College Admissions Essay: Why I Attend A College

After four years of high school, there is only one goal I have in mind. That goal is to attend college. This is the next big step in my life. All the late nights I stayed up to complete school assignment was for this moment. All my hard work was has lead me to this point in life. College will open a whole new to me. A world where I can meet new people while working to improve my future. Why do I want to attend college though? Well I have three specific reasons for this decision.

There might be a time where people ask you, “why are you in college” or “why to decide to go to college.” People might reply by saying that they want a degree, that they want a higher paying job, or they need that for a future career that they are pursuing. Those responses are the most typical reason of why people go to college. Sure you can say that having a degree means that a person can get a better job with better pay rather than working in the manual labor fields with minimum pay. A college degree is the fundamental stepping stone to the future, it lays the foundation of where to start. College is everything to me; I’m in college so I’m able to unlock more potential in myself, to be able to make my mother proud with everything that she has done and hopefully becoming the first.

In the beginning of the term the class had a discussion about why we are attending college and why they choose the major we are in. Many of the students answer that because they wanted to gain knowledge but also other responded because without an education you cannot get a lot of money. In the article “Making college relevant” by Kate Zernike quoted that in a survey done in Los Angeles, California to 400,000 incoming freshmen in 1971 their answers were that only 37 percent went to college to get money and 73 percent to gain knowledge. The same survey was done in 2009 but the percentages flipped 78 percent wanted money and 48 prefered to gain knowledge. Our percentages were very similar to the 2009 ones. We are in a society where you are expected

This is my first year in college and I'm currently an exploratory. At first, I had an idea of what path I want to take after high school. I didn't know what exactly I wanted to achieve, but I undoubtedly want to do something in a medical field. Human's body is quite fascinating to me, but after spending time volunteering at the hospital, taking medical-related classes, and dissecting, I was unable to picture myself in the scrub, working breathlessly in the frantic hospital hallway. I am clueless about what I what to pursue in the future, but I believe that the eighteen years old me still have a lot of potentials and opportunities. This is why I'm in Santa Fe, I deem that community college would be a better option for me to slowly explore and finding out about what I want to proceed in the future.

Throughout my entire life--or, only as much of it as I can remember--my family struggled financially, as we still do. I had become so accustomed to my family’s penny-pinching tendencies that I would constantly compare prices whenever I went to the grocery store to see if I could find a cheaper price.

Noted authors, Brandon Chambers, is quoted saying, “If you are going to fear anything fear success. Think about what you are doing and when you succeed what life you will have.” There are several different reasons why I could stay home, work and not go to college; I could go to work every day and make more money for the house, it’s easier, and I would be less stressed. Now, on the other hand there are many reasons why I should go to school; such as further my education, make my family proud, and make myself proud. I am attending college for several different reasons. One reason is to further my education. I hate feeling like I don’t know something, I like being the person everyone comes to for information. Also, because I want to

I am in college because of several reasons. Neither of my parents went to college and they constantly remind me of how much they regret it. I would be the first person in my family to receive a college degree and that motivates me to continue my education. My dad is in the United State Air Force and he has transferred his Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to me. Receiving the benefits gives me a large percentage off of my tuition and it also allows me to receive a check every month to help pay for housing. I have one goal for being in college and that is to finish. I have had many setbacks in my four years of college because of how many times I have transferred, but now all I can do is finish what I started.

In elementary school, everything is about preparing for middle school, and once middle school arrives, it shifts to getting ready for high school. As soon as you start high school, the common question becomes; “where do you want to go to college?” or as a dancer, they ask “do you want to go to college?” The answer always seemed obvious to me but lately, I’ve been evaluating what my purpose is. What can I achieve in college that I couldn’t otherwise?

Now that you understand what a typical day looks like for me in college, let me explain to you why certain people in my life would say that I don't have a life because I attend college to better myself .The reason people say I do not have an interesting life because I am currently enrolled in community college,but my response to their hurtful rhetoric ,is that they do not see the underlying reason on why I am attend college.The reason I decided to go to college to expand my mind more and explore new horizons and be able to learn form the best in best in my career field and apply it to my future career.If I did not attend the college I would not be able to expand my mind and expand and be able to break into my career field in the future.

In the eighth grade, I didn't really ever want to pay attention and to listen to a teacher who´s talking about atoms and molecular molecules. I was a teenage girl who was mostly focused on boys, clothes, and other stuff that would capture my attention. I didn't want to do math equations, I wanted to gossip about who was dating whom and when. I didn't want to study, I wanted to watch movies and tv shows. The only time I admired school was lunchtime because it was where my friends were and you didn´t have to do work.

At first I wasn’t going to come to College I was going to do the reserved army or navy like my two oldest cousins one is in the army and her sister was in the reserve navy but she quit doing it. After I took the practice test for the army I decided that I should just come to College because I had seen some really nice Universities. I came to College because, I wanted my own out of state experience with College and considering on my dad side me and my younger cousin are the only two who decided to come to College out of 13 grandkids meant something to me because I wanted to be different and have my degree so I can have a good paying job and actually accomplish something. My senior I thought College would be fun and that it would be like what

Many people attend and excel at college but no one stops and asks themselves “Why am I here?” This is the age old question all college students think about, why am I going to school? The answer is unique and personal to everyone, but the most common answers are I want a better life or to secure a future for my kids. These are all valid reasons, but for me personally, I do it to motivate myself and expand my knowledge. I believe that I learn more self-studying because there’s personal incentive and interest in whatever you are learning. For me, reading and watching what I find interesting is enough inventive to learn and keep on learning for a reason. I come to college everyday wanting to be a better person and make my future self-better, so

For most young adults, college is the next stage of their life after graduating from high school. People want to go to college for many different reasons; they would be a first generation student, their dream job requires them to receive higher education, or simply want to get a good paying job in which a college degree can really help with that. However, college is so insanely expensive today that it brings up the question whether or not the degree is really worth all the loans students are having to take out. Most students receive some sort of help with paying for college, anything from financial aid to student loans. With the latter, the students graduating are feeling the weight of the burden of having to pay back all that they owe. Student debts can cause college graduates to delay

Going to college is easy, but going to a college, or university, that is right for you is hard. For me, I believe that in order to find the college that is suited for you, you have to visit its campus and to feel that you actually belong there and you have to get in that school. There are a lot of great schools around the world, but if you don’t feel like you don’t belong, learning in that institution might not be as great as you might have thought. I visited the campus of University of Chicago in the summer during one of its open houses. I loved the huge environment of the campus and how welcoming everybody was. I didn’t feel intimidated as I thought I would be. The community of the campus was very warm and it gives you the feeling that you are already

Transferring colleges is a stressful and difficult decision. Some do it because it is too far away from home, too much work, or too costly. For me, it’s completely different. I am transferring because I want to take my academic studies, preparation for a career, and development as a person to the next level with a top academic institution. I also have the opportunity to move closer to my family in Wisconsin and cannot pass that up.