College Admissions Essay: My Career As A College Student

Being a young girl that only knew the life of a catholic private school, a change of pace can surely jumble up your brain. For many, many years you are taught a certain way, certain beliefs, but all of a sudden, the way of learning fiercely changes. Considering I grew up with learning the beliefs of being catholic in school, I didn’t learn much about other religions or other ways of school life other than a catholic private school, until I journeyed off to public school. The transition of school atmospheres creates an abundance of changes for a girl like me. This expansion of cultures assisted me to adapt to my surroundings in a myriad of ways. An example of this change is transitioning from a school of 700 students within 10 grades to a school of 1800 students in four grades. During my freshman year, I experienced a dynamic shift in my way of life, such as different individuals in a wide …show more content…
I can use these skills to help me in the classes and the new environment of college. My dream during college is to work for the school’s newspaper which I aspire to help the paper with all that I have in me. Being on a newspaper staff can help me even further with adjusting to the school and all the new people I am going to meet. Having the skills of transitioning from a private school to a public school helped me improve my social skills to the point where I know I have to be comfortable in every situation. I can’t control what happens to my life in situational environments, but you can control how you decide to handle it. What matters the most is how you yourself handle the situation and change. If you go about the change in a negative way, you won’t be able to help yourself. I try to always have a positive outlook on changes due to this event in my life. It helped me to realize you have to look on the positive side of