Ello!

Hello to all and how do you do? Life choices are quickly becoming extremely important to my somewhat surprise. I don't feel ready to let go of any childish nonsense, innocence, and freedom. I don't feel like I know enough to decide what I want to learn. My celebration of seventeen years on earth is bringing with it a very important guest (college).
Someone has recently informed me that next year is my last year of high school and fallowing that will be my first year of higher learning at an university. Contrary to the belief that I had growing up, it requires a large amount of effort to get into the previously mentioned university. I am currently filling out applications for the SAT and the ACT so when I get those results back (after much studying and freaking out) I can decide if I need to retake them or if I deem them acceptable enough to send to several different schools.
I am completely lost in the area of choosing what schools to apply to, what I should do to prepare for the applications, and how to pay for the tests, applications, and university. The advice given to me was to find a school that specializes in what you want your job to be for the rest of your life and then apply for scholarships related to that subject. Big problem, I have no clue what I want to do with the rest of my life. I have so many different ideas and dreams that I want to fallow, with so many different possibilities. If only humans had nine lives like our feline friends, then I might be able to experience all my dreams. Sadly, we don't. :(
I have found some good in all of this. Everything new is going to be so exciting!! I can't wait (in a fearful way).