I am most looking forward to taking new and exciting classes that broaden my view of the world. Of course, I also can’t wait to meet new people, and have the “freshmen experience”, but after being in high school these past four years, I can’t wait to crack the shell. Having to wake up at 6:30 A.M. every morning, and then take six classes back-to-back can be exhausting and suffocating. There is a constant schedule in which there are classes that nearly all high school students in the country take. Independence is limited and finding yourself can be hard. In college, I hope to be able to take classes that are only offered at Emory, or at least just a class that makes me think. This I pray will help me discover me and also the world around me.
My decision to go back to school in the fall of 2012 was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. I’m a stay at home mom of 4 boys with 2 of them being special needs. My oldest was born with a rare genetic condition called hereditary spastic paraplegia and my youngest son was born with a rare condition called Dravet Syndrome that requires 24/7 care. I was at a point in my life where I had lost my identity of who I was and I wanted to be me again. I made that important decision to go back to school for myself with the fear of how I was going to do it, but I knew that it was right. It took me 3 years to complete my AS but with the support of my husband and kids I was able to receive my degree. I worked hard and was able to juggle being
Returning to college has been a prodigious challenge. One in which I determined I would meet head on with resolution. As a fine arts student I was fortunate to find a mentor in the Paradise Valley Community College Theater Director, Andrea Robertson. Andrea perceived potential in me and encouraged pursuit my goals as a writer/director. I took the initiative to approach Andrea with the idea to write and direct my own play in the Advanced Directing course. This past fall that idea came into fruition. As a director I oversaw numerous different areas in the production of my play. These were roles filled by fellow students, allowing the opportunity to provide guidance and leadership to peers. I worked with actors, stage management, set design, prop
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 always believed that things would just work out in the end. That I did not need to be wrapped up in over complicated situations because they would unravel themselves. I had this idea that I would grow up, go to college, and then get a job. My older brother Joseph had a similar idea. He started at the University of Dayton in August of 2015, but decided to come back home to our house in Bucks County at the end of October in 2015. His simple decision of “college wasn’t for me” had single handedly ripped me from my cozy reality that “everything works out” and had pitted my family against one another.
Once I leave to college to start my future I hope that I won't leave my father with the constant fear of worrying about the financial troubles that lie ahead of him. I want him to be able to relax and know that his daughter is well taken care of. This scholarship will help me accomplish my goals and watch out for my family.
In this world there are those who wish they could be a child again to not have to deal with stress, and then there are those like me. I am fine with who I have grown up to be along with the fact that I am choosing to pursue my dream so late in life. When I was a child I had no idea where my next meal was going to come from, let alone have idol time to think about what might become of myself in the future. Growing up with a constantly drunk mother, no father, a younger sister who was forever breaking the law, your life becomes a moment to moment decision of what needs to be done at that exact moment in time. No daydreaming for this child.
When I started Rutgers in the fall of 2014, I was very nervous because I did not know many people and I heard several rumors about how college is much more challenging than high school could ever be. My performance is high school was satisfactory, but not as good as I wanted it to be, which made me even more nervous about college. But the English courses at Rutgers really changed my perspective on myself. I remember myself sitting in class and I wondered what makes this class so different from high school English courses. Then, my teacher walks and greets us. She starts off the class by introducing us to a new text called the “On Habit” by Alain De Botton. “On Habit” is about how the little things in life can bring happiness into a person’s
Since this is my second time going to college my expectations a really different from the first go around over ten years ago. Going back to college after so many years will be a huge change and will take a lot of discipline to set for myself. I am here to find a career field I think best suits my family life style and me.
My goals after college include getting a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine and serving and supporting the community. I plan to achieve these goals by keeping my perseverance up and not giving up when times get tough. I am persuaded that people around me and academic achievements will get me one step closer to by goals. I am keeping a 4.0 gpa and currently in the top ten percent of my class, however I will continue to push myself to do better. Throughout high school, I have grown closer to the community as a whole by participating in volunteer work. Volunteering has helped me mentally reduce stress and has brought fulfillment to my life. I enjoy every moment of volunteering, because the joy and happiness in others lives are the most priceless
The first I came to the US I had to start over and get a new degree because English wasn’t my first language, I have an accent different than Native American speakers. During my Pre college class at HCC I had to prepare for debate we were four students vs four students of my classmate, and the most important thing and funny happened in my life at that time we all four of my team members were foreigners and the other member team were native American. Before I came to class I prepared my part well I made search about my project, supporting my ideas with proof and pictures I was confident about myself and my team too. I had to seat with my team in front of the class, when the debate started and it was my turn to debate, I couldn’t find my words,
Rocio literally means “dew” as in morning dew. My mother gave birth to me at midnight in a hospital and at that time in Cuba my father was working in the fields and wasn’t informed until the morning after. On his way to the hospital he stopped to look at the dew on his plants and that’s when he chose my name. Rocio suits me very well because it’s a reminder of where I came from and every morning when I look at the grass outside and see the dew drops I get a sense of reassurance and comfort.
I made the life changing decision to return to school in 2012. I always wanted to obtain my degree, but as a single mother of one son, it was my choice to make sure that he obtained his degree first; we both could not afford to go at the same time. It was always very important to me to make sure he had the tools he needed to become successful. When my son graduated from his university, I told myself it is my time now. I went back to school for personal and professional fulfillment, and I am someone I never wanted to live a life full of regrets.
Just a reminder I need to leave by 4:00 today to pick up Allie . Also next Monday and Tuesday Lisa is out of town for a meeting and I will need to pick Allie up from school on Monday and and take her to school on Tuesday so I will need to be leaving by 4:00 on Monday and will be in a bit late on Tuesday because I can not drop her off until 7:45 in Orland.
In my perspective, college is just the beginning of your adult life and I do not think it should be the end of your education. When I think of college, I see it as a place for the basics and where you learn everything is by trial and error in the real world. All the great people in this world did not stop learning after college. Think of the greats like Warrant Buffett who reads “between 600 and 1000 pages per day when he was beginning his investing career, and still devotes about 80% of each day to reading.” said Andrew Merle who writes about good habits for productivity, health, happiness, and success. He also says that “Bill Gates reads about 50 books per year, which breaks down to one per week”. This just goes to show that the most successful
I have decided to go back to school to finish my degree. The first time I went back to school was from 1999-2002. I went to Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. I almost completed my degree before I had to move back to Tennessee. I then joined the Tennessee Army National Guard and became a full time National Guardsman. My family had told me several times that I need to complete my degree, but I never gave it much thought and never seemed to have time due to deployments. Time has flown by and I realize that I don’t want to allow the college credits that I earned to go to waste without a degree. My ultimate goal for using this degree along with almost twenty years experience in human resources is to start my second career working