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School starts tomorrow! :'( It's my last semester of university and I'm so happy but so scared and nervous. I'm happy because I'm finally done but nervous because I don't know what I wanna do after this. Should I join Americorps and volunteer for a year or travel and be carefree for once? I'm only 22 once.

What did you guys do once you were done with school?

Chilled on the internet for a year.

Americorps? Who are they?

Don't believe the hype of living carefree, there's nothing carefree or fun about struggling to pay phone bills because you took a sabbatical with no money.

Get a job, anything half decent, progress and build a structure in life. You have enough hours in the evenings and on weekends to let your hair down.

Jeffo- That's interesting. What was so interesting about the internet that made you commit to it for a year?

Marques- Americorps is a national nonprofit volunteering organization that's dedicated to helping communities nation wide. By joining it, I would become a volunteer for a year and they would pay for my living expenses because I wouldn't be able to get a job and do this at the same time. It's a full time position.

I just don't know if I want to commit to this so early.

Could look good on your resumé, network as much as you can along the way.

Autumn wrote:Jeffo- That's interesting. What was so interesting about the internet that made you commit to it for a year?

Nothing really. Just a time killing technique for a social recluse.

Corporate life sucks, try to postpone it for as long as you can. Go for Americorps.

A year after I graduated
-Volunteer
-CNA/Home care jobs ( good on application)
-Independent research
-Library ( Study my ass off for the MCAT)
- Personal statement( Why do you want to study medicine)
-Secondary essays( Why do you want to apply their school( For 10 different Schools)
-Kiss professor's ass for recommendations
-Apply
-Get into hell hole
-still stucked