By Jasmine Nicholas
Staff Writer
In four months, senior Israel Perez has big plans. After graduating from Bishop Amat, he plans to go to a Cal State or University of California.
In college, Perez plans on majoring in counseling and psychology or marriage and family therapy.
“I want to help others who had a rough time growing up and helping others bring up their spirits about themselves,” he said.
Just about now, seniors have started receiving their college acceptance and rejection letters. After high school, all of the Amat seniors will, like Perez, go their separate ways and become independent to try and make something of themselves.
Many Amat students seemed goal-orientated and were fairly certain about the area of study they wanted to pursue and where they wanted to go.
“I want to go to college and become a child psychologist and either go to Loyola Marymount University or San Diego State,” senior Anisa Moreno said.
Like Perez, Moreno said she wants to help people.
“I want to be a child psychologist because all the different types of behavior in psychology are interesting to me and I enjoy being around children,” she said.
Most students are excited for the challenge of college, but some say the biggest challenge will probably not waiting until the last minute to finish what will most likely be a heavier class workload than they experienced in high school.
“I’m going to make sure I don’t procrastinate and get work done,” senior Priscilla Cordova said.
Senior Ryan Cardenas echoed Cordova.
“I just hope it won’t be overwhelming and hopefully I can stay on top of it,” he said.
Many seniors seem excited to move away from home and stay in on-campus housing.
“I will live on campus because I want to experience a full college life without having parental rules,” Perez said.
Still others said they are living off campus—at a shared apartment or with parents—because they are staying local.
Cardenas, who plans on majoring in graphic design and trying out for the swim team, said he wants to stay at home because school at the University of La Verne is already expensive.
Senior Chad Morales is also going to live at home while attending Rio Hondo.
“It is close to home and I don’t want to pay for something I don’t need,” he said.
While seniors seem excited about leaving Amat and starting new chapters in their lives, they acknowledge that they will be difficult leaving their friends at Amat.
“I am sometimes shy and it’s a little difficult to make friends, especially in a new environment,” Perez said.
But thank goodness for Facebook.
“It’s a new beginning, but I still want to keep in touch with my friends from Amat,” Moreno said.
