How To Apply To College

The process of having to find a college or a university to attend is a huge challenge, and a stressful process. Even though I don’t have to worry about getting into a University for another four more years, I stress of the thought every day. Will I have a high enough GPA? What about my SAT scores? Do my parents even have money saved away for me and tuition? What do I want to do with my life? Thoughts like these run through my mind and stress me out all the time it seems, but I’m learning how to take things one step at a time. The first step to insure I have a good future for myself is making sure I have goals set and locked, once I know what I want to do with my future it helps me plan ahead better, but saying this is easier said then

Applying to colleges at the beginning of my senior year of high school seemed like a walk in the park. That was before I realized how much work it took to apply. With the common application and all the essays, I never thought I would get them all done. In the end, I applied to seven different schools including: Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Hillsdale College, Oakland University, Grand Valley State University, Kalamazoo College, and Hope College. Oddly enough, Hope College was the last school I applied too but the first school I got accepted too. I never thought I would attend a small, Christian school until I walked onto Hope`s campus.

Returning to college after having been out of the school system for seven years has been quite a challenge. For me, high school was relatively easy; I had a teacher there to hold my hand every step of the way. The college scene is completely different as O 'Keeney states, "You 're really on your own when it comes to passing courses." Having strong organization and time management skills has helped make my time at college successful thus far.

In article “Want to get into college? Learn to fail”(2012) Angel B. Perez is vice president and dean of admission and financial aid at pitzer college in Claremont california. He teaches in the college counseling certification program of the university of california los angeles. He argues that students applying to college are pressured by parents and educators to seem flawless on their application. The students believe the schools are looking for the perfect students. Perez says he spoke to a student in china during a trip and he asked her what she does for fun and she replied i thought i wasn’t supposed to tell you that. I feel that it wasn’t necessary to add this into his article because it should affect her chances of getting that

I knew that I was about to start my college career so I had to take serious action to prepare myself. I was willing to go above and beyond to get the right things in my mind and absorb all the essentials. I read books, watched videos on YouTube, and even ask actual college students about their intake on “college life.” I took all the information I could in hope that I would achieve my goal of passing my upcoming courses. I was astounded when I first started the program. I was nervous and shy, but also willing to speak to everyone and make new friends. Overall, I was super excited to be able to participate in the program. I can definitely say my attitude was set in a great place and was ready and willing to

Entry #1: College has been one of the most intimidating experiences for me. This is the second time I started college the first time I got pregnant with my daughter and my husband joined the military so we moved many states away. I ended up dropping out. I blamed my husband joining the military and becoming pregnant for not finishing. Truthfully it was a lack of trying. Granted it would have been harder for me to finish school it was still do able under those circumstances. A hurdle I had to face before start college is to stop making up excuses and to stop blaming my situation for why I could not do it. I would constantly say that I could not do college because I was a stay at home mom. When being a stay at home mom should have been a reason

College has always been an option for me, my whole life I have always had a goal to go to college and become something of myself. Senior year has been my most challenging year for me. I was at a point in my life where I didn’t believe that I was going to graduate. I became stressed and stop trying for a while. Ms. Walkenhorst has always been a great influence on me, when no one else was there, she was. When I felt like I was falling and wasn’t

Overall, I learned that getting into college is extremely difficult. People just can't go into high school and not care because it is crucial that a person does well. Right now I am doing extremely well in my academics. I learned that I have to get a plethora of scholarships, and also maintain my high academic standard. Getting a job early is key, which I'm the team manager for the College of Charleston women's basketball team, so I have a little bit of coaching experience. Tulane University will help achieve my goals of becoming a women's basketball head or assistant coach because I will be learning from the best coaches in the country. The business program will also teach me commutation skills and leadership skills, which are vital if I want

The process of applying to colleges has been a whole new ball game for me, a game I was not yet ready to play, a game that has sent my stress level through the roof. This experience has been much different from any other one I have met, this experience has stressed me out to the max. It hit me that this process determines where I start the next chapter of my life. It's nothing compared to going from your Freshman to Sophomore year of high school. This is a big change. Recently, I let all of my emotions out to my mom, how stressed I had grown over this, she told me how surprised she was considering she knew my personality and didn't expect this to upset me. However, she said something that has repeated itself in my head over and over. She told me that “applying to college was only the beginning, and all the stress that [I am] feeling is only preparing me for the harder times ahead. This is nothing compared to what [I’m] going to face in the future.” She was right, I should not stressing over whether I get into schools because if I think this is difficult, who knows what I'm going to do in the future when something major happens.

My goal is to apply to all my college’s on time, early acceptance. It may not appear as an astonishing goal. However, applying to college is the first step to prospering in a world set for one to fail. Applying to colleges means to me that I’ve triumphed my obstacles - child of divorced Hispanic immigrant and self hate leading to lack of motivation, those are things of the past am I right? Now to reach this goal i had to be motivated and determined, which didn't come easy, however, it was not necessary physically obstacles stopping me,more like the atmosphere in front of me. one of my toughest obstacles is simply trying to motivate myself, to push through the pain and negativity. I was on my own to figure everything out with little to no advice.

How do I feel about applying to college? Applying to college is very stressful. It is that time of the year new students will go to college. You can’t imagine how much of a short time you have to fill out applications, even though we had many months to fill them out you will just feel like you can’t get done with it. You feel insecure and at the same time secure about it. You want to go to a college far away from home but once you’ve thought about it you don’t want to leave home anymore. Applying to college is a blessing but also not. It is a blessing because it's a path to a great and secure future, it is not because you will be filled with debts and you’ll have to move away from your family if you study abroad or in another state. I've always

I am finally here after many years of trying to line things up to go to college. I’m taking my first real college courses. I was ecstatic when I was told that my financial aid went through and I could register for classes. The night before my first class I cried on the way home from work because I was so happy. I have all these goals and dreams I wish desperately to make happen; I want to work hard and make them into a reality that I can be proud of. And here I am, taking my first steps.

Unfortunately, neither “fairness” or “justice” appear as they are in the educational system. Mitchell J. Chang Daria Witt, James Jones, and Kenji Hakuta’s “Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities” provides such an example in the aspect of the college admission process that complicates the matter and reveals the contradiction between the actual circumstances and the master narrative. The authors directly pointed out that against the bootstrap intuition that individuals are able to work themselves up, the “students’ ability to compete academically for college admissions are highly influenced by multiple social forces,” many of which cannot be personally surmounted (113). These social forces

Being enrolled at the University of Oklahoma is a huge accomplishment. The journey began 14 years ago when I enrolled in kindergarten at Jenks East Elementary in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As I grew older, classwork gradually became harder and the fun activities, such as recess, came to a screeching halt in the sixth grade. Starting with seventh grade, school just became a daily task that I had to force myself to get through. However, I began receiving high school credit that year and so I told myself that I had to do well in order to make it to the next level, college. When high school came around, I had to pay attention to every class because it had the ability to permanently stain my transcript. I knew my transcript was an important part of the college enrollment process, so I did everything that I could in order to create an image that would appeal to

For the purpose of this essay the act of enrolling in college will be considered intelligent. Perhaps enrolling while under the influence of expectations, self-motivation, or etcetera may be a good idea considering the perks that come with it. These perks may include becoming thousands of dollars in debt, potentially becoming homeless, possibly becoming an alcoholic, losing countless hours of sleep, and constant starvation. It is this observation that may lead an argument stating that enrolling for college is, in fact, intelligent.