Junior college

I don’t have any concerns in the social or academic aspect about moving from my pre-college identity to Framingham State. In High school I was always involved with extracurricular activities such as Student Council, School Council, Community Service Club, and Step Up to excellence while still maintaining a part time job. Similar to high school I want to get involved in my community at Framingham State University such as participating in the Afro-Caribbean Dance, Alternative Spring Break, and…

athletics, Richard Sherman attended the Stanford where he played receiver for the first three years of his collegiate career. Richard played only four games his junior year due to a season ending knee injury and was granted a medical redshirt. As a receiver, Richard caught 84 passes for a total of 1,340 yards and 7 touchdowns. The spring after his junior year Sherman made the switch to defense, where he found the position that would make him an All-Pro. During his two years on the defensive side…

words, there are other facets in the world that bring inspiration, assurance, and encouragement to us like music. For me, Rachel Platten’s single “Fight Song” is what brings me those beautiful things. I first heard the song during the spring of my junior year and it has been on my playlist ever since. I love the song’s relatability to my life through its lyrics and how it has pushed me to strive for what I want in life, despite the odds against me. While the song has only been around for only a…

and college, but life as well. Ms. Cleger is my AVID teacher and the educator who inspires me to strive for excellence. I have been in the AVID program since it was offered to me in the 7th grade. I have had four different AVID teachers in the last four year, but one has really helped me to work harder towards my goals. I met her during my junior year and that is a very important year for not only me, but for all high school students. You are beginning to work on the steps to get into college…

this program, I hope to gain many experiences and a family among the future nursing student community. As I take on college, friends with the same ambitions and goals as I is something I find essential. Having an opportunity like this would help best prepare me for the nursing program along but also help me start with my best foot forward in college. I discovered nursing during my junior and senior year of high school. I had many involvements in clubs and extracurricular activities such as…

High school years are some of the most challenging years many students face. Numerous students would agree that junior year is the most difficult and stressful of the four. Junior year is when you encounter the pressure of doing well on the SAT and ACT so you can get accepted into your dream college and you start taking advanced placement classes which have a different demeanor compared to regular high school classes along with the standard tests and quizzes that are given to you in your regular…

activity participation, I have come through many challenging situations solely through determination. Community college courses, rocketry, and the ACT test are all examples where determination has enabled me to accomplish my goals. The first subject that determination helped me through was my community college courses. As a junior, I was given the opportunity to take community college courses at my local high school. I knew it would be a heavy load to take on considering I was already a…

workshops will prepare me for what I need to do for those exact colleges that I am very interested in. As I plan on taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) on my junior year, I will begin to prepare for it and continue earning hours for job shadowing. Furthermore, my junior year will consist of finalizing my physical therapy common application service (PTCAS) application, taking the GRE, and sorting all of the things I may need for my college applications, like letters of recommendation…

Perrysburg was a great high school but penta is an offer nobody could resist. I get to become a successful cosmetologist while getting a good education. Plus it's practically free, saving me about $10,000 (The Cost of Beauty Schools) This way I can go to college for something else…

In “The Difference between High School and College” a part of the book “College Thinking: How to Get the Best out of College, the author Jack Meiland talks about how college is a subversive institution ,and how many students will go home and create arguments with their parents over the way they live because college changed their views on society. His first point he believes that “In senior high school as continuation of elementary and junior high school in this respect”(104) that means in high…