Applying For College

As a child, I remember always saying I want to live in a large house with all my close relatives. In retrospect, that was my greatest but far fetched fantasy, since I did not realize then how divided and chaotic my life truly was. I still don’t, since they say I pushed down all my unpleasant memories, and when I’m ready they’ll come out. I often regain glimpses of the past that hurt me deeply, so I wonder do I genuinely want to remember everything? Let’s rewind. A nickname for the South is the Bible Belt. Church is a part of everyone’s life, no matter what the social class. You pray for every meal, and every day and night you pray. I didn’t pray. There are so many different words that describe beautiful ways to worship, but I can think of none. I memorize the words I hear every day, like the Lord’s prayer, I repeat them, but no belief is held behind the words. I stare at the worshippers with their eyes closed and wonder how the same words have so much meaning for them. As I go home to my mother, her boyfriend and my step sister, I find the reason why I can’t pray. No matter how hard I deny it, they’re still the reason why.

My fondest childhood memories are hauling livestock behind the craters of the moon national park in central Idaho. Clouds of moon dust covered the winding dirt roads littered with rattle snakes and horned toads. Riding in a weathered red and white Kenworth tractor, I was 11 and on top of the world siting in the passenger seat next to my grandfather. My grandfather told me there are two achievements that matter most in life, earning a degree and having children. He was right about one of the achievements, nothing in life comes close to having children, but I don’t know how the other one feels. I aspire to be a mentor for my children by having a college degree. I want my children to have the father, freedom and financial stability that

I am in an anomalous situation. I am an immigrant from Venezuela, have been living in the States for 10 years as of September, and am not yet considered a permanent citizen. This has of course circumscribed my options, but it has widened my perspective and encouraged my engagement in academic activities to benefit the rigor of my academic profile. In the ongoing process of striving to overcome my own limitations and deficits, I have grown to value assiduity and diligence. College applications have surfaced, and I am definitely limited. Although, I grateful to have opportunities to be able to attend an institution of higher education and hopeful to fulfill my potential.

This was all that I needed, a college who wanted me as a student. My search was over. I was accepted and have been at Eastern Nazarene College since. I have pushed myself to my true ability and have improved my grades tremendously since high school, proving to others and myself that I really do have what it takes to be successful.

I am interested in being an EXPLORE OC, because I want to aid and mentor new Tulane students as they begin their first year as a college student. I understood what having a rocky transition was like, because I experienced the Baton Rouge flood first-hand. Seeing the waters and destruction of my childhood home was unsettling. However, what helped me was being able to reach out to others for support, especially to older Tulane students, who had experience moving into a new area and had to create new social circles. In addition, the volunteering scene was also another obstacle, because I had zero connections and was unknown to what was available to me and needed in the community. Because of my experiences at the beginning of freshman year, I want

The gravity of my decision to become the first person in my family to apply to college was not lost on me. One prominent fact, I faced was my lack of preparation for college level work. My education prepared me for tradesmen level work, not higher education. The basic skills of effective study habits, note taking abilities, and test taking strategies were not developed by the time I completed high school. Yet, I held a deep belief that I could do anything if given the opportunity. That was one skill set that my parents helped foster within me as a young person. Consequently, I was prepared to face and solve the forthcoming challenges. During my time at Purdue University, I developed a learning system to aid me to be successful. This system has continually adapted and strengthened throughout my career.

I have learned a great deal both through formal and informal education up to this point and am thrilled to embark on my next stage of development. I really see the college search a lot like music. There are a plethora of options out there, but it is a very personal choice which one is right for you. Some like rock, others like pop, but no matter what genre speaks to you most, the favorite choice speaks to people deeply and inspires them tremendously. When I looked at the campus of New Jersey City University I knew my heart was singing for me to go there. Researching the area, the facilities, the programs, and the demographic was like a perfect symphony all coming together at once.

