Life is a maze. Legends has it that if you stay on the right side of a maze hedge and keep on following it throughout then you will eventually find your way to the center. If only life was that easy to navigate, that a direct path would get you where you want to be.

When it comes to life, especially college, there is no right or wrong answer. I mean, sure, there is the "tho shall not cheat on your political science exam" and "tho shall not sleep with your roommates ex", but when it comes to the basic fact, university is smack in the grey area. That beyond those bright college doors, there is no devil or angle that sits on your shoulder dictating the right way to live.

College is just an opportunity cost equation waiting to be solved.

Your choices you make determine what outcomes you receive. One step one way can lead you to a completely different outcome then the last one. Enrolling in one class may help you graduate sooner, however you miss out on the opportunity to focus your skill set on a certain area, or by branching out your horizons. Your secret super power may be hidden in a class that you may have never enrolled for if you just stayed on track.

Missing a class, may help you realize stress as you seize the moment to study for an upcoming exam or catch up on homework. However, missing that one class may help you receive a higher grade in another. But face a surprise attendance day. That could dock you a point.

No matter which way you go, you always find yourself stuck at a crossroad. And no matter what route you take, at the end you find yourself facing the music one way or another. College is just a maze and you are trying to find the best way out of it. Maybe, you take the long path to insure safety. Or, maybe you want a creative spin to it, so you jump from one course to another to figure out what the correct approach is for you. Either way, at the end of the day, college just kicks you in the butt. You find yourself making little decisions about if you should actually visit your friends and go out for the first time in three weeks, or spend an extra five hours working on a project.

There is no correct answer. You can either look at that question in two degrees. Is your mental health more important or a grade that may only matter in the span of the next few years. But then maybe that grade is the determitating factor of you entering law school.

And then, there is the ultimate "omg i am a junior. how do I prepare my portfolio. do extracurriculars. attempt at a social life and wait, i have class too moment" where you realize that its not just passing the class that is important, but getting yourself ready for the next stage in your life. Which is more of a "oh f***k moment" then we all end up having at some point.

Then the question remains, what classes do I need. What things should I be doing. Is it better to have a solid GPA post graduation, or strive to build a strong portfolio. What is going to matter afterwards?

College, it is just an "what if" sceanorio. We don't know what is the better choice. And where and when we should make that. At the end of the day we are all chickens running around with their heads cut off. Trying to figure out what to do in our lives. Go to grad school, get a job, start a family..where the heck, am I supposed to be going.

Life would be easier if it was that maze that we could just follow the right side of it out. Life would be defiantly more simple. Like everything in life, college is a opportunity cost, you never know what you could have had or lost. You just got to go and live with it.