Free College Admissions Essays: Breaking Out

My interest in reading started at an early age, before kindergarten. I have my mom to thank for reading a book or two to me at night before bed. My mom has told me that because she was a stay at home mom before I started school, it was her main goal to teach me as much as she could by herself, before any teachers had the chance to, and that included reading a couple children’s books to me every night. My grandpa had a hand in this too; he bought me a Dick and Jane storybook and before long, I had the entire book read by myself.

Community college should be free for all students who want to attend school. There should be a set of rules applied to those that would take advantage of this privilege. In the United States, there are not very many programs that offer the opportunity for students to attend free colleges like other countries have. Some examples of the countries are Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany and France. The U.S. does have some programs that offer free tuition. For example Tennessee offers free tuition to students. The Tennessee Promise is a scholarship program that pays for your community college so you can go there tuition free. Another program is the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) in New York at the City University of New York. Community colleges should be free because it would not only attract more students, but would help students to focus more on school rather than thinking about how they are going to pay for their education. However, we need guidelines for applicants to attend such as maintaining a high GPA, giving back through community services hours, and other rules and guidelines to attract students that would continue to excel in their education and not waste the opportunity given to them to work towards a good career and give back.

Many people have various valuable items that they cherish, some only have a few but everyone has that one thing that hey hold close to their heart over everything. My one item happens to be a necklace that my papa got me for Christmas right after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. This necklace means so much to me because of the character behind it, the many feelings it gives me and the heartfelt memories behind this one simple gift.

Each year, college tuition increases more and more, which makes getting a higher education almost impossible for some people. According to Pay it forward written by Catherine Morris tuitions and fees at public four-year institutions has been increasing an average of 3.4 percent each year between 2005 and 2015.

Free tuition for colleges is a topic that has come up a lot lately in the United States. Especially in the beginning of this year, when the democratic race was in place, Bernie Sanders started making tuition-free colleges one of his campaign points. While there are some that seem to neglect the idea of free tuition, the majority will agree that if not free at least it should be affordable. This topic is a very interesting one because it provides fascinating facts on both sides of the spectrum. One thing people argue against free tuition is that the United States has around 300 million people in population and it could not possibly keep up with the increase in college attendance and cost. On the other hand free tuition in colleges is relative common in almost every first world country around the world and even second and third world countries. Which leaves us to determine that it is not only possible for government to be responsible for education but it seems to be the norm around the world except in the United States. I think that colleges should be tuition free. Community colleges should be funded by the government and the government should not only be responsible in providing free tuition to its citizens but take pride that its citizens have access to free education, making its society an educated one.

A "moderate" college budget for an in-state public college for the 2015–2016 academic year averaged $24,061. College is an extremely costly experience that limits most people from not coming into the graduation range due to the debts they would never be able to pay back throughout their life. Community colleges should have a free tuition so that upon attending, lower debt on students, a healthier lifestyle, community improvement, availability, and a smarter country may be implemented with the students.

While you grow up through school, you hear over and over that college is a must if you want to land a good job as an adult. That seems reasonable, I have to get a higher education to get a job with more money and potential. Then comes junior year and you go to look at schools and you see the price of tuition. Everything changes, college isn’t just a dream anymore it's a burden.

The economy does not have free community college. They have made it about increasing the level of debt. Many people have introduced free community college. This would affect a lot of people on our economy. This would also decrease personal freedoms for a lot of the public, reduce quality, and send the wrong message to students.

My research on free community college has brought me to your article in the Los Angeles Times “Why Obama's plan for tuition-free community colleges is a good idea” in which you describe how free community college would benefit this nation and exemplify national principals. Your opinion is similar to that of the President, and the democratic presidential candidates. What differentiated you from the others with your stance is your genuine belief in you argument. You were not trying to sell us the plan like the President was, but you were stating what your truly thought was the best for America. The article was written in a very timely manner as America is searching for ways to revitalize our economy and educational system. As you may know, I

Did you know that 42 million people combined owe 1.3 trillion dollars in student loans? That is an enormous amount of money that will take years to pay off for most people. In the 2012 - 2013 school year, 10 millions students took out loans to pay for college because they could not pay for it. Also only ½ of low income kids attend college because they do not know how they will pay for it. These problem would be resolved it only America had free college. Tuition for community colleges should be free for the first two years.

If someone asked me where I am going to be in ten years, this would be my answer. I will have a great, high-paying job, and beautiful wife and family, and a nice sports car parked in front of my lovely house. When I look into the future, I see myself being successful and happy. Even though I always pictured myself this way, I never worried too much about how I would get there. I feel the Suffolk University can lay the groundwork for making these dreams into reality.

My initial conclusion is open free college for inmates is unnecessary because I do not recognize any benefits of it, and I do not think that the inmates have a desire to study. However, after I read three articles about the education for inmates, my views have changed because I realize everything is completely different what I image. The inmates want to go to school, and they even get AA’s degree and BA’s degree while still in prison. Moreover, the education for inmates helps the crime rate reduced. In my opinion, I consider that the state of California should make a tax dollars available to provide free college education to its prison inmates for the reason that “When education is treated as a societal benefit rather than a private benefit, it will not only benefit students but likely decrease the prison population,” from California budgets $1 billion more on prisons than higher education and leaves students hanging.

I am an African-American Jewish girl adopted and raised by two white moms. My environment taught me the importance of inclusion. As one of the few African-American females at Lincoln High School, life was difficult for me at the beginning of freshman year, because my friends from elementary and middle school began excluding me from activities, lunch plans, and social events. I still don’t really know why this happened. Maybe they thought I wasn’t smart or cool enough, or maybe because I am black. I eventually made other friends, but this experience taught me the devastating impact of being excluded. At the end of freshman year, I joined the Black Student Union (BSU) and Jewish Student Union (JSU). I felt very welcomed, like I belonged. This

Goodbye, Longbeach. Hello, Graham. Moving away from home was sorrowful, but I’ve always wanted to travel the world and I was with the person I’d most wanted to do it with; my sister, Bree. It was only her and I; our parents had died in a car crash the previous year, so maybe it was a good thing to start over.

Hi everybody, my name is Alison, and I am 28 years old. I live in Seattle, Wa, and I love every minute of it. I am originally from Ohio, a small town surrounded by corn fields and farm animals; my family still lives there, and I visit, but I wouldn't move back there. I moved to Seattle when I was in the Navy and never looked back. I love going hiking, photography, and going to breweries. I am happily married with no kids; I have two fur babies, a dog (Kona) and a kitty (Gorda). I have a full-time job and recently found out they pay for all of my colleges, so here I am finishing my degree. I am studying Psychology in hopes to get my Ph.D. eventually. I decided to go back to college to better myself and get the career that I want and finally prove to myself that I can accomplish big things.