Personal Narrative: A 30 On The Act

During my two last years of high school, i've been in contact with a lot of colleges and universities. Many of which don’t get my attention. Throughout my whole high school years, there was only one college that i wanted to go to, Liberty University. I have heard so many wonderful things about Liberty and what i loved the most was that it was a christian school. Liberty had the number one thing that i am looking for in a college, that is a christian school, but many of my other things that i look for in a college where just not there. I used to live in Florida approximately 11 years ago and let me tell you, it's hard not to miss the sunshine state. Liberty is in Virginia, a state where it doesn't feel like home. When i received a brochure

Truth be told, their only requirement is for me to have a 3.5 GPA or higher by the end of each semester. I am proud to say that I have never neglected to meet this requirement. In addition, my folks are pleased all the AP classes I have taken and how I continue to challenge myself. Suddenly, junior year came so did the ACT. The first time I took the test, I scored a 21. After that, I began to see myself as a 21. In other words, I saw myself as not good enough. The national average on the ACT is 20, so in reality I did just fine. The problem is: I kept comparing myself to the Claire Davis-es of the world. After reading The Overachievers, I realized that other students receiving a high score, does not make mine any lower. I may not have the SAT, but this book still related to me and my test taking abilities. This book reminded me that we are people. We are unique and perfect in our own ways. We are not

2014 Fall Semester in the begining was going pretty good i was excited to began school , adapting to the new college life, and interacting with friends and new people. I was attending all my classes on time , studying , and completing the required assigments that needed to be done. I also was working a full-time at Gensis Logistics it wasnt easy trying to manage my schedule , but i tried to make it work the best i could. MTE 1 , 3 , and SDV was a breeze to me I was completing my assigments , studying , and understanding the information that was given to me. Now on the otherhand ENG wasn't hard for me i just didnt understand the content that was teached by the teacher. English was always the strongest subject for me so i couldnt understand why it was such a problem in college , maybe it was the teacher and her teaching methods. I never understood any information that was given it seemed to me like our class was always off topic one class period we would talk english, and then another class period we would talk about something else besides english. Then she assigned papers and assigments that was unfamilar to me it seem like everytime she assigned the class papers

As my high school years were coming to an end, all anyone could talk about was college. Where they were going, what state they would be a resident in, and what they would major in, what campus they would be visiting that weekend. I, however, thought I had it all under control. I thought that when my Senior year came by it would all fall in to place. That's crazy, right? The shows that I grew up watching did not have to deal with this. That is when expectation went out the window and reality kicked me in the butt. I had five months left to start applying to colleges and looking in to different campuses that offered my dental hygiene program. Lucky for me, my community college had a two year program.

I was so ecstatic that I called everyone in my family to tell them that I actually got a D1 college looking at my records and that they stated that they are actually interested in me. Approximately two weeks had passed and it was time for me to take my first ACT, I was so nervous on the day of the ACT because I hadn’t taken it before and I knew that one of the requirements for MSU were that I had a minimum score of 18. I had no clue what I was going to score but the only thing I could do was pray the night before and have faith in myself. The big day was finally here and as I sat in the room waiting for the proctor to say begin my stomach had butterflies and a very jittery feeling. With only three minutes and twelve seconds left to spare on the last section of the test I chose to do what my English III teacher, Mrs. Triggs, at the time told me to do and that was to reexamine my test. Later that day I went home because I was so mentally exhausted I immediately went to sleep, I woke from my nap and I started crying because if I didn’t make an eighteen or higher I don’t think I would’ve retaken the

When I was in elementary school, my grandparents would give me and my siblings twenty dollars if we made A-B Honor Roll. In 4th grade, we decided to treat our family by going to the movies, as we had not been to the movies in almost two years. Our idea was my sister and I would combine our forty dollars and buy the tickets and snacks, and we would have some nice family bonding. Until we met The Bike Woman, a homeless woman we encountered in the parking lot. She walked up to us, rolling her old blue bicycle alongside her and asked if we had any spare change. Without even thinking of it, we handed all forty dollars to her, along with three bottles of water we had in a cooler in the car. She thanked us profusely and even tried to give the money

In this class, I have learned many new skills to improve my writing, and I have also learned new grammar rules. In regards to my writing, I have learned the importance of freewriting when beginning to write a paper. Additionally, I now know to allow ample time for revising and editing because I can look at my work critically for mistakes and make necessary changes. Furthermore, I have learned about grammar rules such as pronoun-antecedent agreement. This rule is something that I know subconsciously, but being made aware of it has allowed me to find mistakes I make more often.

