All of my academic career the statement, “We are preparing you for college” has been repeated more times than most of the curriculum I have been taught has. Now it is time to choose where the next chapter of my life will take place, and what my future will hold. I am choosing to attend Indiana University Southeast, because this offers the best opportunity based on my carrier interest and my financial situation. My mother is the only member of my family to attend college, and she only obtained her associates degree. This means I will be the first member of my family to graduate with a bachelors degree. I made a promise to my mother that I will achieve this goal, and will become something with my degree. All of my life I have loved dealing
