Everyone has their own experiences during their junior and senior years of high school, and going on after college. As for my experience throughout my junior and senior year, I moved here before my junior year of high school started. I didn’t really know anyone but I was able to make friends pretty quickly. My main focus was my classes. I wanted to make sure I passed all my classes and I did exactly that. I didn’t achieve honor roll, but I came pretty close. For my junior year I took some pretty easy classes except for CP Chemistry, which was pretty hard. When I went into my senior year, I decided to take it up a notch and take CP English. As this year goes, I am keeping my grades at an A and B level. If they get anything lower, I will do anything I can to get my grade back up. I made honor roll for the first semester. 

As for me thinking about going to college, I haven’t made that decision yet. I am thinking about taking a year off to figure out what I would like to do and what college I would like to go to. I also might not take the year off and just do online college classes. I feel that if I take online college classes I will be able to work at my own pace and I will also be able to get a job and balance my job and my college work. I am thinking about taking a year off because I don’t know fully what career I want to pursue. There are many pros and cons to the sides of going to college and taking a year off from college. Some of the pros for going to college include furthering your education, no gaps, starting a career, more job opportunities, new experiences, and you can get outside of your comfort zone. Cons to going to college include student debt, getting a job right away to support myself, not being ready, stress,  and jobs don’t necessarily require a college education, as there are successful people without a college education. 

There are also pros and cons to taking a year off and not going to college right away. Some of the pros to taking a year off from going to college include saving money for a good college, figuring out what I want to do, learning responsibility at a different level, being able to submit a more impressive application, and you can earn towards your education. Some cons to taking a year off include the time gap’s possibility of being costly, not wanting to go at all, take a risk of losing momentum. No matter what choice I make, they have pros and cons to each side.