Crazed, Confused, and Crying

Well college visit #2 was successful... A little too successful. WKU was amazing and I was in love with it, but compared to UK, it's just good. UK is huge. It's in the middle of Lexington. And the honors college dorms? Breathtaking. I think the dorms that I could possibly be staying in are bigger than future apartments I could live in. 

The trip was great and all, but now I have even more decisions to make.  I told my parents that the college I choose will most likely be based on who offers me the most money.

At WKU with a min. 31 ACT score and min. 3.8 GPA I could get a full ride. Key word: could. At UK with a 31 min. ACT score and 3.5 GPA min. I could get a full ride. There's that could again. 

So my first decision that I've 70% made is to take the ACT again. I have a 31 on my ACT but that puts me right on the edge of scholarship money. My GPA  is a 3.77 which cancels out the full ride at WKU. If I could bump up my ACT score by at least two points, I would be satisfied. 

Another thing both universities look at is what you do outside of school. I volunteer and I'm in 3 volunteer-oriented clubs at school. But I also need a job. So either today or tomorrow I'm applying to the Mcgallisters up the street. 

I feel like I'll do fine wherever I go and get a decent scholarship, but I know I can do better. The last thing I want is to go to college with only a few thousand dollars in scholarship money because I didn't take the time to push myself one extra step. 

I just have to say that I'll be glad when this is all over.