Summer 2015

This coming summer, 2015, (I know it's still a semester and a half away) I have kind of two options that I am considering.

  1. Going back to Madison and continuing the research I am currently doing
  2. Participating in another REU, research experience for undergraduates program, at a different university. 
Right now my heart is kind of torn. On one side I love Madison and would go back in a heartbeat. I love the research I am currently doing and it is in the field of chemistry, inorganic, I will probably end up in. On the flip side I'm kind of interested in going somewhere else to do inorganic research elsewhere. Madison is guaranteed pretty much, somewhere else is not. Going to Madison would be a benefit to my senior project/senior "thesis", going somewhere else is not. Going somewhere else is a new experience and different research, going to Madison is not. I'm so lost and confused right now and I can't see where I'm supposed to be. I have until the end of the semester to make my decision, but it still doesn't make it easy. I wish it would be as easy as saying yes to Madison. I loved the university, the freedom (from my professor), the community, and the people. But it's not that easy. My heart does not know where to go or what to do. Should I say yes to Madison or apply to other places? This is heavy on my heart and always running in the background of my mind these day. 

So, as I am seeking and searching for what to do this summer be in prayer with me. As I seek guidance from God and others be in prayer with me. 

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