Grant Wesolowski’s College Application process: Long and hard

During the start of the 2014-2015 school year, the college application process starts for seniors.  And Arrowhead senior Grant Wesolowski was no exception.

After being pushed into working on on his college applications by his parents for over a month, Wesolowski finally gave in.

“They were basically nipping at my heels since the beginning of August to start working on my college essays and applications even though [the schools I was going to apply to] had yet to open up for new applications,” says Wesolowski

Wesolowski says he was looking for a college that would have an engineering major.

Wesolowski says University of Wisconsin at Platteville was the first school he found.  Wesolowski also applied to the Milwaukee School of Engineering and at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

“I hated doing anything related to applying for college.  It was just…something I did not want to do, but needed to,” says Wesolowski.

Wesolowski says even though he never ran into problems with applying, the roundabout methods of getting his information were a waste of his time.  He said he even came to the point of wondering why the college needed some of the things they were asking for.

“I didn’t understand why they wanted to know about my parents.  The application was for me to go to college, not my parents,” says Wesolowski.

After finishing his application process in the first week of September, Wesolowski waited for over a month to receive word.

“It wasn’t until [the] middle [of] October that I would get the acceptance letters from all three of my selected colleges,” says Wesolowski.

Wesolowski says he knew something was up when he came home and both of his parents were waiting for him at the door with three envelopes.  He was accepted to all of his choices on the same day and he has yet to decide which college he wishes to attend.

“I guess you could say I was happy.  But, that would not really explain it.  It was more like a feeling of, Oh thank God it’s over.  Then I realized I’d need to do that all over again for Scholarships,” says Wesolowski.

Wesolowski says he will most likely be working on his scholarships until the end of the year.  Also