Grad school, ho!

Went to Manhattan yesterday to inquire about info for grad school. Apparently, the due date for the application to fall quarter is on April 1st, so I have plenty of time to procrastinate. Actually, scratch that. I need to start getting the things I need together soon. I've been away from school for almost 3 years now, and I don't have much of a head start in the application process.. I have to get two letters of recommendation, and I'm not sure if my old professors remember me. Shoot, I'll have to go back to Los Angeles to do that too. Oy.. hassles, hassles. I guess I can ask them by email, but I'd feel much more secure seeing them in person. I'm not too confident I'll get into the school I'm applying for either, but I have the minimum requirements at least. Maybe I'll set up a schedule to see a applications guidance counselor if the school has any.

My family is still pushing for me to chase after the doctoral, but it'll be some time until I have to worry about that. For now, I'm going for a M.A. in Mental Health. I realize I don't have much experience in the field to figure out whether I want to do social work or counseling yet. I used to do a lot of community service activities back in high school, and I always enjoyed doing those. I'm sure social work would be akin to that. However, I've never done counseling officially before, and I wonder if I'm selling myself short by giving up on that path so quickly. The program I'm trying to get into has a nice internship session, so something like that would be wonderful to experience.

For now, there's not too much pressure to get anything done just yet. At least the path has been set in my mind, and all I have to do is walk down it at my own pace.  Well, as long as I make it there before April 1st.