Describe how you decided which post-secondary institution to attend and what program to take.

School was always in the plan for me.  I was (am?) smart and to not school go to school after High School was just out the question.  My reasoning was, if I don’t go to school, a) I’ll have to pay rent at home or b) I’ll have to move out and live without the help of my parents.  Both options made me teary eyed and thus, I used my smarts and set out to apply for school.

In the beginning, I had an idea, and only one idea.  This idea was to go to Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton.  I basically put all my eggs in one basket and only applied to MacEwan.  Why?  Cause the U of A scared me.  It scared me good.  So good in fact that when I go there to visit friends, I seem to screw things up.  Such as driving the wrong way, parking in “unsafe” places, and so on.  Grant MacEwan looked cool and rad.  To me, it was like a glorified high school.  Not to imitating, but just enough of a step to feel what school is like in a large city.  As an aside, I’m from Stony Plain.  It’s not that far from here, but far enough to confuse people who always just thought I lived on Stony Plain Road.  Anyway, (you might notice, well not yet cause this is my first post, but my tendency to pursue random tangents of uselessness) where was I.  Ah yes, MacEwan, and why I am here.  It seemed like a great stepping-stone.

I finally chose attack the school of business.  I thought, well, I knew, that business was my only viable option.  Nothing else interested me.  If I wanted to work for the companies I dreamed about at night, the only way I thought I could get there was with a business degree.  The Transfer program with the U of A seemed alright.  The U of A was the dreadful part, but eh, I needed to become a man, so maybe eventually going to the U of A would toughen me up.  Obviously, I’m not there, so in my eyes, I’m still a boy living the fairytale dream.

Was there a real reason for my madness?  Not really.  I mean could say that MacEwan offered smaller class sizes, lower tuition fees, cool teachers of coolness, and free parking (for those who looked for it…hehe).  Oh my gosh, THEY DID!! That is so awesome.

I guess I lucked out.

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