College Grad Goal

Since moving to the United States, a land of opportunity, I followed the immigrant tradition of working hard to pursue my passion/ambition to study and get my degree. I started attending community college a year after I came to the United states. I spent three years at Northern Virginia Community College and transferred to the university of Virginia to earn a B.A degree. I have always kept a full-time job while attending community college to cover my living expenses and help my parents back home Throughout my journey of achieving a higher degree, I learned how to work hard and how to overcome challenges in my own personal and academic life. Now I am very confident in achieving my goals.

I set a goal to further my education by enrolling in college before I turned twenty five. I was on call 24 hours a day as tow truck driver at the time not leaving me time to meet the time frame of that goal. I did not completely give up on that goal and have currently met it. The reason I was eventually able to reach this goal is my unwillingness to give up on the things that are important to me. Even if things don’t go exactly how you plan you should not give up on

Ever since I was young, I was exposed to a Historically Black College or University, Jackson State University. I had always went to activities and functions such as football games, summer programs, and other special events. I did not know whether I would attend a historically Black College or University (HBCU) or not at the time. I had finally decided to go to a HBCU, and I would attend Tougaloo College in the fall to further my education. I have many goals and objectives for pursing my educational experience at a historically Black College, and I plan to achieve them.

I want to learn as much as I can in college. The Honors College program would allow me to extend my knowledge and to continue learning beyond a major and not be limited to one department. I pride myself for my very diverse schedule of classes throughout my years in high school. I make sure I always have electives, like art, or even a business class. By being a part of the Honors College I hope to continue taking diverse and interesting classes that I wish my high school offered but does not have the resources a college does. My goal is to have a well-rounded education in order to enjoy my college years as well as prepare me for success in the future.

Since I was little I dreamed of going to college and become a nurse. Education is important to me because none of my family members had gone to college, and if I go it will be a family accomplishment and but also a personal one whereas helping people in need is one of the things I like the most. Besides, as a first generation going to college I will be an example to my younger siblings. I will be able to show them that if we work hard and commit to our dreams, we will accomplish them. I am planning to enroll full time in college and join clubs aligned with my degree. When I came to the United States the unknown of the English language was a challenge I had to overcome. However, it did not stop me to pursue my education, I started to create

Same as any other regular students who decided to go to college and committed to excellence, I also wish to have a chance for a bright future. However, there are many obstacles along the way. Before I came to America, I had never thought about college because my family could not afford for me to attend. When we had a chance to go to America, it was like a dream came true for my family. We believed that we would have a better life here and everything would be fine. As we moved to America, I was so grateful for a chance to go to school. Nonetheless, the language barrier was crushing my dream. In school, I could not understand the materials my professors presented because they spoke English at a faster rate than I could process. I felt that there was no way I can pursue the American Dream like I always wanted.

The ultimate goal of a college education today is to prepare young adults for the “real world,” being the workforce. Nowadays, it is crucial to have a sharp wit, positive attitude, and innovative ideas to bring to the table. Colleges should provide lessons for these skills and teach students how to apply them in real-life situations. Priming a graduate for professional settings is a key component to lead a successful career. In order to work a suitable occupation, a person should know how to search for an appropriate and quality job. Research is of utmost importance, especially when exploring the job force. Susan Svrluga from The Washington Post states, “Finding a job is a lifelong skill that most of us will use eight times or more during

Enrolled at Miami Dade College is the starting point to complete my long life desire and goal of earning a Master degree in management engineering, and business administration. From the time I was a young kid through the time of high school, I had always have passion for more knowledge, and engineering. But in my senior year in high school to the time of summer, I have led to the discovery of another passion, and great ambition toward it (Business). However, to reach those goals, I will need the power of education, which provide more knowledge, and wisdom to whoever seek. By pursuing a college degree, I have a higher change of successes in both degree, in life also. But this question also deal with emotional feeling, pursuing a college degree

