Personal Narrative: My Favorite Memory At Mizzou

I felt anxious about attending RU. Now that I have been here a week I am feeling motivated. Living close to campus gives me the ability to be completely immersed in the college lifestle, therefore, allowing me to have the chance to join various clubs and the chance to use the many resources that will advance my academic career. Being able to join a club here at Rutgers will help me be able to feel like a Rutgers student. The amount of opportunities this school has is endless, and I plan on taking full advantage of such benefits.

We were now in Missouri I was so excited because I had never been to Missouri before everyone didn’t understand why I was so excited because it was just Missouri, but it was a new place to me. It was lunch time, so we stopped in Kansas City, Missouri at Burger King. Burger King was not prepared for that many people at once, all twenty-seven of us walked in, and their mouths just dropped, but they got us through the line efficiently, and we were off again. Our destination for the night was Evansville, Indiana so our bus driver was to the point where if you had to go hold it as long as you could because every time we stopped that was just later it put us in Indiana. We stopped for a few more times and then we were in Mt Vernon, Illinois which

As a child of the 2000s and 2010s, President Barack Obama has been a constant in my turbulent time of adolescence. He was elected the day after my tenth birthday and has now left office shortly after my eighteenth. Though it may seem audacious to compare myself to the (now former) leader of the free world, he and I currently face similar stages of our lives. We’re both in periods of transition. As he has left his home and career, I prepare to do the same. In June, I’ll graduate and leave the world of free, public education forever. In August, I leave Virginia Beach, the only home I’ve ever known, to start the next chapter of my life at Duke University. At such a pivotal point in my life, it only seems fitting to have a chat with someone who has been an incredible role model for both me and the nation.

I am a high school senior at Fair Park, looking forward to my first year at Jackson State University in the upcoming fall. My cumulative GPA is currently at a 3.6 average and anticipating to increase next semester. I would be considered the best person to receive a scholarship simply because I go the extra mile to assure my success. Although college is an extensive goal, it could be quite expensive. There is no better way to pay for college than by being awarded money for outstanding academic excellence.

As I sat on the couch getting ready for the first day back at school, I heard the phone in the kitchen ring. I stood up to go answer it and I heard loud footsteps coming down the stairs. My mother was running down the stairs to answer it just in case it was one of her work calls. I noticed that her voice started to crack as if she was going to cry and the smile that she once had on her face had disappeared. The person on the other end of the phone was my Uncle Dylan from California calling to let us know that Aunt Liz had died in a car wreck. We were so devastated but little did we know she left me $12k. A couple days later I received a letter in the mail saying that I had to use it to help pay for my tuition. I am looking to attend the nursing program at Lindenwood, Missouri State, or St. Louis University.

I remember waking up and looking out the window for the first time just to see a gigantic white pole with long, stretching fingers coming out of the top. It was just like a huge fan flowing very slow, as that’s where my 10 year old mind lead me. As we traveled, we finally hit a town that read welcome to Normal, Illinois. I felt so lost as we pulled through a different college town. While Illinois State University's campus isn’t similar to Purdue Universities, I was still having flashbacks of the enjoyment and memories I had made in Lafayette, Indiana. All of this was happening because my dad had just got a job as a football coach at Illinois State.

Time here at Bridgewater has flown by the past four years and it is crazy to think that in five short months I will be graduating. My time here at Bridgewater College has been the best four years of my life but also some of the most difficult. I never forget the memories I have made here through soccer, Cru, and all of my classes. Bridgewater has helped me get closer to achieving my goals of being a physical therapist and becoming a more well-rounded person. I have grown tremendously in my faith because of adversities in school and also through Cru. The Bridgewater community will always be one of my favorites because of the way you grow closer with so many students. I fell more prepared to face the real world and grad school because of how

Although many schools claim to be the best, the University of Michigan truly holds this spot in my eyes. When talking to people about it, they always comment on how cold it is, and they wonder why people would ever want to live there. My answer is simple; I was born in Michigan and love everything about it. From the bitter cold, to the prestigious colleges, I take pride in being born here. When I researched great law schools and found one located in Michigan, my attention was immediately

On September 21st, a group of classmates and I joined Dmitry for a Tennessee soccer game versus Auburn. We met up at the college of business around 6:30 pm and he drove us over to the soccer stadium. Over the course of the night we talked about campus life, got concessions, and, most importantly, cheered on the Lady Vols!

When trying to even begin why the University of Pittsburgh is a good school for me, my mom had me help her make a pot roast. Peeling back the brown crispy layer of an onion, the second layer of white skin appeared. Epiphany struck me; The University of Pittsburgh is like an onion.

While attending Kennesaw State University, I was able to participate in the new program that allows for student teachers to spend an entire school year in one classroom. I spent my year long student teaching experience in a kindergarten classroom within the Cobb County District. This experience allowed for me to see all the aspects of being a kindergarten teacher, from working collaboratively with the grade level teachers, participating in creating activities for students with EIP's, attending 504 meetings, parent-teacher conferences, professional development meetings, after school activities, and so much more. Throughout my time spent at KSU, I was able to spend time with a variety of grade levels at multiple schools, therefore, I have gained

I took a year between graduating high school and attending college at Green Mountain College. Three friends from high school and myself took off, after the summer, to through-hike the Appalachian Trail. The trip, lasting almost six months took us from our home state of Maine down the spine of the Appalachian mountain range to Springer mountain GA, the southern terminus of the trail. The trip, for us, acted as a break from the typical learning environment of our high school experience into a much different sort of learning environment. An environment where we lived outside and in places we would have otherwise not have been, meeting people who showed us the culture of the rural Appalachian lifestyle. Living and learning in these places opened

My first week as a freshman at Georgia Southern was something new. For the first time I walked everywhere I went. My legs are completely dead! The heat is crazy down here and is just draining all my energy. Not to mention on my first day of classes I misread my schedule thinking I didn’t have a class until three when it was at two o’clock. Other than that, my week has been really good. I met some new friends, all of my professors are great and, I know my way around the campus so when fall comes I won’t be lost. My goal for this summer is to try to get all A’s so when fall comes around I won’t destroy my grade point average when I have to take four more classes than I am taking now.

The moment I stepped onto The University of Tulsa’s campus, I immediately felt at home. The atmosphere was so positive, and everyone was so friendly. Community and family is extremely important to me when it comes to excelling in college. Coming from a medium sized high school, I am looking for a college that is small but still has enough people that I don’t know every person I come across. I would also like to attend a Division 1 school. Being the smallest Division 1 university, you get the best of both worlds at The University of Tulsa. The University of Tulsa is only 30 minutes from my house, so it is close to home, but also far enough away that I can still have the “college experience” everyone wants. I am also very attracted to the research

On April 23, 2016, my World Religions class at Rock Valley College took an all day trip visiting several different places of worship. We visited a Muslim temple, Sikhism temple, Hindu Temple, and ended our trip at a Zoroastrian Temple. As a born-again Christian, visiting several different places of worship was quite an experience in itself. I challenged myself to go into this trip with an opened mind- not to convert to them but to challenge myself not pass judgement. At each and every temple we visited, we were welcomed and warmly received. They were very eager to share their beliefs and traditions of their faiths with us. In every temple’s worship room, we removed our shoes. For each temple we visited, I had very different first impressions.