Personal Statement: What I Want To Do After College

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I always wanted to go to college and get a good degree. My hardest struggle was what I want to do after high school. What do I want to do for the rest of my life? If I start saving up money now I will be able to go to college. College takes time and dedication if you don’t have that then you are wasting your money. I been going back and forth to a couple of colleges that I would like to go to.
To begin, my plans after high school that I’m going to stick with so far is to work for a year then attend college. In that year I will have enough time if I really know want to major in that certain area. The biggest problem college students have is they change their major and they are in debt. I don’t want to be in debt. I know that college is going
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I would probably do this right after high school because my memory is fresh and I won’t forget the important stuff. I know high school and college is way different. There will be more work. It would be hard for me to work and do college at the same time. I won’t have the time to do things. Once I’m in college it will be hard for me to do things beside study. I don’t know how I’m going to pass because I have a hard time with school. One nice thing about being in an IEP is the IEP will transfer over to college and they will help me there. I always thought about online college. If I did online college I would be still living at home until I have enough money to get my own place. Money will be tight for a long time. If I did this at my parent house then I don’t have to pay for rent or groceries. This will my last option because I would like see myself going to college and experience it. I will have to study hard and stay focus and if I do that I will pass. Freshman college student go just for the parties and mess around and that is something I don’t want to do. If I do online college then I will have to find a spot that is quite not my house so I can focus. I know if I didn’t this there will be a lot of distractions for me. I get distracted so much and it going to be hard. The good thing about online college is there are some that are free so I don’t have to pay for it which is

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