NEW BEGINNINGS...

Photo by Chelsea Laine Francis

This spring I graduated from a local community college with my Associate of Arts Degree. My experience attending community college was incredible. I learned so much and grew more than I ever thought possible.

Now I am about to begin a new adventure. This August I will transfer to a larger public university. I have applied, completed financial aid, been accepted, applied for scholarships, attended my transfer orientation, registered for my first semester of classes, and reserved my private dorm room. I am truly excited to begin this new adventure at a larger university.

However, if I am honest, I am also nervous. I am leaving the community college campus I was so familiar with. I will be transiting to a very large campus, living on campus, and learning to make new connections. The university has been very helpful thus far and answered my questions, but I have continued to wish that I could read a personal story about another person's transfer journey. I realize that no one will have the same transfer experience, but it is nice to be able to hear someone else's story. I have found a few resources online, however, most of them did not seem very complete and at times were not very organized.

I hope that this blog will be a place for me to share my story and also share insights about the process from start to finish. Most of all, I hope that other students will find this blog helpful. Maybe there will be another student that does a google search for transfer student stories and comes across this blog and they will be encouraged by reading another person's transfer journey. Maybe this blog will be an encouraging resources to someone else that is a bit nervous about the next college adventure they are about to begin. Or, maybe there will be readers that simply want to follow along with my journey just for fun. Whatever this blog and possible readership develop into I am excited to share.

I look forward to writing tips about the aspects that I have already experienced (applying, scholarships, housing, etc.) as well as the adventures and experiences that are still to come!

Simply,
Sarah