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Seniors With Full Rides

Graduating from high school and moving on to college is a monumental step in life. Going from living with your parents and family every day to being confined in a dorm room with a complete stranger would take a while to adjust to. This is only one of the many other difficult transitions students have to make once they go to college.

“One thing that will be difficult to adjust to will be not being around my parents because they have been a huge part of my education,” senior Nora Agah said. “It might be difficult to not have people there to talk things through with, since they have a lot of STEM experience.”

However, college does not only bring difficult transitions, but it also encourages experiencing new things and allows students to plan out their life in an organized fashion.

“When in college, I want to gain more stability within myself and a better knowledge of what progression I’m going to follow in my life,” senior Felix Rosenbaum said.

Some students are enthusiastic about to going to college because they will be able to go through new and larger than life experiences. “I feel really excited,” senior Jax Dineen said, who was granted a football scholarship to K-State. “I’m a little nervous going into a new team and a new coach but I’m really excited to see what I can do at the next level,” Dineen said.

Although much anticipation and excitement is built up prior to going to college, there are plenty of things from home that will be missed.

“I will definitely miss a lot of my friends,” Agah said. “I have met a lot of really nice people, including teachers, that have been really supportive of me and really kind and I will definitely miss them,”

Although there may be adversities that students will face, college is an important step in one’s life that will teach a variety of lessons, both in academics and in life.

photos by Baya Burgess design by Emily Zeller story by Ridwan Firman

Lyla Beckingham KU Pell Grant