My Life As A College Student Essay

Growing up I never envisioned myself to become a part of the medical field. To this day I am still in disbelief this is the direction my life has taken. I remember the first time an at risk teen outreach counselor showed up at an afterschool summer program right before I entered high school and asked what I wanted to be growing up. It was the first time I was legitimately forced to face my future head on. My father left when my mother became ill and was put on disability so I never had any real guidance or previously discussed the issue with anyone prior to that day. I naively replied "CEO of Microsoft"! It was the only thing I could muster up jovially on the spot. His reply has always stuck with me and now has become a motivating force in

So far, the college experience has made me a changed person. College changed me into a better person on many occasions. I have learned to be more responsible, when it comes down to getting work done. In college you must be responsible. I have also changed my attitude. Moving from high school to college is a big step; if you don’t change your ways for the better then you might not be successful in college. When you reach college then is the time that you become an adult.

I slowly cut the heart out of the folded paper and held it up to the light. The edges were jagged and uneven; I tossed it in my growing pile of scrap paper. My hands were stained with marker and my hair was covered in glitter. It was bedtime and I was not even halfway done with the valentines for my third-grade class. I wanted my cards to look great- better than store-bought. I was so frustrated that tears welled in my eyes. The next morning, defeated, I went to CVS with my mom to buy cards. Everyone liked the Kit-Kat bars taped to the backs.

The early stage of life, the childhood years, is the most important stage of a

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 air is tainted with the scent of perspiring bodies as the chirps of shoes fighting for traction echo off the walls. Rubber skid marks span across the effulgent wooden floor. Two round orange iron rims hang ten feet above the thick black lines that stretch ninety-four feet end line to end line. At the halfway point, in a big circle, lies a logo of a fierce bulldog. Terse bursts of air trickle down from the vents above. Most people would call the body odored gym an unpleasant setting, but I couldn’t imagine spending my free time any other place.

My journey to college began around 7th grade in middle school, I would always hear instructors mention further education. There was a huge emphasis on being prepared for high school and to begin considering a career. At that point, there was also the influence of both my parents to pursue a career. My father would always tell me about his past work experience and end his statements with, “does that sound like a nice job to do?” for example, around 1989 he worked at a dairy farm. In 1992 he worked the night shift at the old Butterball factory; in the late 90’s he began construction, which is what he currently does for a living.

I’ve just entered my senior year of high school. I know that this is a very important year. I have a lot of decisions to make and not much time to make them. These decisions will either make or break my life, and I want to make sure that I make them to the best of my ability because there is no turning back. I need to make sure I definitely want to attend college. The decision is totally up to me. There are many positives and negatives of attending college. Go over them, and then decide. I know myself better then anyone else, and I won’t let anyone else tell me what to do. I will make sure if I am going to attend college that I have something in mind that I will want to do, to succeed in. Choosing a major can be a

Life after high school comes with a lot of important decisions. The large cost of a college degree and the increasingly competitive job market have both added to the stress of this decision. The decision to go to college is one of the most important choices of a student 's life, and it can affect their careers and finances for the rest of their lives. These days, the rising cost of college is making students have to decide between the large sum of debt associated with a college degree or joining the workforce with a lower salary. Despite this fact, getting a college degree of some sort is worth the debt due to benefits like a larger salary that follow later in life.

When helping others you always believe that you are doing the right thing. In this case, the right thing ended up with my parents’ jewelry gone and loss of what I thought was a friend. The start of my eleventh grade high school year in Seattle was not only the worst year of my life, but the most eye opening experiences of my life. How could someone play the role so well, and smile with a big, innocent grin to your family, but be so evil and empty inside? How could someone betray your trust when you were so close, like a sister to me? How could someone steal from right under your nose and you not notice anything? These are all questions that I asked myself about my friend LaToya, that had been the sweet, innocent friend that I had always wanted. The school year of 2007, was not only a learning experience on getting to know that you can’t help everyone, but also an eye opener to remember the company you keep is not always good for you.

Throughout my years in school I have been preparing for this great opportunity to apply to this amazing university. When many students are asked if balancing college and their personal life will be easy, the typical answer is ‘Yes!’. I honestly know that balancing college and my personal life won't be a piece of cake, but I am willing to work and accomplish any task that is thrown my way. I currently have a part time job, I am active within my school, church and community, and I maintain my grades to have above a 4.0 GPA. I know i'm not perfect but I have worked hard to balance everything in my life well and to maintain good grades and i'm looking forward to bettering myself and the way i balance my extracurricular activities at USC. I know

The preceding is just a tiny percentage of the commentary that has been reiterated to me most of my life. While some of these comments and questions are positive, some are extremely rude and negative, and others are difficult to explain. I say difficult because to the naked eye they are harmless, but to me they are phrases that have and will forever change my life. I have been skinny my entire life; I was a chubby baby, but the moment I reached the age of two, you could tell that I was not your normal-sized toddler. This was not because I did not have any food at home or I did not eat even if there was food, I was just this certain size. My parents would force feed me or try to make me eat more than usual but I was not gaining any weight. There were pills and doctors involved, but still nothing. I knew I was not regular-sized. However, it was not until middle school that it really hit me that I needed to change and quickly.

People who are nostalgic about childhood, were obviously never children. Few people can remember the truth about adolescence. Their minds "censor" their memories; and have them believe that being a teenager was was one big party, free of cares and responsibilities. Well let me say this, you couldnOt be more wrong if you had a lobotomy. There aren't that many adults around who realise what adolescence was really like. The anguish, the fear, the anxiety, the stress. People don't remember those problems because they want to forget them.

As I graduated high school, I thought college would just be yet another four years of high school, and I was wrong. College opens many new doors in a young man or woman’s life. There are new responsibilities and pressures that you will have to deal with, and with more freedom these responsibilities and pressures can be difficult to handle. College has changed a great deal over the years and these changes, such as more freedoms, make college a much more challenging experience. You need to start preparing for college now by making yourself more responsible and having more self-control. Although you think college is merely partying with easy classes on the side, I have experienced pressures and work loads that make the experience challenging

This explains the beginning of my life all the way to the end of my life. My life from the beginning was very fun as I grew up living with my mom’s friend and my friend. But there were a lot of fights and I was very hyper back then. I have ADHD so back then when I was little; I was very hyper and wouldn't stop moving around the place. I always was annoying back then and never seemed to get my homework done at school.