school. Whether or not that is Holy Cross is completely up to you.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 6:59 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Comments are closed.