My First Year of College Adventure

My senior year of high school felt like it would never end. College applications, financial aid, and constant school work rarely allowed me time to read the way I did in the past. With this in mind, my love of reading never died due to the words of a close friend. Written inside of a copy of J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit-my favorite book- is the quote my mentor said to me the first day of high school. “Never forget the journey,” he noted, “for it is the most important part of the adventure.” Mr. Shannon

distinct pattern with every person I talked to about college. There was always excitement in their voices about having freedom and independence, but ironically, no one wanted to go very far to experience that freedom. Everyone I talked to seemed to want to stay close to home. Although many people told me that I would get homesick if I went to school far away, I always had my heart set on getting out of Massachusetts. This notion of escaping my “humdrum” state emerged very young, when I had just seen

way to go on an adventure without leaving the comfort of your own house. Throughout my life I have gone on many adventures, both literally and figuratively. Reading has given me a lot of my favorite adventures, and I am excited to start a new one at every turn, whether it be hosting a foreign exchange student, or traveling to Washington D.C. with a group of teenagers I have never meet before Growing up as a kid, I love to read, I almost always have a book in my hands. Every year during school I was

Let me start out my saying congratulations on being selected to keep your vigil. You are about to experience something that less than 100 people have experienced in the past 10 years within Unami. Another part about this experience is that the next few hours are time time for you to reflect on your scouting career and for all those who you have helped during it. Crossing Over: I remember when you finally crossing over into Boy Scouts. I remember how excited I was to have my best friends in the

Dear 15 year friend, Friendship is treacherous when shared between one boy and one girl. We have lived through this danger for three-quarters of our life; and, I believed we would've continued to live this daring lifestyle had you not grown into a pompous, arrogant, and entitled man. When we first began our journey as five year olds I was excited to have this friend who shared a similar love for laughs and adventures. Sadly we had to part ways for six years when I left for private school

My entire life, I have wanted nothing more than to leave my hometown. There is nothing wrong with it, aside from the increasing crime rate and less than desirable weather at times, I have just always possessed a craving for the rest of the world. I have always had a passion for wanting to know what else the world has in store for me, besides brutal weather bipolarity and miles of soybean fields. Missouri is a beautiful state, but there are 49 others I have yet to live in. There is a whole planet

life and move on to another one. My adventure to UMass Lowell is like a lifelong road, one that has taken various turns throughout my childhood and teenage years, and has come to many stops along my most memorable moments. Like a long roadway, my childhood and adolescent years prior to college have gone through a long cycle of straightaways and turns. I was diagnosed with autism when I was about a year and a half old. Ever since my diagnosis, every new moment of my life has always been something different

Life the Unexpected Adventure The unexpected paths mark the journey to a lifetime of adventure. Heavy underbrush and dark forest mark the route, leading to clearings where ideas and opportunities soar. Even though, my way has crossed by different educational opportunities, unforeseen events, brambles and dead ends block the way. While I had an idea of the future while I was young, it did not come to fruition until a special someone began walking the path beside me. All though education highway is

to go to college” is a phrase so often said by every high school senior. I was one of those seniors who had made this phrase their daily mantra. I attended a boarding school in Piney Woods, Mississippi for three years’. Since it was a boarding school, the rules were unbearably strict. I did not have the privilege of enjoying my high school years’ like any other high school student. I did not have the freedom nor the resources nor the location to explore and grow. Hence, I expect my college experience

Coast Guard in my life. My father has been serving in the Coast Guard for twenty years, and because of this experience, I will never be able to answer the seemingly simple question “Where are you from?”. However, I feel so grateful for this lifelong experience, for it has taught me to be patient and open minded, responsible, adaptive, and excited for change and has deepened my love for travel and adventure. With my father serving in the Coast Guard my whole life,