{"id":4130,"date":"2019-02-26T16:21:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2019-02-26T16:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T21:22:24","slug":"4130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/2019\/02\/4130\/","title":{"rendered":"What It Feels Like to Be Graduating"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"graduation<\/a><\/p>\n

The exciting moment is almost here, graduation! It\u2019s the day I have dreamed of since I started Farmingdale. There are so many emotions going through my mind. I am excited to be graduating. I get to experience working a job for the rest of my life. At the same time, I am nervous. I do not know what the future will have in store for me. Time flew by for me here at Farmingdale.<\/p>\n

My experience here has been great! I made many new friends and got to experience living independently. However, I wish I had gotten involved in the college more. If I could turn back time, I would get involved. I have had amazing professors here. Thinking about graduation and leaving my home away from home is saddening to me. I will miss some of my professors and I don\u2019t want to think about leaving the classes I had with them.<\/p>\n

Now that graduation is approaching, I have to starting thinking about what I want to do after I finish my education. This could be doing internships that will lead to a job. In my mind, I keep saying \u201cWow, I can\u2019t believe this is actually happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is something I do not picture in my head. It is like I am in daydream, but I know this is real life.\u00a0 This semester has been going so fast and I cannot believe it is almost March! I wish time would slow down so I can cherish what I have left of school.<\/p>\n

I am glad that I got involved in Rambassadors for my last year here at Farmingdale. It has helped me grow as a person and learn to be a leader. Leaving the group makes me sad because I just started it and I wish I could continue another year. It is crazy that four years goes fast. It is like I just started as an incoming transfer student. Now it is time to say goodbye. I do not want to leave all my friends but , I know this is part of real world. I have so many fears once I graduate. Will I get a job right away? I am not sure how long this process will take but, I have to start somewhere. It will be long journey but, I know get the job I love.<\/p>\n

My experience here was worthwhile and I cannot wait to come back and visit everyone. As my graduation gets closer, I always mention to my friends that I cannot believe I will be leaving soon. My friends always ask me how I feel about graduation and what I want to do. I reply back that I am excited, nervous and sad. I have been in school for 18 years of my life so far. It is what I know so far in my life. I can always get another degree, but this time I will be a graduate, not an undergrad. Moving on in life is hard because I know have to grow up in some way and make a living. I cannot just live at home all of my life.<\/p>\n

If I think about it, ever since I was a toddler I went to school. This journey is now ending. I will start a new chapter in my life. As far as a job, I tell my friends I do not know what I want to do yet. I want to find something I love doing and test the waters first. Then I go back and say I have an idea of what I want to do, which is either business administration or something in marketing.<\/p>\n

There is only one thing left to do, which is pass all my classes for the final semester. In my head, I am like \u201cI can do this. I made it this far.\u201d At the same time, I already have senioritis just knowing I am done. Sometimes it is hard to focus because I think \u201cI am done. Just hand me the diploma now!\u201d Then I realize I have to work this and that it will not be handed to me until I pass this final semester. As I look through all my memories , I think \u201cWow, I cannot believe I did this when I first came here.\u201d<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to what the future has in store. I can\u2019t wait to keep in contact with my professors and mentors that have helped me accomplish my goal. I can\u2019t wait to come back as an alumna of Farmingdale, to come see my friends, mentors and professors. The journey has not come to end, it is just starting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The exciting moment is almost here, graduation! It\u2019s the day I have dreamed of since I started Farmingdale. There are so many emotions going through my mind. I am excited to be graduating. I get to experience working a job for the rest of my life. At the same time, I am nervous. I do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":4131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[205],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4134,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4130\/revisions\/4134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/rambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}