College for me was an unreachable goal that I had set my eyes on upon graduating from high school. Since I could remember I had was diagnosed with a learning disabilities. With theses disabilities colleges would be a hard road; nevertheless, I want to attend school. Starting in community college I worked long hard hours trying to grasps the high speed learning environment. Many times in college with disabilities, i would ask myself if it even worth it, many they were right to give up this goal.…
An experience that has happened to me that will help me with my goals in school would be my time in the military. While I was in the military I learned that using time wisely, making smart choices and improved my reading and writing skills. Using time wisely is one of the most important things you can do. If you waste your time you can get so far behind that you fail. I have never been a failure and don’t plan to start anytime soon.…
As summer started to end I was asked frequently: “Are you ready for college?” During my break I could not get over the fact that I have just graduated high school and now I am off to Cal State San Marcos. Summer seemed like a flash and college was creeping behind my shoulders. During the last miserable two weeks all I could imagine was that my hope and dreams were going to be trampled by my fears. When I applied to San Marcos I was full of optimism, not knowing that college would be harder than expected.…
I would definitely describe myself as someone who is always willing to try new things, including eating strange types of food, chewing on a “tongue numbing” plant at the Arboretum, and licking the bottom of daddy longlegs to see if it tastes like peppermint. Signing up for Orion was opening up the door to a new challenge that I have never experienced before. I have never gone hiking, let alone backpacking, nevertheless I gave the experience my all and what I got back from it was exponential. When faxing those final forms for this trip, I did not realize the amount of teamwork that would go into this experience.…
Starting college can be a difficult decision and staying in college can be ever tougher. Motivation and determination is what pushes students to achieve their goals, feel fulfilled and improve overall quality of life. This paper will discuss my motivations for starting college, techniques I have developed to keep going and graduate as well as my personal action plan to stay motived throughout this journey. One of the first things that motivated me to start college was the feeling of being left behind in my career.…
Today, all high schools prepare their students to achieve one major goal: to attend college so they can have a successful life. There are reasons why people should attend college, but college is not worth all your time and effort. College isn’t worth it because there are other jobs that pay emplo yees well without a college degree, there are better options for education, and it’s too expensive. College isn’t worth it because there are other careers that offer the same or higher salary even if you don’t have a college degree.…
At the end of my five year spell at Marywood, I want to earn a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Achieving this goal would allow me to pursue my dream of becoming an architect. I will need to exercise many principles and keep a strong hold of my values in order to realize this dream. Marywood’s core values of excellence and empowerment will be key to my success. Challenging individuals of all backgrounds to achieve their full potential is a big part of Marywood’s mission, and I intend to reach the peak of my abilities during my time here.…
I believe that we are the first generation, as whole, that collectively thought about college for most of our educational career. Should I go to college? Where should I apply? What must I do or sacrifice to manifest my plans? These questions should no longer limited towards the rich, the boys, the white community, or even the most intellectually elite.…
I grew up in what is considered a low income family, but I’ve always wanted to go to college. Before I even understood the concept of degrees, I would tell my parents “I want to go to college for seven years!” because I thought we could just choose how long we could go to college for. As I grew up, my goals became realistic. Instead of being president, however, I now want to do something that involves helping others and educating.…
Everyone has obstacles that they have to face while they try to reach the top of their potential, but each and every one of these obstacles you can overcome. Personally, I have had any obstacles in my life, but in order for me to keep rising I have to get past them. While climbing I am trying my best in all of my school work and preparing myself for the future so I can get to where I want to be. For example, I am making sure that I get all A or B grades in my classes so I would be accepted into a college.…
Challenges are in the way of people's life goals. That's why some people's dreams success, and others don't, simply because they don't work hard at it. Those people don't tell themselves, "Nothing is impossible. There is no limit for what you can do. " They try to do it, but they just give up.…
Giving an opinion is the best way for people to know each other, and we all are different: in personality, in our hobbies and even on how we look. But we also have a lot of things in common. So, with this in mind, I’ll give you my perspective of why students do or do not go to college to learn. If you are here in university you have passed all along for the other grades.…
“Your never too old to earn a college degree”, its sounds cliché but not for me since I started school later in my life. Being born and raised in a latin family household with nine brothers and sisters, my parents only focused me to work to help support our family financial needs. Eventually throughout my life ,I got married, had children, therefore I had to work , work and work. I never had time for myself finally as my children became older and left for college, I took some time off of work for a couple of years mostly due to my ill parents but in the meantime, I felt like it was my chance to go back to school and get the education I wanted and a degree since my kids are all grown. I walked into the admission office of Los Medanos College…
Don’t let anything get in your way of accomplishing your dreams. Most importantly, Never forget you are loved by your family deerly and if you ever need help just ask that's why they are there for you is to help you get through life and teach us. Also you wrote your own senior quote from scratch which states: Life is about perspective, Nothing is impossible means two different things. The first meaning is That nothing is impossible if you don’t give up. The second meaning is That To be nothing is impossible.…
People throughout the world learn new things from day to day whether it is something big or something small. I learned three new things while I spent my time in summer school. Some of the things people learn can be good or bad depending on what it was and what kind of person you are. The three things I want to tell you about is that I can improve myself in anything if I give enough effort. Finishing school with no failing class is a good idea.…