Where Are They Now?
Graduating high school is a big step, and an intimidating one too! Lucky for
you there are others that have already began their ascent into the real world
and are more than happy to share their wisdoms with the curious up and
coming.
Anthony Aguilar
Q: What do you miss most about HS?
A: The fact that there's no stress about money
or getting a job or eating
Q: What is your favorite part about college so
far?
Mia Williams
A: The independence to choose my classes and
Q: What do you miss most about HS?
A: My drama family and theatre in general. I miss the course for life
plays that we would work so hard on and the bonds
Q: What was the experience of moving away
that I would make with people. I was always
surrounded by people that allowed me to be who I am. from home all by yourself like?
I miss the friendships that I had and the inside jokes A: full of excitement and anxiety, excited to
that made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt. Theatre have the ability to start over, a clean slate on
your reputation and on life but there's also the
was honestly the highlight of my high school
added stress factor of paying for college and
experience.
having money to do things and get things you
need
Q: What is your favorite part about college so far?
A: The freedom and flexibility that I have here. At
home I always had to ask my parents to go out or have Q: Do you have any advice for seniors stressing
friends over, whereas here, I don't have a curfew and I about college this year?
don't have to ask permission to leave my house. And as A: Don't feel bad if you don't go straight into
far as flexibility, I don't have to be away from home all college, take your time to figure life out because
day long, because of the breaks between my classes! It you don't want to rush into college and waste
money because you switch majors so often due
truly is amazing to be on my own schedule
to the fact that you don't know what you want.
Take your time and take every opportunity to,
Q: What was the experience of moving away from
take a break from life.
home all by yourself like?
A: So move in day at the dorm was probably the
hardest day of college for me. It had hit me that I
would be leaving my family and staying, alone, in a
foreign place, for an odd amount of months with
nothing but phone calls and face-times to ease my
homesickness. On that first night, in my heart I wanted
to leave Flagstaff and NEVER look back. But also on
that first night, i got a chance to have a conversation
with my roommates and, to my surprise, I enjoyed their
company. Ever since then, it has gotten easier to be
away from home.