preview

Emerging Scholars Research Paper

Decent Essays

What effect has the Emerging Scholars program have on me? Before being accepted into the Emerging Scholars program, or even applying to attend this program, I was a lost 16-year-old in high school just going with the flow of things. I did not know what I wanted to do in life or where I would go to college to pursue the career I would choose. When my guidance counselor told me about this program and how it would help me make those decisions, I immediately jump to the opportunity to sign up being that it was only a limited number of spots. When the time came to come to Clemson my first year I was nervous, because I was going with a bus load of people I barely knew. I am not a people person, so I was never good at introducing myself to others. …show more content…

I did not want to be bothered and that was the only way I could get them to leave me alone. I remember some days I would just go in my room and cry to myself thinking “why me?” I would go days without talking to the ones that stay under the same roof as me. I would lock myself in my room, because I feel as if the world was coming to an end for me. I lost her right before I began my first year in high school. It was scary for me even though I did have a couple of family members that looked after me. I started dating a boy that was known for all the wrong reason and did not know what I was getting myself into. After three years of crying, arguing, going through a slight depression, I finally said it’s not worth anymore. I feel that if my mother was still here with me, I could have avoided all of that or at least talk to her about what I was going through. I had to learn from what I’ve been through just to produce that thick layer of skin I have protecting me now. Attending this program made me a stronger better individual. I grew mentally and physically, literally. I learn that I can just be myself around others even when they do not know

Get Access