College

wait to experience college. As a child, my favorite video game was The Sims 2 University Life, and I constantly created new Sims to replay the college experience. My Sims always stayed up studying, and I thought that was an accurate depiction of college. But as I grew up, I realized that there is more to college than studying in hopes of getting a high paying job. College is where I hope to have fun and experience many unique opportunities. The main reason I want to go to college is to simply…

A college education is a necessary prerequisite for future success because it provides you with preferable opportunities for a future career, teaches teenage high-school graduates a new sense of responsibility, and increases your chances of being hired when applying for a job. Universities provide students with the proper education that they would need to qualify them for higher-ranking careers. In the article “8 Major Benefits of College” by Rachel Beckstead, Beckstead describes how college…

to the subculture that they were able to provide. The Past, the Present, and the Future walk into a bar… They sat down at the bar of the coffee shop and sipped their usual drinks. The Past drank black coffee while trying to fit in with the other college students inside of this overly colorful coffee shop. This was just another round of school and yet it felt so different than the years prior that he had attended the same school. The Present held a sugary frappuccino…

important going to college is for each individual, whether they attend a trade school, community college, or university. Students take tests that suggest where they are more knowledgeable, what they are more interested in, what field they are more likely to succeed in. This sets up each individual to discover their interests and hone the necessary skills to ultimately get accepted into the college of their choice. For some this requires a lot more work than others. In “Why Elite-College…

don’t know what to expect when transitioning from high school to college. Although some high school classes simulate a college classroom environment, students don’t experience the urgency that they will experience in college. Compared to a year of college, a year of high school is quite leisurely. Time goes by much quicker, and much more is packed into the time students have at college. Although adjusting to the quicker pace of college is one of the major challenges, students can use several…

While college is a vital part of my future plans of earning a bachelor’s degree in both finance and risk management, it is also extremely expensive! God has blessed me with amazing parents. My Dad is self-employed and a 33 year member of the Arkansas National Guard while my Mom is a special education teacher. They have always planned to help with the financial burden of college as long as I earn good grades, maintain any scholarships that I may receive and keep a part time job, but I need…

Colleges nationwide spend millions of dollars annually to help improve the appearance and conditions of sports fields. Colleges are spending more money on the athletic department more than ever before. “Between 2004 and 2014, there has been an 89% increase in new equipment that is affiliated with sports.” (Lipford, Jody W. and Jerry K. Slice. 2015). Since college sports have become very popular than before, more administrators are interested in investing more money for athletes. There needs to…

thesis, look at the following paragraph from your essay: “Supporters of a college education would argue that without a college degree you can barely afford the basics. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Affairs, the average wage of those…

children begin thinking about college when they are in middle school and sometimes while they are still in elementary school. They believe that starting their children early in the college thinking process and determining what their career is essential. But, others think that this will result in burnout, or the lack of interest. I think that I should have started to think about college and my career earlier than I did, also there are many pros to the early development of college and there are…

As a college student there are many goals I need to achieve in order to succeed both in and out of this class. This course is important because it will help me achieve a higher education, push me towards success in the future, and help me be a more organized and inquiring person. Taking college classes is very important to me because getting a good education allows you to be self-dependent and successful. By taking these classes it will help me get more job opportunities which will then help me…