Junior college

often request help from my teachers, show up for after school tutoring, or do additional worksheets to further my understanding of said subject. This was ongoing with each new school year. The long term goal overall after high school was to acquire a college education. Regardless, of the fact I had no knowledge of what degree I would be acquiring. However, my electives…

How prepared are you for college? College is a big deal but it is nothing that I can’t handle. I have prepared myself for college through rigorous courses, volunteering, being a member of student council, and traveling. These are opportunities I believe a potential college student should be exposed to. Over the courses of four years I have completed six Advanced Placement courses. The Advanced Placement courses I have taken are, English Language, English Literature, Biology, United States…

G. Jonas, Senior, A. G., Junior , owner of Lenoir Mirror Company, avid golfer, and all around gifted athlete has lived a good life. A. G. Jonas Junior, my grandfather on my mom’s side of the family, is a very unique man. This out of the ordinary grandpa was born on April 29th, 1935, in Lenoir, North Carolina where he continues to live and still goes to work every day. Lenoir has always been his home, he attended college at Lenoir Rhyne for his last two years of college after the first two years…

around the Cypress Lake High School’s hallways, seventy-five percent of surveyed juniors and seniors reported feeling unprepared for the future. Cristina Hernandez, Class President and Advanced Placement (AP) student, stated that, “I had to be very independent mid-junior year, I always cared for school and doing well but I never knew that school was an investment for my future or that I needed certain things to get into college;…

As a hardworking and studious individual, I am determined to continue my education and seek a medical career in the future. Through my dedicated personality, I believe that I can lead others and follow my own path to becoming a physician. College is an extraordinary experience for me to learn and grow as an individual and I plan on taking full advantage of this opportunity. I will participate in a sufficient amount of research to begin integrating myself in the medical field as well as shadow…

When finally choosing the university you want to attend, you apply for financial aid, and think you’re set. According to an article on EducationCorner.com, a helpful website to learn more about school from kinder to college, the average cost of a four-year university is “over $20,000” per semester. This money is for tuition, the dormitory, and other living expenses you’ll have for staying on campus. You have very little knowledge on how to save money when barely graduating…

and vigorous journey. I fell in love with ISU and everything it has to offer on a professional and individual level. (keep?) I first toured Idaho State during my junior year of high school, and I did not experience the typical ‘this is the university for me’ epiphany. I thought there was too many brown brick buildings, the rushing college students…

In the article “Does college matter for emerging adulthood? Comparing developmental trajectories of educational groups” Researchers’ Mitchell and Syed argued in favor of Arnett whom believe that there are multiple emerging adulthoods meaning that there are variations within the concept of emerging adulthood. According to Mitchell and Syed, it has been suggested that non-students do not experience a life with emerging adulthood. The method used involved 1139 individuals who completed surveys as a…

gaining some college experience prior to attending a university, and living on my own. I spent most of my youth traveling with the military, which allowed me to experience foreign cultures first hand. I obtained college credits by being dual enrolled between Wayne School of Engineering, a high school, and Wayne Community College and had freedoms that other high school students do not have, such as being able to travel to the college as a high school student, as young as a sophomore. As a junior…

swim. Soccer interested me for a while, but by the time I was fourteen the sport no longer appealed to me. While reading this it seems as if I was not committed and indecisive about what I did. Which I was and will soon come to realize that in my junior year of high school. Two characteristics I tend to have is learned helplessness­ a term I learned in…