Earlier this year I got really interested in public
relations and was thinking about getting my degree in that. After looking at a few colleges I decided upon
going to Metro state University in Minneapolis to get my bachelors in
communications going down the track of public relations. I got accepted, but after reviewing the
different times of their classes I found that they wouldn’t be appropriate for
my schedule. That’s when I started
looking into other colleges and degree programs within communications.
Most of them closer to me had communication degrees in
which I would have to choose a specific track, say public relations, mass
communications etc. I thought long and
hard about whether or not I really wanted to go work at a PR firm and have that
be my sole degree. Upon looking, I
noticed St. Thomas’s degree which is Communications and Journalism with no
specific track. By having my bachelors
in that, it covers a broad spectrum of jobs including PR, public speaking,
writing for a magazine, etc. That’s how
I decided on applying to St. Thomas. It was a lengthy application that included writing an
essay to get in. I also had to send them
both my high school and college transcripts.
I’m very excited that I now have a plan in place and a
great college to go to. There’s just one
thing that might be semi-difficult to get used to at first is that they don’t
have any online classes so I would have to attend every one of them at the
school. I’m hoping it doesn’t take me
too long to finish the program; my goal is three years. Then, the only thing I have to figure out
next is what type of job I want within the communications field.
Jenni
