Why I Want To Pursue College Essay

I choose to pursue my education at this time because I’m 23 years old and feel like I really need to start moving forward right now if I want to live the life I want to live. I wanted to be that student who did everything right and went to a good college right out of high school but I feel very sick during my senior year and even though I tried to pursue a college education after high school I ended up having to drop out. After a long road of recovery I’m finally confident I’m healthy enough to pursue a challenge like this. I want to have kids someday but only if I know I can give them a great life full of opportunities. Right now without a college education its hard for me to see that happening. This is so important to me. I believe my studies will improve my career development by proving me with an arsenal of knowledge and tools for success. I’ve already learned so much during the first week between my first two classes such as new writing skills and new perspectives on the world economies. When I look online at different places hiring it seems like everyone wants someone with a bachelors degree to be working for them and nothing less qualifies. At least for the jobs that offer good pay and benefits, and that’s what I’m striving towards. I hope …show more content…
The classes I plan to register for are CS 1101 Programming Fundamentals and MATH 1201 College Algebra. The classes I plan to register to take during term 5 are CS 1102 Programming 1 and AHIST 1401 Art History. I plan on taking 2-3 courses each term in order to achieve my future career goals as soon as possible. I will take 2 courses each term until I feel 100% confident that taking on 3 courses wouldn't be too challenging for me. I have already marked my calendar up to August 2016 with all the important dates in the course calendar. I’ll make sure that when it comes to my education that I plan out everything as extensively as I can in order to achieve my future