College Going 101 Reflection

College Success: Chapter 1 is a great recourse for every student whether they are experienced or not. Specifically, descriptions about the best possible choices made to get the most out of your experience are plentiful, and self-assessments are included to evaluate a starting point. If one were to follow the step-by-step advice given, such as overcoming obstacles and enriching your learning experience, it would be close to impossible not to have a great experience at college. The author wasn’t afraid to delve deep into the fact that college is difficult and requires a lot of commitment to follow through. The information given is easily suitable for a wide range of students, including anything from discovering resources many colleges offer,

Starting college as a Freshman is exciting; it is also unnerving. The comfort of everything I know is going to disappear and it will be time to grow up and face reality. However, reality isn’t doomed to be negative if I prepare for my future and

As an incoming EOF (Educational Opportunity Found) freshmen attending Rutgers University this fall, I had the mindset that if I did well academically, the transition from high school to college would go by smoothly. Unfortunately, college isn 't that simple. The transition to college is much more complex than people perceive it to be, in my case, it’s the most difficult obstacle I’ve ever encountered. Therefore, my aspiration is to conquer this transitional period as quickly and fluently as possible. When I had to changeover from middle school to high school, I was terrified. I didn 't know what awaited me and how much different things were going to be. It turned out high school was exactly the same, with the exception of the grades being ninth through Twelfth. There was nothing to be worried about. On the other hand, that wouldn 't be the case in college.

William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin, Julia E. Colyar, (2005), Preparing for colleges, pp 200-264

As Confucius once said “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” For me, this quote applies itself for my preparing for college. Getting ready to apply to college is a process that started the first day of my freshman year, and there are a lot of things I need to do to pursue my dreams.

Life comes with swift transitions and I have come finally meet mines. The time has come to my 12th grade year and I have to leave my family alone and start planning for a bigger picture .I’m now excited to say that it's my time to start applying to some of the best colleges around the country.I’ve made great progress from my 9th grade year up to my 12th grade year. I started off making bad decisions now to being focused in all of my classes.I finally realized that I couldn’t get in college doing the the things I was doing ,so I made myself active with sports because that was a big drive to how I could do better.

This page is dedicated to the different projects that have better helped me become prepared for college and life after high school. Each entry within this page has a common theme: college. This is a collection of my college acceptance letters, scholarship awards, and my journey of becoming more prepared for college. I trace back my experience with college level tests, and what went into choosing the college that I most desired. This page is also dedicated to showing the steps that I have taken to prove that I am college bound.

As the United States economy requires more students to obtain college degrees, the number of students entering college unprepared becomes a pressing concern. According to Bragg & Taylor (2014) growing concern of college and career readiness (CCR) in the United States is requiring policy makers and educators to review factors that contribute to success. When students enter college unprepared, remediation courses are taken costing the student monies for skills that could have been completed prior to post-secondary education (Jackson & Kurleander, 2013). In order for students to meet standards set by postsecondary institutions, the students must demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary. David Conley (2010) describes college readiness as, “the level of preparation a student needs in order to enroll and succeed without remediation—in a credit-bearing course at a postsecondary institution.” To achieve college readiness amongst all incoming college students, strategies must be developed for high school students to become college ready.

After a hectic first semester at the community college, I began to find myself. I realized that the four-year university I wanted to attend initially, would have not been a good fit for me. Being part of different student organizations and creating connections with my professors at the community college is what helped me find what I was really looking for. I wanted a place where I felt like I mattered and not a school with fifty thousand students where I would just feel like a number. The additional semester I got to stay home, I was able to do more research and find a university where I would fit in and connect with.

The first event that I went to was called Light the Night, which dedicated a memorial walk for leukemia patients. During this event I connected with the families of leukemia. When I listen to their stories about the struggles and

Welcome to college! Congratulations on making it this far! Now the time comes to ramp up the ante! No such program as stepping up to college exists as it does for for high school. Oh wait! It’s called high school. Move it or lose it now, your future rests on your shoulders. High school teachers just handed you your future based on the way you schooled, and college professors tell you to figure it out. College trips up hundreds of students a year, refrain from letting yourself become one of them. Your class strategies must improve as will your study habits and reading habits to fulfill new demands of college classes and avoid sliding into the pitfalls of doom.

There are many ways incoming freshman can start preparing for college before the arrival of the first day of class. One of

During my journey and prior to attending College Unbound, I quickly realized that the Big 10 has always been something that I have implemented in my life but never thought about it. However, For the most part, I came to College Unbound already possessing a good sense of Self advocacy for myself and others, communication, Accountability, & collaboration.

As a senior in high school about to graduate and start my college career I will tell you that I was unprepared and applying for college. I wish more people had told me the importance of applying early to college because even though I got into my first choice college is always great to have extra backup plans. I did receive some help in applying for college through my school as well as my parents. However if I receive more help I would have had more applications turned in. Three important aspects of applying to college are the applications themselves, letters of recommendation, and the ACT/SAT tests.

College has always been a dream of mine. It was a dream to play football in college and attend college to better my future life. Throughout high school and even in middle school I heard stories about how hard college is and the slim chances of graduating. Then you get to your senior year of high school, where every one of your teachers are telling you that you won’t have any help in college and that you’re going to be on your own. Also, that professors are not going to care about you if you’re struggling, so do not depend on extra credit they said. These statements made attending college scary and very nerve racking for me. The first day of classes I was a nervous wreck. I had many emotions going on and was just thinking about all the negative comments about college my teachers said. The first week of classes, my entire perception of college changed. I knew that I was going to be able to stay on top of my studies and commit to doing homework as college wasn’t going to be so bad after all. I guess college has changed over time or it is different at smaller colleges because all those statements were false to me.