There’s a fourth option, you know. I could not transfer, stick to the original plan
and maybe take a few less units (ones that would not have transferred since I
had too many in my student education plan).
I have been really learning and making progress in volleyball
practice lately. We had the tournament in San Diego last weekend and I played
so much, learned so much, really felt like I was improving. I feel like with
some more playing time on the court, I could really become a player worth
taking a look at. Then, I talked with Bonnie, and she asked me about my reasons
for choosing one transfer school over the other. I mentioned I liked Cal Poly
Pomona as an option to be able to play volleyball (I assume that, since they’re
not a UC or a state school like OSU, they won’t be D1 but I could be very, very wrong. I need to look into that).
She asked me, why are you going to school? To play volleyball, or to be a vet?
Obviously it’s to become a vet, and right now volleyball is kind of hindering
that as far as time and focus go. But if I were to get picked up, and get a
scholarship for playing volleyball, wouldn’t that make it worth it? Plus I
seriously just love the game.
I know I’m not going to get picked up to play by any of my
choice schools, but there are options in the Midwest and back east that could
come through. I know there’s a girl on our team who is already starting
negotiations with a coach from a school in Florida. There were girls from our
school, last year and the year before, who were picked up and got full
scholarships, some even with housing and extras! For me, money is a big deal.
If possible, I want to avoid loans all together. The only reason I even
consented to getting loans (eventually) at all was when I learned about joining
the Army. I feel more comfortable getting some
loans at the undergrad level knowing that they will be paid off very quickly,
and not compounded with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt.
I chose my top three choice schools for the main reason that
I consider them “feeder schools” to veterinary schools I would like to go to.
Both Cal Poly and OSU have pre veterinary programs that might give me a leg up.
Then again, Davis doesn’t have a pre vet program at all, just an animal science
program that, according to their website, can prepare one for many different
fields (in other words, not specifically for a vet wanna be). While I was there
over the summer, talking to a counselor, she told me that she had a girl who
was an art history major, a biology minor, get accepted at the UC Davis vet
school. Really? If that’s true, than a degree in just regular biology should do
the trick. I don’t even need a degree, technically, just the minimum credits
(although a degree is highly recommended).
This is Emma, the counselor I spoke with at UC Davis.
So at this point, I’m really torn. I could go next fall
(2013) to the school that accepts me (if any do). Or, I could wait until fall
of 2014 like originally planned, get more units, get more court time, and
hopefully get a scholarship.
This does bring up one more complication. I have visited
Davis and Cal Poly, I know what they want and I know I’m not going to have all
the classes they want before transferring. OSU, on the other hand, I have not been to so I went ahead and emailed
their counselors. Most were encouraging, but one worried me by saying if I
didn’t have a certain level of science classes under my belt, they would accept
me, but as a sophomore. That is NOT what I’m looking to get into. I need to
save money, which is the whole point of community college in the first place. I
don’t think Davis or Cal Poly will accept a transfer as a sophomore, I believe
they only accept juniors.
Waiting could have its own traps, though. There’s no
guarantee that even if I get the perfect number of credits, and become an amazing
volleyball player, that I will get picked up and play somewhere else under
scholarship. Or, maybe it would only be a partial scholarship. Is it worth it?
Ultimately, though, I don’t need to worry about it. God knows
exactly what He’s doing, so all we have
to do is stay in His word, remain in prayer, and walk through the doors He
opens for us. J
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