It's senior year of college. Finally, you are getting so close to graduating but for some reason, it just doesn't seem right. Something is off, and nothing is as exciting as it should be.

We spend all our years of college just trying to get through all our requirements as fast as we can, trying to graduate. We are doing that, of course, because college is expensive but also because we are getting sick of school.

Now you're hitting those last few credit hours and it all sinks it that you're almost done. And what does that mean? Now you'll be going out into the real world and putting that degree to use.

For me, I have always been SO sure of what I wanted to do. I never second-guessed my degree or even thought about doing something else. I knew that teaching was what I was meant to do. But all of a sudden in these last few months I am completely second-guessing everything!

It is so scary to think that you did all this schooling for a specific degree and that's what your banking on working out. That is so much pressure. We are just putting all our faith into our degree and hoping for the best. But what if it doesn't work out? What if everything doesn't go according to plan?

When you are just starting your degree, you don't think about all the bad things that could happen. You are so positive and sure you are going to do well; I know I was. Every day now, however, I constantly think about what I could have done different and question if I picked the right path to go down.

I think the biggest thing that is on my mind during senior year is the question of am I ready? That's a really tough question to really comprehend. Yes, we take extensive classes and student teach, but is that really allowing me to be ready to just take over and have a class of my own? I would like to think that my college experience has prepared me but what if I get there and find out it didn't?

Or the biggest question of all: what if I can't find a job? What if I go through all these years of schooling and cannot find a job in my field? It's so much easier being a student and thinking about the future, just saying it's so far away so I don't have to think about it right now. Well, times up and it's time to think about it. There's no time left to ignore those big questions or concerns.

I would like to be hopeful and just think that everything will work out. But it's so scary and intimidating that it's all becoming real now. The closer I get to graduation the more I know it's time to take a leap of faith and see where my degree takes me.

I don't know if it's normal, and I don't know if everyone second-guesses their degree at the end. ButI do know that I am freaking out with anticipation of the end of school. It's been a lot of years in a routine of being a college student. Not being a college student anymore will be a very big transition one that will really take some getting use to.

If you are getting overwhelmed with the end of school nearing, just keep thinking about why you started. I know I've been trying to.