Future Planning

Oooooohhhh.... I got to take a look at next semester's timetable, and it's not pretty. I have three 8:00 AM classes, and one class that runs until 5:00 PM... I had the option of putting an elective in another 8:00 AM slot. NO WAY!

My grades are good enough to get me into university. My program has two "streams", the College Stream, and the University Stream, which you get to decide on for next semester. But the University Stream only helps you get into Conestoga's Community and Criminal Justice program, so there's not really any reason for me to take it. Still, there's another University-College that has in the past taken Human Services Foundation into consideration. One of my professors has some weight there, and he said that he'd be willing to give me a letter of recommendation. This place also gives credits for Social Service Worker, which is what I'm applying for primarily. Degrees you can get from there using Social Service Worker, and which you might be able to influence your way into with Human Services Foundation, are their Bachelor of Social Work program, and their Cultural and Social Development program. This college is a branch off the University of Waterloo, and you get a U of W degree if you graduate.

Other colleges with university programs you can apply to through the Ontario Colleges website. However, I don't see this college on here. Maybe it's because this is a university-college instead of a college-university? Meaning, it's a university with college programs, unlike Conestoga, which is a college with university programs. I don't know.

I don't even  know if I'd want to go to university. Double the price of college, and twice as long. I'd probably burn down my current resources and have to take out a loan. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living beneath my potential. When I graduated high school, I tried to get into university and failed, so that was my goal at one point in time. And I am good enough, for some reason, to get into university at this point in my life.

However, when I first applied to university, I only did it because I thought that university was a better option for people without a clear goal as to what they wanted to do. I didn't look at it like university was an "upgrade". Now, I have a clear enough goal, but I'm looking at university like an upgrade.

I was thinking I'd apply anyway, just to see if I could get in, but I'm not seeing it as an available option on this selection sheet.. Might have to go through the university website, and then I'd have to apply to two other universities and pay an additional fee. Yeah, I remember this process... Don't know if it's worth the hassle, if I'm just going to reject any offers that come my way.