Along with the excitement of getting a college acceptance letter comes the anxiety of making oodles of choices. Deciding which college to attend is just the first of many decisions you'll have to make regarding your academic life for at least the next four years of your life.

For some people, it can be thrilling to make these choices. They enjoy visiting different campuses and believing that they are certain about their major. This group of students takes pride on their collection of souvenirs. They have lost count of how many open-houses they have attended. Once they have made up their mind, they are ready to try out different types of courses. They know that taking more electives than the amount required is crucial. Electives are what enlightens us on what it is that we are meant to do and be in the future. After all, aren't we supposed to figure out everything as we go?

The second group includes those who detest having more than one option. They actually dread having to choose which classes they will be taking on their first semester, let alone "declare" what they want to do for the rest of their lives. These students also take a wide variety of classes. Unlike the first group, however, they do not enjoy looking at the excess of electives on their transcript. It must be hard to overcome the feeling of not having control, especially when you don't even know what it is that you are trying to control. Is it your mindset? Is it your future? What if your mindset is different in the future?

Then, of course, there is a third group—those who are neither happy nor irritated about making decisions because they don't even know what it feels like to have a choice. Some of these students skip the decision-process altogether because the surrounding socioeconomic factors play a bigger role than what their hearts desire. The students in this group don't have to put the pros and cons on a balance to decide whether to live on campus or not. At least they know that the lifestyle for commuters is getting easier as years go by. They don't choose a major; a major doesn't choose them either. Their major is chosen by those who have succeeded. How can you not major in X when Y predominates in Z with that major?

While I am by no means offending those in either of the first groups, I am trying to bring forth the reality of those in the third group.

Most of us forget about how privileged we are, so next time you're on campus, remember to pay attention to the shoes others are wearing.