My College Experience : My Experience In My Life

The month after graduating from high school I watched six seasons of the CBS show “Survivor”. When my dad insisted I socialize with my friends, I invited them over and we all watched “Survivor” together. I was obsessed. Winning the game involves a certain finesse that changed from season to season, yet the key elements remained consistent. This show offered a new perspective on how to approach and adapt to challenges.

My community college experience has been rigorous but highly rewarding. As an international student, it was like stepping from a hill to a mountain looking out at the horizon. The sheer breadth and depth of the world are mesmerizing. I have entered into a leadership role like Phi Theta Kappa and Student Government Association (SGA), that has helped me grow as a person.

My life has been like a dark maze. I have absolutely no idea what's around the next corner. Each path I've taken has lead me to one of two things. Something fantastic that I'll enjoy and remember or something I wished never happened that I can forget. That's why I'm scared to take the next step because I don't know what will happen to me. However a few years ago I learned to give to give each step a chance, no matter how far back that step will take me. Being a senior this year a cartoon word has been shoved in my face a hundred times a week. That word is college. Just getting into college is a challenge. Thinking about all my test scores, GPA, applications is enough to give me a migraine. If just getting into a good college is this hard, I

I have been in college for two years now, and I have been to two colleges. For my first semester of freshman year, I attended a college in North Carolina. I am not giving out the name of the college for obvious reasons but it was my dream school. Once I got there, I soon realized that being 19 hours away from home was not for me. I left after only one semester and now I am almost half way through my third semester at a community college in my town. In the fall, I will be transferring AGAIN to another four-year college, but this time it is only one hour away…18 hours closer than the first college I went to! Okay, okay…back on track. Although I had some awful times at the college in N.C., I did though, meet a wonderful human being. My

My decision to start college can't be summed up in a few words or even a few experiences.

As Senior year gets closer and closer to the end college is the next to approach. I have already applied to colleges after considering the many options and narrowing down my search. When it came to college I never really thought about not going. It has never really been an option because I wanted to go and my parents did too. When applying for college came up I did have a bump in the road because of money. I was given a choice to do what I wanted; to pick where I wanted to go, but I wasn’t as ready as I thought. While I was looking through colleges there were a lot of majors and minors I had never thought about. I knew I wanted to go to a four-year college, but where? After long talks with my counselor I finally settle for about seven school;

College is a great opportunity that I am blessed to be going through today. I see it as an opportunity to grow as a person and set myself up for the future I want. The success I have in the future will be greatly affected by how I do in college.

The fact that there is life after school is honestly a little terrifying. Since the age of six we have been put in school and that is all we have known, but come college graduation we are all thrown out in the real world. We are expected to immediately go out and get a job, start a family and grow up. While this thought is a little scary I am very excited to go on this journey. From college on I hope to thrive in college, become a great teacher, create a family and be financially stable.

When I came to the college. I don’t have any close friend same faculty. It so hard to live alone when the time past and past. it made me felt homesick all the time. I really love my family. they always cheer up me when I tired. when I have gone to practice a softball. I have to know and make a friend each other. Everyone really difference part of my life because we don’t grew up in the same town. Softball play as team. we have to get along with us because the harmony of team is important. If they have a harmony we will win. Sport can make a friend and have activities to do when I am free. This cause it makes me don’t stay alone. I have a friend to hang out with and sign up for a class in the same section. When we have a

As I reflect on my Sophomore year of College I am so very thankful for all the support I was given throughout this year and in my entire life. This year alone I served on the Executive Board for Spotlight, was an active member of Chapel Assistants, became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Alpha Chapter,I am currently studying abroad in Oaxaca Mexico, and landed an internship with TheGrio in New York City upon my return! OH and did I mention that I ended the year with a 3.8.... None of this would of been possible without a village supporting...

I do not doubt that I am prepared for college I have taken several AP and dual-enrollment classes so, unlike other kids, I do not fear the course load or even the transition into college. I fear to face the same problems that black students often face in higher education. Black students often face marginalization and deal with negative stereotypes alongside criticism from peers and educators. Learning can become a chore when dealing with negativity every day. I have learned in my 17 years that anger will not solve the problem nor will tears. In the past, I have joined clubs whose main goal is to increase equity: club alpha, NAACP, VHS Equity team. I have been involved with club Alpha since I was in my freshmen year of high-school students of

Mere days into my college search, I realized that what I was looking for was something of a paradox. I immediately fell in love with small classes, scenic campuses, and tight-knit communities. Even as I realized my affinity for liberal arts schools, I was drawn to larger research universities touting hundreds of extracurriculars and research opportunities and a bustling, vibrant community. I knew I needed a school that married the two - and, initially, I was convinced that no such hybrid existed.

The individual I choose to interview was my mom Buggins Haalilio. As I began the interview, my mom seemed very radiant and the vibe of the situation was bursting with a positive energy. I could sense that this would be a very interesting and intriguing conversation, and that I would enjoy the discussion we were about to endure. Before I began the interview, we spoke about what this conversation would obtain and why I was engaging in this discussion. Afterwards, I began the interview with some basic questions.

This essay contains the experience of my journey from college life to university life. There are real life experiences such as mistakes, learning, religion, endurance, emotions, timing, decision making, traveling and environment. I have experienced a lot of new things and learned that will be helpful for me in my journey throughout life.

I was always told that the time spent in college is some of the best of your life, that the friends you make will last a lifetime, that you can truly be yourself in college. So far that has yet to be proved true, its not to say that college has been the worst experience of my life but I have yet to find my place. When I look around at others it seems they already have a place, and not wanting to bel left out I have began to play the role of someone that truly belongs. My performance as Goffman would call it is a form of impression management, but it is no less me than me in other situations. “ The self… is not an organic thing that has a specific loctation whose fundamental fate is to be born to mature and to die: it is a dramatic effect arising diffusely from a scene that is presented” (Goffman) The self I present is my front, it is a combination of the setting, my mannerisms and my appearance.