Why I Want To Go To College

As a part of community service as well as the goals I set for myself in the near future, I am going to assist students from my neighborhood in becoming familiar with the process of applying to college, the process of finding money for college, as well as link them with opportunities that will contribute to their resumes. I would need the help of my old high school with providing me with a list of not only students who are academically excelling in their courses and simply need cultivation, but also students who may need other means of establishing what will set them apart from other strong candidates when it comes to college admittance and how financial packages given by schools make you weigh the costs and benefits of the school they choose to attend. …show more content…
Students who were advanced academically were given options such as duel-enrollment at the local community college, and or advanced placement opportunities that gave them a shot as obtaining college credit before graduation. It was very clear who those students were that were in those classes or given those opportunities and it was not the student directly from my town. My community was able to help me to achieve my goals of going to college with small town scholarships to help me with my first year, but that was only because I demanded what I felt I worked for. I want to provide a voice for the passive students who accept the systems of disadvantages we are often put in as people of color. It is important for me to do so because if not me, then who else will? It is nice to say that one of us “made it” to some definition of success, but what will be said of the small town I grew up in ten to twenty years from