Grace College

As an immigrant, I have lived a financially difficult life when my father gambled away our home, savings, and the life we had in Iowa and decided to leave us in Georgia. Overnight my mother was granted custody of my two sisters and I and became a single parent/head of household after more than 12 years of being a stay at home mom. With minimal English and no work experience, my mom initially worked for less than minimum wage jobs, food catering company during the day; where her income was based…

In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell is correct when he claims that It is better to be a “big fish in a small pond,” so attending California State University Sacramento as oppose to UC Berkeley is a better fit for me. When it comes to picking a school, nobody explains it better than Malcolm Gladwell with his “Relative Deprivation Theory”. Malcolm states that the definition of relative deprivation is “Rather than viewing ourselves and making self assessments of where we are at in terms of the…

Prodigy Finance is not a bank andwe don’t want to be. We offer community funded loans to international postgraduate students attending top business schools. The loans are funded by a combination of business school alumni investors, high net worth individuals, the business school community and institutional investors who have an interest in higher education. Students gain access to funding their postgraduate degree that they often otherwise could not afford. Students need to be studying abroad…

was that I understood the concepts. I could answer my teacher’s questions in class and follow along easily. Yet when it came time to take tests and quizzes, I could not focus long enough to do well because of how mentally exhausted I was. My saving grace was that I was meticulous about completing every homework assignment. After the first few weeks of barely scraping by, I realized I had to divert my attention from other areas in my life. I ended up choosing not to participate in my schools…

For most people, turning into a grown-up includes a long move period. As of late, the move from youthfulness to adulthood has been alluded to as developing adulthood, which happens from around 18 to 25 years old. Experimentation and investigation portray the developing grown-up. Now in their advancement, numerous people are as yet investigating which profession way they need to take after, what they need their character to be, and which way of life they need to embrace (for instance, single,…

On my last day at Imhotep Institute Charter High School my future profession was to become a nurse. I attended Medaille College in Buffalo, NY right after graduation . While there I knew that college was not for me plus I missed my family. So I decided to leave Buffalo and attend a trade school back home in Philadelphia. As I was attending trade school, I managed to get a part time job at a daycare. That is when I fell in love with the career of being a teacher. From there I changed my future…

If someone asked me if I could live without any music for one year, I would answer no. Music adds a little color to my everyday life in college and at home. I listen a variety of different genres which alters depending on the mood I am in. Whether it’s singing in the ladies’ ensemble, learning a new instrument, or listening to my favorite artists during my strolls, music has always played an essential part in my life. During my senior year of high school I joined the ladies’ ensemble. Besides…

The first career path that I remember being interested in, is Psychology. It continued to be my first choice until graduation from high school. It was then I thought about a career as a Nurse Practitioner. Once enrolled and attending college, I changed majors serveral times,only to find myself back exactly where I began. I wish to pursue a career in Pyschology. I am in love with the study of the mind. . Although I have tried several areas of study, my intention has always been to help others.…

such a renowned high school made the process of being accepted to a top college “very easy”. Polly proudly expressed the rarity of her achievement and explained that during that period of history, being accepted into a respectable college was difficult due to the lack of education in lower income neighborhoods and the remaining economic hardships from the Great Depression. Following high school, Polly enrolled at Pomona college in Claremont, which today has an acceptance rate of…

take in for week one, but Bellow’s story took me by surprise. Dangling Man shook me. I don’t mean that I found it emotional, I mean that I found it so eerily similar to my life that it brought me to tears. Joseph could be me. I work at a community college, which usually involves working through the summer; however, this year, I was told I would not have a job summer term. That was soul crushing for me. Not only is that three months without pay, but that is three months with no incentive, no…