Narrative Essay Examples for College

college.The goal after high school is to go to college or university to get a degree in computer science.I want to be independent and be able to support myself with a good education.The next thing to do is find a job close to my family to be able to see them often.Another goal that I have is to buy my own apartment or house that I will live in. The main goal that I have after high school is to graduate and then go to college.I want to go to college because I want to pursue my career.I…

After about six years of being an ordinary, rather unremarkable person, I finally came to the conclusion that I will never be amazing at anything. I will never be the perfect all-star varsity player, or the perfect test-taker who can get a 100% on every test without studying, or the perfect anything, actually. Many say that nobody's perfect, but I have seen people that come very close. I used to pity myself, thinking, "I can never be them." Well, I still think that way. What has changed, however…

My college search has been centered on two main components, the first is being a small liberal arts school and the second is money. I first discovered Vassar while reading the Fiske Guide to College. I liked the school enough to take a day and participate in a campus tour and information session the campus was absolutely beautiful, the history was intriguing and the quirky facts, like how the college had been banned from competing in world records due to fibbing about their longest unsupported…

As a child, going to college was a foreign to me. I didn’t see it as a priority, it was not important to me because I hardly even knew it existed. I was your average 7 year old boy running the streets of Albuquerque, New Mexico during the summer, coming home with a black eye and busted lip from fist fights, coming home to a garbage filled apartment, coming home to find my mother lying on the torn up leather couch out cold reeking of booze with a bottle in her hand, coming home late at night to…

mail saying that I got into a college named The Mariah Paulk College of the Arts. I was not familiar with that college; although, I have a feeling my mom did the application process for me. I decided to do my research on the school and found out that it was ranked the number one Ivy League school in the world; I was astonished. This time mom, doing something without my permission actually worked out. However, three months later I was off to The Mariah Paulk College of the Arts. It took me…

Prior to this academic year I knew next to nothing about Oberlin other than the fact that it was a college and it existed. It wasn’t until my college counselor recommended I apply there. Originally I wasn’t going to look into the school much since I was swamped with school work, family problems, and other college applications. I’d done some research into the school, but it was mainly financial research, looking to cost, financial aid, and scholarships. But I realized, for every other school I…

turning 16 years old and getting my driver’s license. This meant I was finally able to go out on my own and not rely on others to take me places anymore. In the year of 2016, I also began taking classes at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute to earn college credits. College is much different than grade school, and I had to experience this difficult transition when I was only a junior in high school. When I got my license in 2016, I took on several responsibilities that I did not…

I experienced two big realities at the start of my college experience, both can be described as disappointing and surprising. I had heard rumors of what to expect out of college from my friends, what was portrayed in entertainment media such as YouTube, Facebook, or just general TV shows. Two of my expectations from college did not turn out as anticipated. I had the impression college would be more social than what I was lead to believe, as well as the intense academic difference from high…

After touring Georgia College, I became excited for the future ahead of me. I can visualize myself draped in a dark robe, standing on a stage to receive my diploma, thinking nostalgically of the memories I hold with GCSU. I think of the clubs I involved myself in such as environmental initiatives and community service clubs. I notice my peers who helped me to succeed, regardless of how overwhelmed I sometimes felt, who encouraged me and reminded me of my strengths. I reflect on the semester I…

My freshman year of college I struggled greatly with the cost of college. I had moved out of my mother’s house and was living with my grandmother. I worked a part time job of 15 hours while taking 19 hours of school. Because I did not have my own place I was still considered under my mother’s income. My mother does not make very much money. She is a small business owner who works her hardest to do what she can. My stepdad however makes a sufficient amount of money, but because I am not his…