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Unaccepted but Unconquered

 During spring break this last semester at Florida State University, I received a decision that devastated me at first. I have worked so hard - nonstop - since returning to college after a fifteen year hiatus to achieve one goal: overcome a poor GPA from poor choices in the past and get into graduate school. With that rejection letter, I felt a little bit of me die inside... and then I got over it and decided to move forward with the same attitude of constant improvement I've had for the last two and a half years. I've applied to start a second bachelor's degree through the Online/Distance Learning program at FSU in Criminology. Is it exactly a major interest of mine? No, not really, but it's loosely related to crime scene investigation, forensic anthropology, and it's a study of a different part of the human population... criminals, deviants of sorts. I want to use it as a jumping board to possibly look for a unique angle to reapply for graduate school in the futur...
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Where To Begin...

 I often wonder, when writing for a new audience, "Where to begin?" I guess I'll start with the name "Chasing Dreams", my title for this particular blog.  When I was in high school and close to graduating, my dream was to major in archaeology and attend an Ivy League school. I didn't know much about archaeology beyond a love of ancient Egyptian culture, but I instinctually felt a passion towards the subject. I wish I had went with my instincts; as I get older, I find that my first instincts are correct more often than not versus those times when I second guess myself. My instincts all those years ago were correct, because now, 20 years later, I'm in love with school all over again. It has everything to do with picking anthropology (archaeology is a part of this discipline) as my major when I was reaccepted into school. "Reaccepted".  I made so many mistakes when I left school in 2005, though really the worst was enrolling in classes and never d...
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