After my grandmother passed away a couple of years ago, I knew that I wanted to honor her by completing my degree. She was my hero, my idol, in so many ways. She had her Master’s degree and had worked while raising children during a time when society frowned upon a working, educated mother. As a devout Christian who was very active in her church and her community, I know that she helped to guide me to make this decision and I am confident that it was the right one. Between the thought of her and my readying myself for the next step in my career, I finally feel the motivation necessary to complete this journey. Completion of my educational goals will give me such a sense of accomplishment in my adult

It has been a long and hard road toward obtaining my higher learning credentials. Immediately after high school I attended college, falling short academically in my first several years of college led me to be to believe that I wasn’t smart enough to attend college. At the base of my soul, I knew I was college material, I just needed the right tools to exert that drive and ambition. On and off again routine of my educational pursuit led me to the disgust of own myself. At the age of 31, I reach my breaking point, thinking I will never graduate with my bachelor’s degree. Most people pursue higher learning to increase their earning potential but at that point in my life, I reached my financial goal. A coworker told me about the University of

Everything was a challenge for me, but my past and parents always kept me looking ahead. Nevertheless, challenges I faced helped me grow as a better person inside and outside of school. Knowing that I was succeeding, my view of the difference one can make when there are opportunities helped me step forward. As I progressed, my hope was to move on to something even more challenging, something that could give me a significant push to reach my desire of becoming a business major. That push came when I was accepted into the International Baccalaureate (IB) program in Senn High School. IB has helped me improve all my skills and prepare me for the challenges of college. IB has had a major impact on my view of my life. I realize now that even if I’m an undocumented student, I will be recognized as a dedicated student in hope for a better life. I continue to use the strength of my voice to ask about and grasp all possible opportunities. With my inner power built with my parent’s support, my own hard work and my willingness to take advantage of opportunities, I became one of the top students in Senn’s IB

A postsecondary education can help me with so much especially since I am a strong believer that education is the power to all success. My goals after college are to end my college years with my Bachelors of Science in biology with a pre dental profession from Bowling Green State University. Even though the paradox of big goals is that the more potential they have to change our lives, the more paralyzing our fears can become is a big factor and still continues to play a big part, and for me thats one thing I want to overcome and prove wrong. However, after college I plan to start working for a while to start saving money for dental school and then to finally go and get my Master's degree in Dentistry from Vanderbilt University of Nashville,

I would consider myself very an incredibly driven person, both academically, and in my personal goals. Throughout my educational career, I have consistently strived to achieve the most I could. For me, this meant high academic achievements, honors accolades and achieving the goals that I set my mind to. I have a very strong intrinsic drive to seize every opportunity I’m given. To guarantee I didn’t close any doors to my future I applied to as many colleges as I could instead of staying in my comfort zone and applying to schools I was guaranteed admission to. One of the biggest ways that I am a go-getter is the fact that I faced rejection head on from top schools in the country. For me, it was better to try than always wonder “what-if” even though the process became extremely disheartening at times. I pushed myself throughout the admissions process to have as many opportunities as possible. Additionally, I have an innate desire to learn new things and grow through my education. I have pushed myself to take challenging Advanced Placement electives in subjects I am passionate about and I am eager to begin college to continue increasing my knowledge in certain fields. In college, my biggest goal is to graduate in three years. While this new challenge may be difficult to achieve as my degree plan involves two majors in Anthropology and Communications and a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies I also understand how rewarding it will be to complete my studies in an

As high school juniors, most of my peers and I have one common goal ahead of us. After taking countless standardized tests, getting our permits, passing drivers ed, junior prom, senior year, graduation and our last summers at home, our, now, common goal is College! Most of us have the grades and passion to get us where we want to go, but is it enough? Will our romantic thoughts about ourselves get us through the hardships of transition, or will we be held back by negative thoughts clouding our visions about the doubts that we ourselves, have in ourselves? Will we think about how things will actually be, or think of them how they could be?

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.