Personal Narrative: My Goals For College Success

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.

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.

“I want to be a firefighter, construction worker, and professional race car driver when I grow up.” This was my proud childhood statement I would use when asked the question, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” This question in particular is one that will be asked awfully early in one’s childhood, as well as very late in a young adults final years before venturing out into the “real world”. Like many other young children, I grew up with the mindset of having a exciting, heroic, and lively job for when I got older. I dreamt of operating heavy construction machinery, saving families while extinguishing fires of a decaying building, and speeding past vibrant and heavily decalled race cars. However, as I grew older and gained more realistic

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

The progression of my education goals are as follows: My short term educational goal is to accepted as a nursing student here at York Technical College. My next goal will be to graduate from the nursing program as a Registered Nurse.

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The advice that changed my life was from my boss. I had been out of high school a couple of years, and, at the time, was working full time at a store in the mall. College had always been on the horizon for me, just barely out of reach. However, when I start to think back, I see what little effort I put in to try to reach college. Every time someone asked if I planned on going, I would say yes, I just needed to save up the money, brush up on a few subjects, and get my life in order. In truth though, I was just scared of going back to school. I had not done well in high school and had in fact dropped out. So, even if I had wanted to go to school I would need to take the GED test, and that was something I was not prepared to do. So month after

Over the past few years there has been a number of events in my life to influence my decision to excel in my college career. Life is always full of choices and decisions but what we choose to do with the obstacles put in front of us is the real challenge. A few of the events are as follows; my baptism, my new found purpose for my life and my pregnancy. The first and most influential event leading me to excel in college is my baptism. Over the past few years I have struggled with my faith and even at times questioned what in my heart I knew to be true. It wasn't until my mom became a big influence in my life that I had found my way back to God, and at that moment God started to work his way back into my life and guide me back to him. On April 13, 2015 my

What matters most to me is my 13 year old brother. I value him because while unexpected, his arrival brought my parents closer, unified our family unit, and inspired me to reevaluate my purpose in life. While I was 14 years old when my brother was born, our age gap highlighted the importance for me to not just lead my life as an example of good morals and character, but to also lead it with high ambitions and a track record of accomplishments. My brother, is our family's motivation to live fuller, dream bigger, and achieve greater success.

I do not doubt that I am prepared for college I have taken several AP and dual-enrollment classes so, unlike other kids, I do not fear the course load or even the transition into college. I fear to face the same problems that black students often face in higher education. Black students often face marginalization and deal with negative stereotypes alongside criticism from peers and educators. Learning can become a chore when dealing with negativity every day. I have learned in my 17 years that anger will not solve the problem nor will tears. In the past, I have joined clubs whose main goal is to increase equity: club alpha, NAACP, VHS Equity team. I have been involved with club Alpha since I was in my freshmen year of high-school students of

My college and or career goals are a priority to my future. I have a plan that may not be easy but I am ready for the challenge. In June 2017 I will be graduating high school. The next step I will be taking is to apply for college. My goal is to be a Registered (Pediatric) nurse. I will be the first in my family to attend college. Based off of my personal life experiences helping others brings me joy. Receiving the help of a scholarship for pre-calculus would be the start of a successful future. My life growing up wasn’t the best but I have a strong motivation to succeed. I want to create the life I wasn’t given growing up. School is a priority to me. I want to show the people around me I can do anything I set my mind to no matter what

As with most college students, the first semester was a memorable and formative time for me. Not only do we have to adjust to a new format of learning, we also must adjust to being away from our families for the first time, adjust to a new culture different from our high schools, make new friends, along with the other stressors that come from life. However, we come out better on the other end. The greatest thing about college is that your limits are pushed, you’re exposed to new ideas and subjects, you gain skills, and you are constantly growing. Although it was hard, I feel prepared and excited for the rest of my college experience.

My personal goals are that I want to be sure what I want to be so I don’t have to do more school then I really need. I have been planning my future for a while now I’m ready to start my future and doing what I like to do is help others that need the help. I don’t need anything else then to see people happy and healthy. I also remember helping my grandma when she got sick I also made sure she did some of her exercises the doctor instructed once a week. Therefore, my one goal is to finish this last year in high school with the highest grades I can get so I can be ready for the next step of my future. I’m strong in everything that I was I am and I am grateful that I’m healthy and doing well and I don’t just focus on myself and sometimes I worry

In regards to what I have done to strengthen my situation during my transition into college, I would admit that I have not sought advice from anyone. I have never really been someone to ask for help let alone for advice. I definitely have tried to take optimistic actions to assert myself. Never have I been someone to just sit back and quietly accept things as they are. I like to voice my own opinion and to have a say in events that involve me. If I am having trouble I prefer to know why that is even if I do not end up doing anything to change it. I have reframed this transition by viewing as a way to grow and learn how to accept and handle more responsibility than I ever have before now. Instead of viewing college as just more work to stress

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