College Admissions Essay: Why I Want To 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

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.

I come from a low-income family with a household of eight people. I have my dad, my six siblings, and my mother passed away a few years ago. As a first-generation college student I felt so many emotions. I came from a high school that didn’t prepare me for college courses and that became a problem. What made it worse was that my dad didn’t go to college, so I couldn’t go to him for help. I was scared, depressed, unprepared, I was doing everything on my own. I also felt like I didn’t belong because I believed I wasn’t as smart as the other students or “rich” enough. When I first arrived at UC Davis, I was immediately intimidated. All of the other students seemed so educated and professional and I just compared myself to them without even getting to know them. Let me tell you, getting here wasn’t easy and I know it wasn’t easy for you either, so feel accomplished. You made it! Now that you’re in UC Davis, you will be expected to work hard. Times may get rough, but just remember that help is out there. Take advantage and don’t be afraid or ashamed to seek help.

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.

I have always used college as motivation; I like to believe that I am an overachiever by nature. However, I know that I have primarily been driven by the compelling possibilities of scholarships and financial aids. But, why should I? Why should my family’s income prevent me from attending college? College is not a luxury; it has become a necessity in order to succeed. Why should money dictate my education, my opportunities, the dinners I eat, the clothes I buy, the movie theater I go

Why? This is the question that is before me right now. Why am I attending college? What degree is it that I am pursuing, and why? The expected answers to the question, “Why are you attending college?” is, to make better money, or to provide for myself and my family. With me, the answer to this question is different.

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.

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.

I always wanted to go to college growing up, but because my family, along with my sisters and myself, we born and raised back in a refugee camp in Nepal. The school in which I started my schooling was also in a refugee camp. We didn’t have enough financial help to have all the things that we needed. We had to depend upon the support we got from the agencies. When we arrived in the United States, we got a lot of assistance from different agencies. I also got chance to attend school again. But, my family is composed of five members. My parents have to look after the education of the three of us. They do not have a lot monetary resources to fulfill my desire to go to college. I had nagging feeling that college was a dream that won't come true

Four years ago, I started high school and felt extremely lost. If someone asked me my first day of freshman year if I knew where I wanted to go to college or what I wanted to do there, I would have laughed and told them that I didn't even know what I wanted for dinner that night. At that time, all of those questions seemed so far away. Now, as I sit here writing this, I can't seem to go a day without thinking of those questions. Luckily, I have found some answers within the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Crawling out of bed at 5:30 in the morning is never pleasant. I force myself to go downstairs to the shower, but on my way I see my dad standing in the garage doorway waiting. He sticks his leg out and I bend down to tie his work boot and then I am off to my shower as he leaves for work. I never give it a second thought anymore, as it has become routine. Although, the first time he asked me to tie his shoe stunned me.

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

I originally attended SAGU, because I thought God was calling me to be a missionary to Africa to build churches and serve the people who reside there. After I began praying about it more, I soon realized that was not what I was meant to do; at that point in time I had no idea what I was even called to do. I then just decided to take initiative and do things on my own (what a horrible idea I had). I decided to change my major to communication and go my own route with life. That decision soon blew up in my face, because when we had to go to breakout chapels I felt so uneasy and wrong. I then went back to the drawing board to figure out what in the world God wanted me to do with my life. I prayed so many times, and then God spoke to me about doing something with

Like many immigrants, my parents moved to Canada, from China, in order to give me a better life, and lessen the burden on my future by providing me with better opportunities. As the oldest child in my family, I will be the first to attend university. I received an early admission to McGill University for their Bachelor of Science program; I will be majoring in either biochemistry, physiology, or psychology. My aspirations at McGill University stems from its top medical-doctorate programs, its intensive focus on research, and the overall liberal and accepting belief aura of the school. Although, my parents are able to somewhat support me through my bachelor’s degree, however, they are also sponsoring an international student, who is my cousin on my dad’s side. Because my extended

For many, after graduating high school the next big step is college. I never asked myself why or if I even wanted to. Yet, since I was not yet ready to join the work force, and didn’t want to disappoint my parents, I simply followed the path that I was supposed to take. For a while I had no direction, but through the loss of my high school English teacher and my dream of making my family proud, I discovered that college was the place I wanted and needed to be.