Personal Narrative: My College Readiness Program

A great impact that I witnessed that year is when I took the school field trip to numerous colleges close to the city. I had never been to a university or even a community college. Therefore, me going to those visit gave me a greater idea on what type of college I'd like to attend. One of the colleges I remembered we toured to was Lakeland Community College. I really liked the aspects that it has, with the classrooms even the on campus living. Taking trip like that sets your mind up but also prepares you to know what to expect and look for when you are college searching.

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.

I started my college education at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, then to GCU. My passion to help others was evident in the classroom resulting in my professors recommending that I became a tutor at the college’s learning center. I worked there for three semesters tutoring math and science. In addition, I volunteered at Chandler Regional Medical Center where I accumulated over 300 service hours working in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). After earning my bachelor’s degree, I was offer a position to work in the CV-ICU at Banner-University Medical Center. I am also an RN supervisor at Southwest Behavioral

Throughout High School I thought I was proficient in reading and writing in my English classes, from freshman year to senior year English classes were easy and felt I could transition my confidence to community college after graduation until I took the English assessment exam and failed in the spring of 2012. Failing my entrance exam was devastating and I refused to accept my results, I waited two academic year before I can appeal to retest my English entrance exam and after weeks of waiting I was approved to retest. After I retest the results were the same, I was placed in remedial English not only was I devastated again but I personally felt worthless. I did not know what was wrong with my reading and writing but I had no choice to enroll

My community college experience has been rigorous but highly rewarding. As an international student, it was like stepping from a hill to a mountain looking out at the horizon. The sheer breadth and depth of the world are mesmerizing. I have entered into a leadership role like Phi Theta Kappa and Student Government Association (SGA), that has helped me grow as a person.

I believe I could really be a good asset to your school. I can really be a good student if I really tried. Since my career really depends on college, I will try my absolute best to be the best I really can be. Getting into to College is a really big dream, and if I don’t do well in college, there goes my career choice. So choosing, me is a good idea.

Fall of 2016 started off with football games, getting accepted to UA’s New College Life Track program, and I finding out that I was pregnant. Even though my boyfriend John, and I are not married we were still excited and ready for this new chapter in our lives. Living with endometriosis it is very hard if at all possible to get pregnant. We were in shock. Everything was normal with my body and I had been taking my birth control reguraly. There was no thought of being preganent I felt a little strange like something was off but I wasn’t feeling sick. Once I went to the doctor they told me I was six weeks preganent. Again, we were surprised but but happy for this new adventure. A few months passed and we went for an update, by then I was at

Going to a private school with my brother, I wasn't prepared for the financial difficulties that would arise for my family and I. After getting accustomed to the my classes, professors, and curriculum my freshman year; I fell in love with Baylor. I didn't think my family would struggle to make ends meet. By my sophomore year, my parents got into an accident and hospital expenses would force both my brother and I to a community college. Due to the uniqueness of my major in Texas and my goal to graduate in four years, I was determined to finish at Baylor. I began working as much as I could to help relief some of the finances off of my parents. My summers went to balancing classes and working full-time to raise money for the upcoming school year.

When I was a highschool student in Vietnam, I thought I couldn't have a chance go to college until I come to america, I was so happy that I could have a chance to go to college. My parent always remind me of hard learning to get a bachelor or master degree , I don’t want to have a job that only enough money to pay the bills, and not worrying about them, and I can spend my money on whatever I want. My parents would have a better life if they had gone to college, but they didn’t have the opportunity like I do. I am blessed that I have a chance to come to america, a chance to go to college, It changes my life. I am the luckiest one in my family because I am the first one in my family to have a chance to go to collge, so I don't want to disappoint

As I continue my journey in my new chapter of life, I have set new goals and standards for college. My first goal is to achieve the standards for the Honor’s Program. To be in the Honor’s Program would be amazing; I am looking to achieve the challenges that the Honor’s Program have for me to face and I am looking at it for the benefits and having it on my diploma as an achievement I have completed. The second goal is to be the top student in my class with straight A’s, so I can be a Principle Scholar in college. The final goal for college is to have my graduation gown cover with cords with completion I have done in college. As I reach for the stars with my career I want to achieve everything possible. My ultimate goal is to be the director

When you’re a teenager, you start to go through a lot of changes in your life. You need others support and help to get around these toilsome times. For me freshmen year of high school was distraught. With both parents always working and my older sister away at college, I had no one to look up to or to ask for help when I needed it. It was difficult figuring out the transition from middle school to high school. Not knowing what to expect or what I needed for college, I settled for B’s in my classes. It wasn't until the summer going into sophomore year that I realized I needed to buckle down on my grades. Knowing that my parents did not have four-year degrees and worked multiple jobs to support our family, I came to the realization that I didn’t

My high school valued college education significantly. I went to Achievement First for middle school and middle school. They have always taught us that we had to “climb the mountain to college” because the goal is to not only graduate high school, but to also graduate college. They had our schedules set up like college courses and we frequently had seminars. They even had a class called College Readiness that specifically focused on preparing us for college. Majority of the students were black and we were expected to secum to the stereotypes that majority of our young men will be in Jail by the age of 16 or that majority of the females would be teen moms. However, over ninety percent of my senior class graduated and was accepted to a four

May 1st has become known as National College Decision Day, the final day universities will allow students to either accept decline offers of admission. Leading up to this day, students may feel heavy confusion about the future and what it will hold. The factors contributing to this confusion vary from student to student, but the urgency to make a decision does not. Personally, I thought I had avoided this confusion. My life seemed laid out, the dream had always been to attend the University of Iowa and become a Hawkeye. My trip to Iowa City was intriguing, yet failed to give a feeling of sureness that it was where I belonged. During January of 2016, I took a trip with family to visit my sister in Tucson, Arizona, and visited The University

Growing up I lived with my mom and grandparents. My dad left before I was even born, so my mom was stuck paying the bills of my everyday life. I struggled in school a lot with the fact that everyone around me had a dad, but I didn’t. As time grew on the expenses just kept piling up and I was blaming myself for my dad leaving when truthfully it wasn’t mine or my mom’s fault at all.

Looking back over the last couple of years, I have noticed that my life has changed drastically. After I gave this change some thought, I came to the conclusion that going to college at an earlier age has brought this change. I have noticed that I am more mature and aware of what goes on at school; I spend more time working on my future career than I do anything else, and I am a better student academically.