Senior year, a period full of college applications, prom dress shopping, and spending as much time with friends one may never see again is supposed to be “the time of my life,” and while I did have fun, I also hit the books as hard as I could. During that year, I partook in what my high school as “Dual Enrollment,” and took courses as a part-time student. That year, I was balancing a waitressing job, as well as both college and high school courses. It was difficult at first, but hard-work, and determination…

prepare to graduate as well as get ready for college. Filling out a college application and writing an essay is the easy part, but deciding on whether to attend an HBCU or PWI is where things get difficult. Many students in the generation of the 21st century know nothing about the birth of an HBCU or PWI. Children now are making decisions based off of who is attending where, and how well or bad the parties are. Not only does knowing the environment of the college or University one chooses to attend important…

prepare to graduate as well as get ready for college. Filling out a college application and writing an essay is the easy part, but deciding on whether to attend an HBCU or PWI is where things get difficult. Many students in the generation of the 21st century know nothing about the birth of an HBCU or PWI. Children now are making decisions based off of who is attending where, and how well or bad the parties are. Not only does knowing the environment of the college or University one chooses to attend important…

Future College Graduates Participants Future College Graduates participants are minority male students who range in the age of 16 to 24 years old. Participants will most likely be first- generation college students and reside in the Detroit, Michigan area. Future College Graduates participants have aspirations and the aptitude to be successful in life, but need the guidance, resources, and a detailed blueprint that will assist them in reaching their life goals. The need for Future College Graduate…

Over the years, there has been a growing interest in international students receiving a college education in the United States. With help from admission agencies, these students are able to apply to the colleges of their dreams in America. The role of admission agencies is to assist applicants in navigating through the college application process in foreign countries. Students applying to colleges internationally pay these agencies a hefty price and many offer guaranteed admission into their school…

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. “I guess it’s whatever though, we’re all going through the same thing,” I mimicked their nonchalance. Meanwhile, recollections of the paralyzing fear and crippling sense of inadequacy that plagued me played on a loop in my mind. I could not shrug off my worries so easily;…

honestly just wanted to lay around my house and play video games. Then, one spring afternoon, my mom brung home an application for a summer job for youth. Instantly I rejected the application because I saw it had to do with farming. Weeks later, I realized again that I hated not having a source of money other than asking my mom who had always said no when I asked. So I reconsidered the application and ended up applying be a crew worker in "The Food Project." I had no idea that this would be the greatest…

going off college, my trip to China. Just from listing changes in my life I begun to think, “what is the biggest change I have faced?” Change can either be positive or negative. Change is a part of our lives that we can either accept or run away from. Because I am just a person I can say that I have done accepted and ran away from change. Though, I learned I can’t run away from change forever. My biggest change started with college applications. In high school, filling out college applications and such…

my Common Application for college, in my senior year of high school. Before writing it, our guidance counselors told you to pick a prompt that spoke to us. The prompt I picked (if I remember right) was to write about an event that changed your life forever. After thinking for a couple of day, I finally thought of what I was going to write about. In the beginning of writing, I had a hard time but if I had to write it again, I wouldn’t change the topic for the world. I chose my applications essay because…

Wyoming, Matthew Shepard was a young, gay college student at the University of Wyoming (bio). Studying political science, Shepard “wanted to pursue a Foreign Service career after college” (bio). On October 6, 1998, Shepard met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson at a local bar in Laramie, Wyoming (bio). Unaware of the two men’s true motivations, Shepherd left the bar with McKinney and Henderson and drove away with them to a rural area in Laramie (bio). Eighteen hours later, Matt Shepard was found…