YOUR NAME HERE English “Am I Right for college?”, “What can College do for me?”, “I just want to take a break after high school”. Do these sound familiar to you, because I know I was just asking myself these exact questions myself not too long ago. I’ve had my own fair share of doubt and fears of college. That’s till I made the choice to go to college, I decided that I have had a long enough brake. Like most high school seniors, I felt I knew everything I needed to pass by life.
You get to meet new people and actually be in the real world. It makes me have different views about my life other than what I had in my head about three years ago. I hope that my college life will be successful and I will learn lots of new things within the years. Now my last English experience was kind of a disaster, but I did learn a few things that I didn’t know that was important. I learned how to write a topic sentence and what its purpose was to it.
College right after highs school is not for everyone. I do believe that all people can benefit from a college degree when the time is right for them. Returning to college later in life can be the result of real life career experience and the realization of what it really takes to get ahead in life. Motivation, learning style, and career goals can have a great impact on your success or failure as an adult student. I tried college right after high school but dropped out because I felt like I was wasting time and money.
When in high school, there was a sense of urgency to get out of the normal routine and head off to college. The reality when college life hit, was a newfound sense of insecurity that I had not felt since the transition from middle school to high school. Students who attend college away from home are faced with even a greater amount of uncertainty. The other costs not related to financial burden are the physical toll, and no, I am not talking about the pain I felt from my first spin class, although it was painful. The physical toll is based on the change in schedule, the additional homework, the late nights and long walks to and from campus.
The classes were harder, teachers more strict and being mixed in with some of the bigger kids changed my view of school. I will admit I goofed around a little too much during freshman and sophomore year not realizing the importance of my grades until junior and senior year, when suddenly everything became focused on colleges and universities and SATs and ACTs and applications and just complete overload and stress on my mind. Realizing that I screwed up I decided to get act together, but unfortunately I realized all this a little too late. I believe the one experience that changed my view on the importance of education all together was my job. At the age of 16, I was hired at Cinemark 14 Boynton Beach as a concessionist.
America has been the home for numerous people and they feel the need to represent “their” country in many ways as possible. However, as they grow up they observe that they are limited to certain things including going to college. It is not because they are not intelligent or committed to education, it is simply because they do not have a legal status that provides the opportunity to apply for financial aid and in some cases college. During high school everyone starts planning their future, and one of the main focuses is getting into college. How would you feel if you find out that you cannot attend college?
While at excel in some of the areas and struggle in others, I know that they will all contribute to my success. I am only two weeks into my first class at Ottawa University and I can already notice a change in my thinking. I have been looking and thinking about things more critically and evaluating my interactions with my family and coworkers. So, even though the process may not be easy and may even be painful at times, I know that the benefits of a Liberal Arts education will overshadow all of the
College Essay Draft 1 Question: what makes you a unique individual and how these unique qualities can benefit the University of Connecticut? I started attending Roger Williams University in Rhode Island immediately after I graduated high school and did not enjoy my college life there at that time. Because of this I came home and started attending Middlesex College and have had an exceptionally good experience. I’ve had many great professors that I’ve formed personal relationships with, I have been exposed to a diversity of people that I had not previously been exposed to, but most importantly I have really found myself as a student and a person. I would like to transfer to UConn because I have been a part time student
Capitan Mark Kelly Ever since I was a young girl I have always had great dreams and high expectations for myself. Anytime I was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would quickly reply” a lawyer” As the years went by I still had that goal in mind, but I began to realize that I was not exactly Ivy League material. Though I did work really hard in my classes, I was still at best average. During my junior year I took my SAT’s, and cried when I got my scores back. For many years I was scared to go to college because I thought I wasn’t college material.
Emily Horner Professor Lafond English Comp 1 9 October 14 Education Systems Over the last 50 years the college graduation rates has been unpredictable. There are many different theories that people have come up with as to why this is happening. For example, some theories include every generation of students continues to get even more intelligent than the one before or the curriculum that is being taught has changed. Brent Staples, author of Why Colleges Shower Their Students with A's, seems to think that it is all because of the administration. While on the other hand, Geoffrey Canada, education advocate from TED Talks, seems to think that curriculum and the business plan haven't changed at all in the last 50 years because people are