Senior year in high school is a year when many 
decisions have to be made. Two of the most important 
decisions students make are if they are going to go to 
a college or to a university, and what career they 
will try to pursue. 

We were interested in knowing what seniors wanted to 
do with their lives. Therefore, we decided to do a 
survey. The teens in the survey were asked two 
questions: Are you going to a university or community 
college, and what major do you want to pursue? We 
asked a total of 86 senior students to help us with 
this survey. 

Being realistic about out future and having goals will 
help us accomplish our dreams as students

After the survey was completed, we organized every 
major according to the field of study that it 
corresponded to. Social Science is the most popular 
field of study that seniors are interested in. Some 
examples of the Social Science fields are psychology, 
criminal justice, education, and politics. The least 
popular field of study was business, such as 
accounting and business administration. Six percent of 
the teens that participated in the survey were 
undecided about their career goals.

According to our survey, 94% of the participants said 
that they are interested in going to a university.
Last year there were a total of 385 high school 
graduates from Watsonville High School. From those 385 
students only 35 went to UCs, CSUs, and private 
universities. The remaining 350 students went to
community colleges, private institutions, or the 
military. We hope this year more students will work 
hard and try to accomplish their goals of going to a 
university and pursuing higher education.

Being realistic about our future and having goals will 
help us accomplish our dreams as students. It seems 
like everyone wants to have a nice home, a new car, 
and of course, a lot of money. It is possible, but in 
order to have this we need to pursue a higher level of 
education that is beyond high school. This means  
going to a university or college. Those who don’t 
pursue a higher level of education will face fewer 
opportunities in the work force.