University of Akron

But also I have to set a good example for my sisters because they look up to me. Some of them want to be me because they think that everything that I do is perfect. The reasons for attending Akron is a different story. I first wanted to attend Duke University but there was a $89 application fee and my ACT score was 21 so I was scared to get rejected by my dream school. So next was OSU which was great because my friend Joe was going there and we could hang out but at my school we use a program called Naviance and another that I cannot remember the name of, that needed to be sync together. So even though I did the easy and application they did not know who I was because they did not have a transcript and by the time I found out it was too late to apply for the main campus. Then Xavier University in January accepted me and I feel "in love" with that school. In the mail they gave me a 4x6 foot flag with a big blue X on it. I completed everything that needed to be done. I had my roommates as well as my classes. Everything was picture perfect except for one thing, and that was the bill. The total cost of going to Xavier is $46,000 for a year and with all of the of my awards and financial aid it brought it down to $12,000 for this year. To put it in perspective the tuition of Akron University is $11,000 a year. But because I have six sisters my mom could not afford for me to go there. I was so heartbroken, the thought of me not going there made me cry. So about three weeks before…

He didn 't really like it or take it seriously at first. When he was in the seventh grade, he remembers that his mother, while preparing supper, spoke to his father and said, "if Jack didn 't settle down and become more focused" that she, "doubted he would be able to enter college let alone graduate from college. " Shortly thereafter, he challenged her statement. My grandfather decided not to live by that statement or to let that bring him down, but to the contrary, decided to disprove her…

Many families from the seventies and eighties remember Mikey, a young boy featured in a Life cereal commercial first shown in 1972 that aired until 1984 (Ng, 2001). "Mikey likes it!" depicts three brothers seated at the breakfast table with a large bowl of Life Cereal sitting on the table in front of them. The two older brothers discuss that the cereal is supposed to be healthy, but are unsure of how it will taste and neither brother wants to be the first to try it. The two come up with an idea…

them the mindset that hard work far exceeds reliance on natural abilities. To see the way Coach Beal has affected his athletes has reaffirmed my value that I should always place the development of the athletes over winning. I can see that an emphasis is necessary on creating good humans and good citizens to have a good impact in their lives and not on the temporary satisfaction of winning. I will try to instill positive values of cooperation, leadership, acceptance, and effort in all my athletes…

There haven’t been many constants in my life so far, but my love for and almost reliance on sports has been one of the most consistent things that I have come to know. Growing up in a huge, Catholic family of seven children was destined to be a place where athletics thrived; although we never quite had enough kids for even teams. I had an interesting introduction to sports; when I was about one-year old, my parents moved my whole family from our home of Akron, Ohio to Manchester, Vermont, where…

Sylvia Plath’s “Morning Song” explores a mother’s complex emotions towards her newborn child after giving birth for the first time. Although motherhood is often regarded as a joyous event that gives a woman’s life purpose and meaning, “Morning Song” instead depicts motherhood as a complicated event fraught with uncertainty and fear, but also with love and affection. Rather than expressing overwhelming love and happiness, the mother in the poem feels distant from her child and gradually learns to…

Better to Be Ahead I have been doing the same routine for the last 12 years now, wake up at the crack of dawn, rush to get myself ready and try to look at least a little presentable. I’d get to school and have to listen to the teachers lecture us about how we aren’t going anywhere in life and have to put up with immature kids who just want to mess around at school all day. I put up with all of this all because I want a good education and to be able to make my family proud. “What are you…

attend. The author, April Yee, made a few key points about why young adults, attending higher education. In the article April interviews 34 students from a large urban public university. She studied students who came from many different ethical and racial backgrounds. They was also an even split between them as males and females. Many of the students were either the first in their family to attend college or from parents who 's had at least a bachelor’s degrees and higher. She talks to them as…

At The University of Akron, I have already experienced some great times with some great people. One of my most exciting experiences so far was move in day! Coming to college I didn’t know what to expect, let alone what to expect from Emerging Leaders. On move in day, it was exciting and flowed nice and easy. I was expecting being frustrated trying to get my stuff up to my room, but when I saw all of the students volunteering their time to help out I knew I was in for a good time. After I…

To become successful in college it is essential that one excels academically, but more importantly one must absorb all the knowledge four years at a university can provide, including but certainly not limited to academics. A portion of college success lay in the ability to properly live an independent lifestyle; this includes maintaining a healthy independent living place which will become the central hub of all future success in one’s college endeavors. Living an independent life style also…