Why I Chose To Go To College

I do not want to be like everyone else. Yes, people go to college to obtain an education, as well as, to pursue their desired future careers. However, I want to go to college for three main reasons: to receive a quality education, to gain experience and to be placed in a challenging environment. Acquiring an education of high quality , which I will most certainly obtain from George Mason University, allows me to learn and receive necessary information in alignment with my major. In addition to education, I want to gain intrapersonal and interpersonal experiences in college. In life, I have seen how college works on TV, but now it is my time to actually live it. Throughout high school, I was exposed to things that I was interested in. However, there was not a …show more content…
The diverse campus Mason provides will allow me to be able to engage with others who do not resemble me, but are still similar to me. For example, there are tons of students on campus. Therefore, I am able to meet a new person every day. Each person I meet, equals a new memory and shared adventure. Last but not least, I want to go to college so that I can be challenged, I am extremely passion about hard work. Being put into a challenging environment helps to surface new things out of a student. This is what I live for. I see work in a cause and effect manner. The effort you put in every task is the cause and the outcome is the effect. For example, I did a project in eighth grade for an FCCLA State Star Event. There were two options I could take. Option one meant that I could do the work that was given to me. On the other hand, there was option two, which included taking the easy path --feeding off of others ideas. Fortunately, I selected option one and truly I am grateful. The work I put in the project was not easy, but I did it and reaped the benefits. I was awarded with a medal. I believe that George Mason University can and will