Stress... Day 3, 09.7.2011

Just a couple of minutes ago I just got finished having an one on one conversation with my mother, about the importance for me to start applying for scholarships and looking at colleges that interest my major. My mother told how I was going to be a role model to all of my younger siblings and my cousins by achieving what I worked hard for. To furthermore explain, I may be the only girl on my mother side of the family that will actually go to college, rather than my older male cousins because they are either in gang related problems and or they just don't want to do anything with their lives just righ away. And all of this puts pressure on me because everyone in my family is looking at me to be the one to step up to the plate and take the challenge of going to college and finishing (I'm not saying that I don't want to go to college), but it is hard when everyone is looking up to you. So I went online to start looking at different colleges and scholarships, that are related to  my major (which is forensic science). Some of the colleges that I found with my major in it are: Towson University, University of Maryland University College, Kaplan University, Stevenson University, and College of Notre Dame (which I already started the application process).