College Life Essay

first day of college; it was exciting and made us nervous at the same time. Like all first-year students, we were scared. It was fun knowing we would be free to do whatever we wanted to do, and there would be no one to stop us from living the ideal college life. Initially, you were my housemate, and that was incredible because you know how to make the best of any situation. During the first week, you, Kev, and I had fun going to some amazing parties. However, we realized that college life is not…

you’d expect the punishments or events that were “exciting” in my life. It was always the same and that’s why when I get out of this place called “shool”(Megamind) and get on with my life because every task is the same. Wake up, get ready, go to school, go to every class, be expected to finish all of my assignments, go home, sleep, and hope I can get through the next day alive. I’m sick of it. I want to live an amazing and extravagant life. In movies and on TV I always seem to hear the same old…

My professional life has lead me down many paths. I graduated as a wide-eyed, “straight A” student from high school, prepared and eager to serve my country in the United States Air Force Reserves. When I began my undergraduate degree, I sought to enter the field of electrical engineering. After two years of studying, I changed course and pursued the arena I was truly passionate in – Criminology and Criminal Justice. While attending college as a full-time student the University of Missouri –…

I worked full-time at McDonalds while finishing high school in Grande Prairie, Alberta, and believed I had no shot at college (this being the pre-internet years). After graduation, I instead followed a lifelong dream and travelled to Europe where I spent six years backpacking through dozens of countries. Even two decades later I still consider this period as my formative…

The Dream Life On May, 20th 2018, it was finally graduation. My friends, boyfriend, and I were all together for lunch and getting ready. “Stevie! Where is the punch?” said Russ, my boyfriend. He was rummaging through my refrigerator looking for his whole gallon of punch to take to our graduation ceremony, for himself! My house was full of all the people that mean the most to me, my boyfriend, my best friends, Gabi, Cecilia, Makayla, Brady, Gabe. W, Gabe. G Michael, Miguel, and Robert, I guess…

moment, I was hyperaware of everything that was happening around me. Every blink, every cough, even the constant ticking of the clock at the back of the room made me more uneasy than I already was. I waited patiently, as patiently as I ever had in my life, for the “Go” from my teacher. Even after receiving the cue, it took me, what seemed like minutes, to finally open my mouth to speak. My mind was racing and instead of reciting the words that I had carefully written out…

Life moves at a very fast pace. Especially when you’re a teenager, like me. But did you know there’s a way to stop time? Okay not literally but… there are little things for each and everybody that helps them slow down and forget and just be in the moment. For me, it’s tennis practice, at night, in the dark, by myself. To me, tennis is a representation of life. When it’s time for the sun to set, it’s time for me to arrive. My routine for my late night solo activities starts with a light stretch…

There is nothing worse than those who had it all planned out and at last minute realise that your perfect life is a fantasy. Suddenly, you fall into a giant trap and found yourself at the edge of a cliff, you climb or you fall, one wrong move and your life is ruined. Someone like me, I had my future planned out. I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Becoming a doctor has always been my dream, well not always, but after I wanted to…

Compassion for All My most valued intellectual virtue is my sense of compassion for life and for living beings. I feel an unbreakable sense of passion and emotion towards all people, animals, and life itself. With so much beauty to be found in the people we meet, the locations we visit, and the experiences we undergo, it truly affects me deeply to see anyone or anything suffer through a life that offers less than it has the potential to provide. Witnessing sadness and despair impacts my…

Everyone has a goal in life, and each goal can be met if the effort is put in to achieve these goals. Goals can either be physical accomplishments, mental, or even social. The only way a person can meet their goal is by deciding whether they want to put the effort in or not. To some, they might think their dreams will come to them easily, or they will just be given whatever they wish to receive, but I have learned that is not the case. Through basketball, school, and home, I have learned that…