Blog V- Hewitt

The only time I was a "researcher" outside of academics and choosing universities to attend was when I was trying to decide whether or not to move back to Argentina to train. Though I say "outside of academics", academics did play a huge role in topic, as I was wondering whether graduating a year and a half early from high school to train would be worth it. I wanted to move back to Argentina to train with my team, as they were the ones who I felt had helped me the most. I had all the amenities set out, so apartment, food, travel, etc. were all taken care of. The only issue was whether I could graduate early and still be able to compete my first year of university. Most of the research I did was informal, as it was mainly just Googling all of my questions, but the formal part was achieved by my advisors about planning. They had set out a great plan that would have allowed me to graduate by summer of 2012... then they gave me an alternative, which was graduate in 2014 but lowering the load of classes, so I can focus on swimming (which is what I ultimately did). The latter option allowed me to stay with my family, continue training (at a higher level given the time I had available), and allow me to swim in college without any issues coming in as a freshman. I am overall pretty happy with the decision that I made with the help of the "research" I obtained.