My senior year of high school I applied to 10 colleges. I only had a brief idea of where I wanted to go, and some of the schools were out of state so I knew in the back of my mind they would never actually work out.

I have three sisters, and they are all in the midst of graduation right now. My older sister is graduating from NC State, my younger sister is graduating high school and will be going to UNC Wilmington in the fall, and my youngest sister is "graduating" middle school.

There is often a lot of speculation over what schools are seen as party schools or the stereotypes that come along with going to a certain school. I believe that in the long run, it does not matter where you go to college. What matters is what you choose to do with your time when you are there.

When you graduate college and are looking for a job one day, I believe employers hiring you will care more about what you were involved in, your GPA, and how good you are with people, versus what school you went to. If you are good with people and know how to speak to communicate well, versus just looking good on paper, you will appeal to more people. There is a reason jobs never hire off of what is on your resume alone.

Although it is important to get good grades and try to be involved at whatever school you are at, that school will not make or break everything for you. One of my favorite shows is "Saturday Night Live." The two hosts on the Weekend Update segment are Colin Jost and Michael Che. I was watching a past segment the other week on YouTube and one of the comments on the video was that Colin went to Harvard and Michael didn't go to college, but they are both co-head writers and do the same job.

Evidently, show-business examples are different, but I thought it made a good point. Not trying to say that you shouldn't go to college at all, but both of these hosts are good at what they do. If you are passionate about what you are doing or who you are working with, that will always go further than where you got your degree from.