Graduation Essay

After graduation, many students are going after jobs that will pay the bills, not ones they are qualified for under their major. Reasoning like this makes it seem like they should not have gone to college in the first place if they were just going to chase after…

2015 Graduate Hooding Student Speaker Application Personal Statement PROMPT: Submit a brief personal statement that includes information about yourself as well as why you wish to represent your class at commencement. Include your major and any university activities; may include work and/or internship experiences The completion of my Master’s in Education degree is a process that aligned my personal and professional goals with the mission, vision, and values of Point Park University. To…

called Lewiston-Porter, so here are my thoughts. During this last year of high school I plan on working hard and not slacking with my work load. I plan on making the best of my senior year; my goal is to walk out of this school with no regrets. After graduation I have absolutely no clue what I'd like to do for sure. I'd like to take maybe a semester off before going to college to travel and get to know the world and cultures around me. I'd like to backpack across Europe and visit England,…

Life Changing Graduation “Are you ready for the world to come?” That was what I asked my sister when she was getting ready to graduate High school. Running through my head the thoughts and feelings were sad and happy but most of all it was the feeling and thought that I was going to miss my older sister. “Yeah I think I’m ready for what the world throws my way. I know I’m nervous about leaving and going to college though. Having to move away from you, mom, and dad is going to be the hardest…

was working with animals. I wanted to be a veterinarian and after not being admitted to WT, I considered going to SPC because they have Pre-Vet. But after time and working at a dairy I changed my mind. I plan on majoring in Ag Business and upon graduation I hope to buy a dairy of my own. When I went to take my TSI at WT a few weeks ago I just fell in love with the campus. That was my first time visiting the campus and would never thought it’d be that amazing. I want to stay close to home so I…

Success is something I, along with many other humans, spend a lifetime striving for. It can take several different forms, considering the person defining. According to the Oxford Dictionary success is defined as “The accomplishment of an aim or purpose.” To me, success is the completion of a set goal. Success has countless interpretations; including finding true love, being comfortable financially, graduating with a college education, and living a life full of happiness. Finding love can be…

To be quite honest with myself, I really am not sure why I’m so intrigued to apply and be part of the honors program at DePaul University. I’m an undergraduate who’s feeling so anxious but yet so terrified of being in college and not in high school. Just like any other undergraduate I want to fit in and have a lenient 4-year college experience. But that’s not enough for me because I’m extremely aware of my capacity not just as an individual but also as a student. I’m someone who enjoys the…

The year was 2014. I was a senior in high school, already I had committed to go to Colorado Mesa University, I had a track scholarship and I was going to major in Geology, ultimately wanting to go into petroleum engineering. The only thing was, I didn’t want to. I did not want to go be a geologist, I wanted to travel, to see the world! As cliché as it may have been, I dropped out, I worked for a period of time and sent myself on a trip to Europe to “find myself”. Arriving back home after a few…

According to a study made by The Alliance of Excellent Education, if California's male graduation rate increased by only 5 percent, the state would save up to 2.4 billion in crime costs (2013). 2.4 billion dollars would be saved just by raising the graduation rate of male students in California. Imagine increasing the graduation rate for men and women all around the nation. This would save the government billions of dollars in crime costs that would be put…

In the United States millions of students dropout of school each year. Currently the law states that students can legally drop out of school at age sixteen. The idea of lowering the age to fourteen is ridiculous, even allowing students to legally drop out at the age now is not wise and borders on child abuse. Dropping out of school at sixteen years old, let alone fourteen will impact the student for life. Young people are known to make hasty decisions without much thought to the outcome of their…