Why I Want To Go To College

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When looking for colleges I first started by looking at some states I've always wanted to go to, for me going to college is finally being able to start developing my future and location is extremely important in that aspect. I was born in Massachusetts and after moving away we have taken a few trips back home, every time I've gone it made me fall more in love with the idea of finally being in a city setting again. The second thing I looked for was protection laws, I really need to be in a state that respects the LGBT community. Thirdly, I was looking for a school that would provide me with the best education and had an extensive psychology program, but was also realistic. I wanted to make sure my goal was obtainable.

Clark has everything I was looking for and the more I read about it the more it just made sense that I would be a good fit to go there. The student to staff ratio is perfect, I was
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It's something that I almost can't put into words but I am trying to for the sake of this essay. It was, to me, an immediate connection after my research. It really didn't seem like any other college had a chance against Clark in my mind. Something that has really stuck by me was that by random chance I met someone on tumblr who is currently enrolled in Clark. I am friends with him on snapchat and always seeing the pictures of campus actually make my chest ache from how much I want to go to this college. To me, meeting someone who actually goes to the school and getting to talk to someone was such an amazing experience. I am unable to visit the campus due to finances so it was nice to be able to have someone there answer my questions and tell me what the school is like. I know that Clark is the college for me, it's all I've talked about since discovering the school and my heart has been set on being able to

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