What well in your classes? What did you need to do differently? What is your plan for success this semester? In this class, what will you need to do to be successful?

This school year, I wanted an academic challenge, so I signed up for AP Physics 1, a class notorious for the number of students failing. I soon learned why: every day provided new and foreign concepts taught at rapid speed, and no matter how hard I tried to understand the curriculum, I couldn’t. When we had to take mock AP exams, I scored a three out of five every single time. While that technically was passing, I left the semester with my very first B. It was a heartbreaking situation - I had never received anything less than an A my entire life and took pride in my perfect grades. This time, it seemed that there was nothing I could do to salvage them. However, I trekked past the initial disappointment and promised myself to do better the

As you can see my ACT score of 22 is not the highest. I assure you this does not refect my work ethic nor my intelligance. I've always worked hard in school to keep a high GPA, while taking challeging classes. So, I thought I would do well on the ACT like I had on other test in school. It proved to be more difficult than I had expected. I've taken the ACT 4 times, and not one of those times did I finish the test. I've had dyslxia my whole life; making me a slower reader. This was my fatle flaw when it came to the ACT. I tried requesting extra time for the test, but I didnt have the required documents needed to be approved. I am a dedicated student, and I know, if given the oppertunty, I can prove it to

high school with a GPA of 1.8 but a 32 on my ACT. Looking back on my time in high school, I cannot

Although you already know this, My SAT score is far from exceptional. What you don’t know is I’ve been preparing myself for this test since before high school. Originally, my school took the ACT, so in middle school, students took the ACT practice exams. Though many students didn’t believe they were significant, I always tried my best, no matter what. In ninth grade, my school changed to the SAT, I then started preparing myself for that instead. Since elementary school, college has been my dream, resulting from my parents never finishing their education. I want to explain the work and dedication I put into these activities. I live twenty minutes from Swartz Creek, I commute there every day, multiple times due to extracurricular activities.

“How is it possible to do that bad?” “I should be able to take a stupid timed multiple choice test.” Those two sentences haunted my brain and punched me the stomach as I stared with my jaw dropped at the paper holding my ACT scores. Then, I gathered my thoughts and it all made sense. I had two options, It was that I either work my butt off getting the best GPA possible or, I study day in and day out for a test that I feel does not reflect the type of student I am. So, I chose the first option. I recognized the hard choice I made and then I decided to live with it. I chose to not let a test hold me back. I plan on doing the same thing in college. If I do poorly on something, I will learn from it move on.

I view my high school transcript as an inaccurate view of my current self. In my freshman and sophomore years, I still had the careless attitude of middle school that many had already given up. This laziness significantly injured my transcript and it shows all the times. I chose video games, social media, or videos over school. All of this changed in my junior year, as I realized the need for me to step up and participate in school activities so I could succeed in my life. It was an instant turn around and I believe the current me is best denoted by my junior and senior year scores rather than my transcript. As for the test scores, I took the ACT exam in my junior year. Naturally, as part of my plan to reform, I studied profusely

English 101 was a challenging course. A constant stream of reading and writing lead to a demanding yet rewarding semester. The variety of texts read and written about provided a plethora of life lessons and demonstrations of values. Now at the end of the course I find myself a better student and writer. The texts themselves were not influential to my growth as a critical reader or college student. Rather, it was my own analysis of the texts that allowed me to consider other perspectives on technology use in the classroom and the importance of revision when it comes to school work.