College Admissions Essay: High School Education

I plan on Graduating, and obtaining my high school diploma On June 2018, I plan on accomplishing my goals by by attending college. After High School I wish to attend Cal State San Bernardino or Cal State San Marcos and enter into their Athletics Program. To get accepted to these colleges I will maintain my grades and do whatever it takes to get into these colleges. Throughout my journey in High School I have taken numerous honors and Ap classes. I have also been in Extra-Curricular activities such as Cross-Country, Soccer and Track and Field. I have also been in the Performing Arts Department all throughout high school and have performed in numerous concerts for Choir. This October I will be taking the SAT so I have a better chance at being

Looking back at the years that I have completed in high school is a funny but a true life changer. If I was to go back to one year of high school I would want to go back to freshman year. One reason why I would want to go back to freshman year is to talk to myself. Another reason I would want to go back it tell myself to listen more. The last reason would to see if I could improve myself in any way.

I want to end this story on a happy note. I really do. But I dread me going away to college, leaving Inaara in high school. But I dread the idea of me pouring all of my hard work into this essay and only see the minus on my transcript. But I dread the day I'm going to have to confront Andrew, the kid with aspirations to football in college, about playing lineman instead of wide receiver again next season, signifying the fact that our passing in the morning had truly been for nothing. At least the essay I’ve dreaded for so long is now finished.

“You are not college material, look at these grades,” my Mother proclaims as she looks at my recent report card. “Stick with sports kid” my Father, adds. The sad part is, I actually believed them.

I am a girl who grew up with low income. Along with that my parents are both deaf alone with my big sister I watch after who has down syndrome. My father is no longer in my life so it’s my responsibility to take care of them. This isn’t a sob story about how awful my life sounds but how much I embrace it. Without my responsibilities I would have never grown to handle so many things I have accomplished. I was able to take college courses at Normandale Community College for free through Post Secondary Education Option (PSEO). I will also become my sister’s legal guardian this early summer. I work two jobs and try really hard to make sure I’m doing well in my classes along with making sure my family is okay. Why I am saying all this is because I feel like I

I’m Andy Adams a Junior in high school and in early middle college. I clearly don’t have a favorite subject yet, but soon enough. In English class I’m a little rusty on some stuff, but can work through it. I’m very motivated, when there is an assignment I’m on it right away and get done. I do get rusty on test and I still get retakes if I failed miserably and still get on it. I’m very good in English like I get a B previous English classes.

Passion is necessary to excel. Once someone loses desire or motivation for something it becomes quite difficult to continue doing well in that field. I went through a crisis of lost motivation in my first two years of high school.

It has always been hard for me to properly envision my future, as it is always changing. As a child I thought of becoming a doctor, in middle school I dreamt of becoming a journalist, and my plans for the future are still shifting. However, there has always been one common element among my aspirations for the future, and that is the desire to engage in and improve the lives of others. This central desire is what leads me to choose Georgetown as the school which perfectly encapsulates my interests.

The first morning I walk into my job I actually went to the wrong floor but I got there eventually. I felt very nervous, as any other freshmen intern would feel. Everyone at accounting said I was cute and tiny, which I thought was good. They didn’t have me work on anything major as it was my first day so I don’t think they want to overwhelm me with work on my first day. I could instantly tell that I would like it here, everyone was so nice and it was like they were family and I wanted to be a part of that family. Now that I’m at the end of my first year I can proudly say that I have fulfilled my goal of getting to know many of my co-workers and forming a bond with most of them. I’ve learned many things from my co-workers. They’ve given me advice about school and how I should carry myself through the future. For that, I can’t thank them enough on how much of an impact they have made in my high school experience.

I was thirteen when I graduated from middle school. It was a big day in my family, my parents hadn't finished high school, so they were very excited to see another daughter move onto high school and higher education. This was an event that showed how willing I was to pursue an education, in my family it showed maturity and responsability.

I am not going to say that I have been wanting to attend UT, since I was a little girl because I did not even know about this grand school until my junior year of high school. I honestly did not feel like I had a chance to get admitted, so it never really crossed my mind to apply. Everything changed when I saw the ranking I had achieved in my four years of high school, but even then, the closer I got to graduation I became unsure of what path I should take after graduating. I just knew I wanted a career, that allows me to help people. I was actually going to attend Sam Houston after graduation, but I felt deep down inside me it was not the school for me. Instead of going there, I enrolled in some classes at the closest community college by

All my life, I have grown up with a family around me whose furthest level of education was minuscule. They have all tried to encourage me to focus on school so I had options, unlike them. It had never crossed my mind that I had the chance to become what I wanted despite my background until I spoke to my cousin in Mexico. She had just graduated from medical school and had become a cardiologist. She became the first doctor in our family and it was such a rare thing for me. I had always tried my best in school but it was not until that moment that I felt a drive and desire to succeed. Since then I have persevered and pushed myself to continue to learn each and everyday.

It seems like all my friends have been making the decision to continue their high school education, and I’m truly happy for them—I really am. But I’m not going to lie, when that call comes and they inform me of their decision to stay in high school another year, the joy is a little bittersweet. I hear the excitement in my friends’ voices and do my best to share in it and be supportive, but in those moments, I can’t help but think about myself and get sort of envious. I guess I’m a classic case of always the broke college kid, and never the carefree high schooler.

Home is being in my high school's annual homecoming parade as part of the court and rounding the corner of Ohio Street to see my entire family sitting in front of my grandparent's home, awaiting my arrival. Home is the sound of them screaming "We love you, Hailey!" as I rounded the corner. Home is breakfast that lasts for hours at the local cafe because I find myself in conversation with a different person at each table I pass. Home is growing up with the whole town as your guardians, because no matter what you are doing, everyone knows about it within a couple of hours. Growing up with that great of a support system has given me an opportunity that I believe sets me apart from other applicants. Home is community and this community has made

Over the last several decades, higher education has gone through an unprecedented growth period, and as a result, the average university has more students and a larger output now than ever before (Amaral, Jones, and Karseth, 2013). Higher education is a privilege that I value immensely. Having gone through my fair share of ups and downs when it comes to earning my Bachelor’s degree, I have come to appreciate the difficult and sometimes the seemingly never ending road of obtaining a college degree. These days it seems that a high school diploma is not enough, and in a lot of cases, a Bachelor’s degree is not enough, but it is difficult to determine the true value of higher education. Students, educators, employers, and everyone in between has a different definition of the true value of higher education. It all depends on what pushes you to want to achieve a higher level of education. Do people want that Bachelors, Masters, or PhD for more money, higher status, to feel successful, or because it is what you are “supposed to do”? If we are all honest, it is more than likely a combination of all of those reasons. For me, it is definitely a combination of wanting to earn more money and so that I may personally feel successful. I have been in college off and on for over 10 years so the time to graduate is now, and there is nothing that will stop me from achieving that goal.