College Admissions Essay: Why I Go To College

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

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

Like many kids I want to go to college and play football. Aslo like many kids my grades aren’t what they need to be to get into a good college. When I was younger, I put myself around people who influenced me in a bad way when it came to grades. Eventually I got myself away from those people and started doing better in school. As I walk around the school today, I see them not passing classes, and they don’t care. That's not going to get me into a good college.

My biggest fear is letting down my family and also myself. Having to pick up a job to help my family is definitely a possibility and the biggest challenge that could prevent me from getting a degree. I’ve always wanted to go to college as a kid and this is a challenge that I will have to tackle on my own.

I am attending college in order to better the life of myself and my family to come. I would like them to be able to have everything they need, without worrying about money. I am originally from New York, because of this I saw the way my single mother struggled to pay bills on time. We needed to keep our payments to a minimum due to how expensive rent, clothes, and food can be in the city. This motivated me to get a higher education in order to ensure I will have a successful career. I want to enjoy my job while not having to live paycheck to paycheck. This will enable me to make milestones as simplistic as possible to overcome.

Education has been around for many centuries, but recently in the past 150 to 200 years literacy has changed. College comes after receiving the basic educational skills in middle school and high school. It has been debated continuously whether continuing education to college is quite necessary, or if it is just a complete waste of time. Many compare and contrast this topic because college can be expensive and time consuming. College education can improve one’s life for the good however, college is not for everyone.

When deciding on a college option, most people choose their colleges based on the size, the location, the majors available and financial aid. I, like those people payed attention to those options, but I, unlike many others, looked for a way to keep whom I was hidden; to continue restraining my curls from breathing. Since an early age, being Dominican, I was taught that to look “presentable” and to feel “beautiful” my curls had to be kept straight, manageable, to iron and suffocate this wild tangle of hair that grasps for air. In this way, when I was faced with the challenge of deciding between an excellent college like Bates and not so good ones, the ability to be able to keep myself, and most importantly my hair “beautiful” was highly considered. I almost decided to go to a college close to home simply because I had easier access to Dominican hair salons, you sure can’t find those in Lewiston, Maine! When May 1st of last year had come I had made my decision: I would try out Bates for a year and see how I’d do, if I didn’t feel comfortable I would

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.

I want to go to college to earn a degree, but I would also like to play college volleyball. I wonder if I am cut out to juggle academics and athletics and still earn the grades I need. I believe “Participating in college sports provides opportunities to learn, compete, and succeed” (NCAA). So I must examine not only the requirements and effort necessary to successfully earn a college degree, but also the requirements and effort necessary to participate in college athletics.

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?

Call me Missy but if you have to know my real name is Michelle. Of course, similar to all the other thousands of essays you’re going to read, they will be about why a student desires or strives for college. Well to be honest, there is no easy way to explain why someone craves to go to college. I am wishing to be different excluding all the other essays you’ve read. Explaining my achievements, stress, and grades I’ve had all show how much I wish to go to college. Please just give attention to my essay.

Theodore Roosevelt said, “A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” A college education will give me the knowledge needed to do what I would of hoped to achieve in the first place. In my case, college will prepare me by giving me the tools needed to become successful in the classroom. This will better my knowledge when applying myself in real life situations. I am attending college in hopes to better my education, reach my culinary goals and experience the college life.

When I think about when I was younger, I remember being asked what I wanted to be when I was older. I remember saying that I wanted to go to college to be a fashion designer. Now thinking back on all of those times, I don’t ever remember a time that college wasn’t encouraged. We’ve been expected to go to college directly after high school, and then we can hopefully attain our dream job. But a college degree is not the only pathway for success.

After completing 6 years of elementary, 2 years of middle school, and 4 years of high school; you would one would not imagine going to college for another 4 years or so. There are people who go to college simply because they feel as if it’s a necessity and the are others who want to attend college because they want to get a good job. But me? Nevertheless I want to go to college because it will help me find a fantastic job, but it is so much more than that. It’s the door of opportunities to improve myself as a person. It will give me the opportunity to find myself as a person. In high school so many people are so confined to all these “cliques” and stereotypes. We are held back with so many barriers and restrictions it seems almost impossible to show that we are more than just grades and GPA’s. In college, you are completely on your own. You have the mindset of independence and I believe this plays a huge factor in finding our individuality. College will give me the opportunity to expand my comfort zone and discover parts of me that I never knew existed. Not only will attending college expand my comfort zone, but also my knowledge of the world. I believe that college doesn’t restrict itself just to core curriculums or what has to be taught. It is open to so much more than learning math formulas or grammar studies. It’s learning through my peers who have come from all over the place, through my teachers who have so many life lessons that they have yet to teach someone. It’s