Junior college

how to better myself in classes and to maintain good grades, but the second semester of junior year I received a D in English 3AP. I am now taking English 3P to make up for this deficiency on my transcripts. However, I have always been able to maintain at least a 3.27 GPA and participate in sports and clubs on campus. I have learned how to stay focused and on task, which will be a huge help as I move on to college. Attendance While in high school I have maintained…

During my first semester of college I endured many hardships along with some irresponsibility on my part, which I am not proud of, but taking ownership of my mistakes are the first steps to improvement and success. These factors combined led to unsatisfactory grades and disappointment from myself, my family, friends, and peers who know what I am capable of and expected more from me. Starting my first semester of college as a biology major I over extended myself. The high school that I…

people are discussing if student-athletes should be compensated for their effort. This topic has raised a controversial debate over student-athletes in college being compensated. Allowing student-athletes to be compensated would provide a challenge for some colleges. In division 1 sports, more than 460,000 students play over 23 sports every year. Colleges receive the most money through sports that include,…

The future lies in the hands of those currently in school. Arguably, the most important time is college when one has to choose which career path to pursue. As a junior in high school, I can say that I am definitely feeling the societal pressures to build up a good résumé for colleges to see my full potential. With all the standardized tests, workshops, and advice from teachers and peers since elementary school, it has been instilled in our minds that the standard way of life is to attend…

High school, a scary thought. Junior year, even more terrifying. Knowing that college is right around the corner and I am in no way prepared. Knowing that decisions for the future must be started to me made. What college are you going to? What scholarships are you going to apply for? What are you going to study in college? Science and math? What if you do not like what you are studying? What do you want to become in the future? A doctor? The only answer I truly can come up with is I do not know.…

Finally, I job shadowed the owner of a small aircraft maintenance, repair and flying company and realized this is what I am going to do for my career. My plan to become a pilot starts with me getting a collegiate education. I plan to go to a community college for two years to get my AA and take flight training. From then I plan to finish school at a university to obtain my Bachelors degree. These plans are to prepare me for my future in the job…

As young adults, they struggled to gain an education and neither finished college but with persistence they worked extremely hard to give me the opportunity to achieve in higher education. My mother is my role model because as a woman she not only showed me how to value hard work but how a woman is capable of being so resilient…

to college is a valid choice, does any cognitive development happens due to going to college? Around the 1950s and 1960s, William G. Perry, Jr. (1999) conducted a longitudinal study of university students going through their four years of education through a series of interviews and created Perry’s theory of intellectual development…

I succeeded on that. Junior year it was for getting our senior class a senior trip. And we succeeded with that aswell. For our school to have a senior trip wasn't an easy thing. It's not a tradition for our school. There was a lot talking and convincing myself and 3 others had to do. A Lot of approval. And now here we are. Senior year. The goal this year is to successfully make it into college. Then to have four more goals in the four years I’ll spend in college. With college comes all sorts of…

showed how most first generation students navigate their way through the college application process while expressing some of the benefits and disadvantages first generation students encounter. Who were featured in the film? Donte is a smart young man who ran into trouble when he was younger; as a result, he changed his life around. Donte later spent much of his time picking his GPA up and playing football in pursuit of a college education. Jess goes to a small school and works in her mom’s…