Personal Narrative: My Transition To College

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Defined as many things including that of both negative and positive aspects, College is an endless conjunction of acrimony and opportunity, creating this opposing utopia that fools everyone into stepping into its pool; controversial, yet practical. Of course, college wasn’t made for simplicity. It is the first step to accomplishing your goals and ambitions in life; and life- intrinsically-won’t be an easy task. But to go through high school, then experience that transition to college is more than a slap in the face. College is a back-breaking, tear-jerking, jaw-dropping, vending-machine-slicing experience that will leave you tangled up in your own pathway towards stardom. I have been working all my life to get where I want to be and now this

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