Moving To College

I am committed to personal and professional excellence. My communication skills are excellent and I do take responsibilities seriously. I am open to learn new things to grow in a long-time

success. I have determination because I took a year off of school and realized not graduating high school

• To see each day as an important stepping stone to eventually achieving my goals, and contributing to the greater good of society.

My goals for career exploration and planning is to be able to break free out of

I came barreling into the fall of my freshman year as an overzealous biology major, and happily finished in spring as a finance major. I've learned how to adapt and acclimate myself with the decision to change majors. I've learned to have conversations with an unprejudiced mind, even when faced with radical ideas. I've learned that as you grow older your opinions may also develop and change, and that's perfectly okay. I've learned perseverance and dedication through my decision to continue volunteering at Yale New Haven Hospital, even as a full time student. I've learned versatility and cultural understanding by continuing to master the Greek and Arabic languages. I've learned that the initiative and effort you put into any course prevails over any grade you earn on an exam. You don't truly learn the lessons of patience and problem-solving until you end up living with a roommate you cannot see eye to eye with no matter how hard you try. I'm fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to learn these monumental lessons, and so now what? I harness them as tools for my own

Furthermore, the residential college system ensures that I’ll be part of a small community of students, with whom I can share cultures and celebrations.

Vietnam - my motherland, gave me the rare chance to perceive an unreported world and to reflect my own thoughts about the nature of humanity. Before I moved to the US, my close friends and I held many charity trips to local orphanages and senior care homes. My first time at an orphanage was full of bittersweet feelings. The children are handicapped, as consequences from the use of toxic Agent Orange in the Vietnam war. Their parents either deceased or gave up on them because of their abnormalities. When I fed the kids, some of them called me “mom” with sparkling eyes. That moment I realized there is an empty space in their hearts growing up without parents and deep down they have always wanted to be loved. Not only the innocent faces of the

Moving away from home has been one of the biggest challenges that I have had to face so far in the eighteen years of my life. Moving from my home town to the collge dorm was a difficult transition that was necessary for growing up both mentally and physically as an individual. The little more than five hundred miles that separates me from my friends and family has allowed me to become the person I am today, and the distance allows me to grow and become more familiar with things that are a whole new experience for me. One of the many new things that I have had to deal with was making new friends in my environment.

I remember the day the U.N. Refugee Agency declared my family refugees and resettled us to make the United States of America our new home.

I would like to transfer to University of Southern California so that I can continue working towards my goals of achieving a bachelor's degree and obtaining admission to law school. When I graduated high school, I drafted a contract for myself outlining the steps and goals I would implement and achieve to obtain a bachelor's degree and admittance to law school. I keep that paper on my desk to remind me everyday of my academic goals. As I complete my time at Citrus College, both my interests in learning and being challenged have grown. I have found that I thrive in challenging and diverse environments, and I believe the university will provide me with the challenge that my mind craves while interacting with many unique and intelligent individuals. Transferring to University of Southern

First Main Point: Within the last few months, I finally decided what I want to do with my life after college.

Throughout high school, students yearn to graduate and start school at the college of their choice. The students want to make it past high school and to college, but once they look at the expansive options available the daunting feeling of indecision becomes present. One of the decisions that offers many different options during college is where the students live; dorms, on campus apartments, off campus apartments, and living at home are the four main options. Each option contains both positive and negative factors, which can make it hard to decide. Every student is different and must consider what is important to them when they are choosing where they want to live during college. To decide, each student might want to look at key factors that

Change of Universities is one of the reasons why students take longer to graduate. Mostly because the credits that are offered in one institution are not counted in the other institution. Thus it is hard to keep track of what credits or courses the student has take during the non traditional 2-year institution. (Rhine, Milligan) The article by Whine and Milligan describe the adversities transfer students face coming from community colleges. One of the suggestions made to community colleges to ameliorate the transferring process of the students is close advising and creation of a goal plan. The lack of a goal erases the sense of duty and perseverance in students. If student don’t have a plan, they attend college, attend social gathering and parties, however fail to gain the knowledge or sense of direction the college provides for individuals who take advantage of advising and career development.

My father’s story starts from humble beginnings. His earliest memory was of gunfire from a firefight between American G.Is and Viet Cong guerrilla forces. His father, my grandfather, who was a Captain in the South Vietnamese forces was imprisoned for 2 years due to ‘treason’ against the communist regime. Which in turn meant that all members of the family were denied the right to higher education by the regime and were closely watched by the government. Furthermore, being born as the 12th child in a family of 13, my dad was never destined to be special nor was he even allowed to by outside influences. However, that all changed when my grandfather, bless his soul, escaped Vietnam and left for the United States.

I wanted to be different , I wanted something different for myself. I had lived my whole life in a house where I didn’t feel comfortable due to my surroundings. I always use to fall into the bad crowd especially since all the attention was put on my older brother. I felt as though moving would be my best option. So I can finally get a chance to see and and explore new things. When I was about 13 I knew I wanted to go to Florida State University or at least some school in Florida it really didn’t matter what university.I’ve had thought about moving and staying with my moms sister in Miami. I wanted instate tuition and I knew moving was the only option.