I am a senior in high school and I am learning what I want to do with my life and what college I want to go to and how I apply for it. The major that I want to go into is Registered Nursing which is a good thing to know going into college and if that college has it which mine does offer. I am about to explain the steps to get in the college of Stephen F. Austin (SFA). The steps are the application process, housing, and then the financial Aid package. It is very important to do all of the steps as early as possible because if you do not, there might not be a spot open for you when you are ready to apply for college.

The process of applying to colleges has been a whole new ball game for me, a game I was not yet ready to play, a game that has sent my stress level through the roof. This experience has been much different from any other one I have met, this experience has stressed me out to the max. It hit me that this process determines where I start the next chapter of my life. It's nothing compared to going from your Freshman to Sophomore year of high school. This is a big change. Recently, I let all of my emotions out to my mom, how stressed I had grown over this, she told me how surprised she was considering she knew my personality and didn't expect this to upset me. However, she said something that has repeated itself in my head over and over. She told me that “applying to college was only the beginning, and all the stress that [I am] feeling is only preparing me for the harder times ahead. This is nothing compared to what [I’m] going to face in the future.” She was right, I should not stressing over whether I get into schools because if I think this is difficult, who knows what I'm going to do in the future when something major happens.

My goal is to apply to all my college’s on time, early acceptance. It may not appear as an astonishing goal. However, applying to college is the first step to prospering in a world set for one to fail. Applying to colleges means to me that I’ve triumphed my obstacles - child of divorced Hispanic immigrant and self hate leading to lack of motivation, those are things of the past am I right? Now to reach this goal i had to be motivated and determined, which didn't come easy, however, it was not necessary physically obstacles stopping me,more like the atmosphere in front of me. one of my toughest obstacles is simply trying to motivate myself, to push through the pain and negativity. I was on my own to figure everything out with little to no advice.

Unfortunately, neither “fairness” or “justice” appear as they are in the educational system. Mitchell J. Chang Daria Witt, James Jones, and Kenji Hakuta’s “Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities” provides such an example in the aspect of the college admission process that complicates the matter and reveals the contradiction between the actual circumstances and the master narrative. The authors directly pointed out that against the bootstrap intuition that individuals are able to work themselves up, the “students’ ability to compete academically for college admissions are highly influenced by multiple social forces,” many of which cannot be personally surmounted (113). These social forces

For many, college is one of the most existentially demanding periods of their lives. The pressure to choose a career, live independently and navigate social demands can leave students questioning who they are, the meaning of life, and if college itself has meaning. Despite its cultural association with freedom, college can lead to feelings of entrapment and powerlessness. These feelings can arise from physical restrictions, such as living in crowded dorm rooms, course and major requirements, the burden of student loans, juggling school and work, and the need to select a career path upon entry to college. At a time when questions of identity are at the forefront, these burdens are often one too many, and students, especially those who struggle

The most frustrating thing about applying to college is that it can get overwhelming. You think you have so much time during senior year, but the months fly by fast. You have to meet deadlines for college applications, maintain a good grade point average, on top of that you have to retake or begin taking the SAT and the ACT. The reason for that is because you have to have the scores to balance out your GPA to get accepted to college. The most frustrating thing is completing applications on my own time. Time management plays a big role too.

For the past few months I have diligently pursued my goal of achieving an overall score of 310 on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). I chose this goal because I wanted to push my limits as a student and prove to myself that I am capable of succeeding on standardized exams. Additionally, because the GRE is highly touted as a valid measure of a student’s potential success in graduate school, I knew that a high score would be imperative towards graduate school admission. Furthermore, as a student ready to apply into the ever so competitive field of speech pathology, I wanted to ensure that I did everything I could to make my application as strong as possible. As such, I spent countless hours studying to achieve my goal

The college application process had to have been one of the most trying periods of my life. I would nod along as my peers complained of stress and procrastination, often punctuating their lament with a shrug or a laugh.