Monday, February 25, 2008

I'm College Educated- Now What?

I've decided for my final project I would talk to some people who are about to graduate and find out what their plans are after undergrad. I already have begun to screen some folks because I want to get a good mix of different paths. One girl named Sherrelle Guiles is hoping her grades are good enough to get her into pharmacy school. She is currently a pharmacy technician at Rite Aide and will graduate from Towson in Fall 2008 as a chemistry major. Then I have a set of people, Lisa and Kari Holmes, a mother, daughter duo who are both set to graduate in May 2008. Kari, the daughter, is hoping a BA is enough to land her a good job in computer information systems and her mother decided to go back to school at the age of 58 in hopes of increasing her salary. There is a boy named Blake Ross who is finishing his last class at the University of Maryland College Park and has recently signed up to take the LSAT, if that doesn't work out, he will be applying to grad school for Fall 2008. There is a girl, Kayla Hobson who is looking into a social worker program at two different schools. She hasn't decided if she wants to stay and go to a nearby school or leave her two roommates and move to D.C. And lastly, a sophomore here at Towson, Phylicia Porter is already scouting for medical schools because she is sure she's cut out to be a surgeon. The twenty-year-old has a resume that goes on forever with internships, impressive job positions, and countless clubs and activities- all in hopes that it'll push her ahead of the line for medical school. My theme is basically what people do with their college education and why. With graduation approaching, do they feel it was worth it and would they do anything differently.

1 comment:

TL said...

You know what might be a way of packaging your stories? Focus on the different paths people take to grad school. For instance, someone who has always wanted to be a doctor knew grad school was in the picture. Someone else might be going because they have changed their plans along the way to getting a bachelor's degree. And someone else might be going because they're just not ready for the "real world." Just a thought ...