Personal Narrative: How To Get Into College

My College and Career goals include graduating college and getting a job. I wish to attend the University of Alabama. I plan to major in occupational therapy or speech therapy. After I graduate with my bachelor's degree I wish to get my master's degree. After I finish my schooling I want to receive a job that allows me to provide for my family. I wish to receive this job in my degree's field. After receiving this job I wish to improve to reach a leadership role.

Entering community college with little programming experience, I was eager to learn. I registered for my first programming class excited, with a fresh mind. My professor introduced the class to our first program, "Hello World." Instantly, I was hooked. As I uncovered the complexities of problem-solving and the importance of proper syntax, my love grew stronger. Eventually, with experience in C++ and JAVA, another professor presented a life changing opportunity to me.

It happened all through-out college. I had always heard stories about body-shaming with overweight individuals, but I never thought that it would happen to myself or the millions of other young women on college campuses.

After recently graduating from Fullerton College with two associate degrees in psychology, I could have not accomplished this goal all by myself without the proper guidance that I received from EOPS and FYSI at the time. These programs were established to support former foster youth at Fullerton College in their education as long as they met all the conditions for each semester. As a result, this was valuable for me during my time as a community college student, allowing me to guarantee that I would finish all my requirements on time to transfer to a good university, and becoming more involved with the campus each semester. That being said, this is one of the main reasons as to why I am applying to your program, so I could receive the support

I chose to come to community college because I felt it would better benefit me. Most four year universities have difficult obstacles to overcome. Distractions like parties, and other social things can be hard to ignore. For better focus and judgment I chose to come to Faulkner state. Also, I heard good things about the college on how they didn’t tolerate parties and the use of alcohol or drugs and the instructors have good relationships with their students, and to this day I find that very true. Another thing is when I was in the industrial contracting industry I knew going back to school was going to make me happy and make me feel like I had a purpose for my calling in the medical field of radiology. I knew I would feel fulfilled and it would

Coming to college is hard. You have to keep your grades up through 13 years of public education. You also should obtain a car to get from point A to point B. This also requires having a job to keep the car fueled and money in your pocket to live off of. Motivation is also a tricky thing to pin down. It seems to appear when you don’t need it, and then just vanish when you need it the most. And organizational skills, what are those? These are some of the challenges I faced when deciding to go to college.

Every day I went into work I knew one thing: one of the residents would not know who I was. He had seen me before. In fact, he had seen me more days than not in the last year. He held conversations with me, danced, went out in the community for various events, helped me cook, ate the food I made, and prayed with me every night. Despite that, every day he met me for the first time all over again.

Ever since I was a kid I have always thought about what college I was eventually going to go to. I made the decision in high school that I wanted to be a special education teacher, so I thought about some schools that had that teaching program. My number one school I wanted to attend that had the best teaching program was East Carolina University. Having ECU as my number one choice lead me to apply there. Weeks after I applied I got a letter telling me some sad news that I was not accepted. Since I applied to ECU and did not get in, I was now thinking about applying to other schools like Methodist University or maybe a community college.

Before my experience in my College Readiness Program, I pictured going into college a completely different way. I now feel prepared and excited to move into a dorm and be a responsible young adult.

Working your way through college can be a daunting journey to say the least. There have been a myriad of challenges to overcome, both foreseen and unexpected. A year and half ago I decided to follow my dream of moving to California and obtaining a degree in engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. The decision to follow my passion for science invoked both fear and excitement within myself. I didn’t have the support of many friends and family, as I am originally from the East Coast, many of them seen my moving to California as an unrealistic and unnecessary goal. Despite my own self-doubts and the discouragement of my family I made the decision to relocate to California. That decision manifested the most significant chapter in my life to date. In an extremely short period of time I had to find an apartment, in the Bay Area, one of the most competitive and costly rental markets in the country as well as enroll in school, apply for aid and secure stable

To the boards of admissions reviewing my application, you are probably wondering why a below average student is applying to one of the world's most prestigious institutions, home of America's brightest minds and success stories. I am well aware that I am not the typical student that applies to an Ivy League school. My test scores do not reach the national average and my grade point average may be a disappointment compared to students that I am competing for acceptance with. By looking at the numbers you should straight up deny me, but that's why I am here to tell you, you are wrong. Academically, I am not the strongest but that's because I am not inspired by the educational approach I have been given. Outside school, I don't hit bases I make home runs. I make a conscious effort to

Beginning my college search, I had no idea what I wanted from the future, let alone from a school. Having blocked the concept of the ‘future’ from my brain, I was going into my college search blind. I needed to start somewhere, so I decided to pick a major, and base my decision off that. From a young age, I was always told I should become a news anchor, so I began researching schools with superior communications programs. Of course, Boston University was on every list or article I encountered. With every new piece of information I learned about the school, the more certain I became that it was the place for me. The only problem was that this dream school was about 1,000 miles away. In my sleepy hometown, it’s rare for people to go as far as

When I began college, I had no direction. I started my college career enrolling as "undecided," taking liberal arts courses to fulfill base requirements while considering a number of majors. Writing has always been a strength, science an interest, and other subject success varied with my personal interest in the content. I truly believe that my limitations in those early days were functions of my own interest and self-discipline, and my A or F transcript is good evidence of this.

College is something completely new to me;hence, I know that I will face numerous challenges because of my unfamiliarity with it. My College Readiness Program has warned us that we could probably be homesick at one point in our transition to college and I have a feeling that I will be homesick. However in order to ease my transition, I will step out of my comfort zone, join clubs, and meet new people this way I will make college my new home and not be homesick. During college, I may face myself having grades that I believe do not reflect my work and as advised by my College Readiness Program I will approach my professor during office hours to speak about why my grades are the way they are and to potentially find a way to boost my grade. College

The hardest transition into college that I face is time management. Besides, being a full time college student, I am also a mother of three. Therefore, I need to use my time wisely. Although, college is important to me my first responsibility and devotion is to my family. I must learn how to balance these two obligations. I allocate all my free time to working on my assignments. To ease the transition, I have decided to take online courses for this semester. I knew I would need to do most of assignments in between caring for my family. Another, alteration that my family has to endure is the financial cost of college. My family and I will have to cut certain endeavors while I attend. The last provisional I must overcome is the lack of physical