Personal Narrative: My Journey To Lincoln University

East Carolina University is and has always been a dream school for many students including myself. I have grown up hearing about the University and it is nothing short of spectacular. Many family members of mine have attended East Carolina, and I have always pictured myself at this school. It would be an honor to be a pirate. Throughout high school I have struggled in Science and Math. I know I could have done better in high school but in life you can always do something better, im eager to push myself more and work harder than ever to succeed as an adult, if given the chance There are many times when I should I have put school in front of my extra curricular activities such as dancing, art, work, tennis, and swimming. However, all of those

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When I think about what I could contribute to Florida A&M University based on the knowledge that I do have with your institution is that i’m a extremely committed student who has beliefs that you can do anything that you set your mind to. There may be some times when I may feel discouraged but why must if I feel like that if things aren’t easily handed to you. You must chase your dreams, and when you do that things will slowly fall into place (not exactly how you planned for it to be at times). I learned that through the many obstacles I had to experience to make me the well informed women I am today. The best activity, interest, experience, and achievement in my life was being a Big member of “Big brother, big sister”. Becoming a mentor for

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.

HELLO GUYS!!! I have something veryyyyyyyy important to tell you! After all of my stressing about FAFSA ( Free Application Federal Student Aid) , Colleges, and Transportation, I decided to further my education at Rowan University. It took me a long time to make this decision because this wasn’t my first choice! My first choice/ dream school was LIU Brooklyn ( Long Island University) in Brooklyn, New York. I was recently accepted there and planned on attending there, but their out-of-state tuition was extremely high! Their tuition was $33,000 a year and poor black man like myself, cannot afford it. I really loved LIU because it's a great school, beautiful campus, and most of all, it's in New York. I had my whole planned before it even started,

Wilmington started out as home, then became just a vacation. After years of moving and resisting the pull to move back, I finally made the best and brightest decision I think I have ever made. I am moving home, and in the process, I thought there would be no better place to further my education than The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. I have recently taken a year off in between high school and pursuing my college education, and frankly, I think it has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I have learned to appreciate everything that was taught by my parents and the schooling I have received. In that year I took part in America's workforce constantly facing the struggles of being independent and caring for myself,

In the fall of 2005, I took my first steps onto the campus of Appalachian State University with my sister who was entering as a freshman. One of my most vivid memories from my childhood is walking hand in hand with my then eighteen year old, wide eyed, and prospective sister into the Watauga dorms. Afterwards, as we left down King Street, I distinctly remember gazing back towards the magnificent North Carolina mountains and yearning to stay. Even at the age of five, I knew that one day I would follow in her footsteps and become an Appalachian Mountaineer.

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

My freshman year at Eastern Connecticut State University was a year I will always cherish and remember fondly. I finally was able to be myself at my university which helped lead to my overall academic success in which I earned a place on the Dean’s List. I also got involved on campus by joining the College Democrats and Organization of Latin American Students. If it had not been for my Staples High School teacher constantly making students aware of current issues and legislations, I would have never discovered how passionate I am about politics and would not have joined the College Democrats. I also joined the Organization of Latin American Students because I love being involved in the latino culture and the club supports Latino students by

My journey to St. Joseph’s College started with me trying to get into another school. After moving back to the city from Orlando earlier this year, I originally attempted to start school back in the fall of last year. Despite a failed effort to thwart the bureaucracy of the Veterans Administration.

Thank you so much for writing back to me. I was starting to get worried about you. It is great to know that you are investing so much time in your academic studies! I am currently an all “A” student in my high school and do research with Rutgers University, a college that's only 40 minutes from my house. Education gives meaning to life, in my opinion.

It seems to me that the world is changing. Technology is reaching new heights, culture had accelerated its pace, and most of all society itself is on the verge of something new. In what direction, this is all headed, I cannot say. What I do know is that it is not terrible as some might claim. What I do know is that that the world is getting more connected, opinions are traveling through space in less than a second, some good, some bad, some crazy and some painfully true. We live in a magnificent era, that is as breathtaking as it is polarizing. This new world I believe requires a new way of thinking, of learning, and that is what I have come to the Evergreen State College to attain.

I was very nervous in the beginning but I tried to hide that from my client so she would feel more comfortable. I mainly listened in the beginning and started offering more answers as time went by. It felt more like a conversation then an official interview. It helped that we were in a familiar area and had an easier time talking to each other even in front of a camera. I did have a problem with my camera and had to stop halfway through to get a new one. We would have started the interview over but we had a limited time frame to work with because she had to leave soon.

University of Wisconsin-Madison was, quite honestly, not even on my radar for post high school education until I toured the school. Growing up in a house where instead of “family game night” we had “family gopher night”, it never seemed like a viable option for me to attend. I was taught that the only colors that mattered were maroon and gold, and the only colors that didn’t were black and badger red. The tour in itself came as a surprise, my mom being the advocate for it and my dad strongly disagreeing. We made the 285 mile trek, and I was immediately in love with the campus. The tour sold the school to me even more and I knew that Madison was automatically one of my favorites. When my dad got wind of my new-found love, he was less than disappointed.

After hours in the library spent hovered over my books, I walked into my first college exam with butterflies in my stomach. I wanted to do well and expected a challenge in the hour and a half of multiple-choice questions ahead. When I handed my test to the professor and walked out of the room, I was overwhelmed with disappointment. This didn’t stem from my performance because I knew I had done well on the exam; I felt this disappointment because that test, in one of the hardest general science classes, didn’t challenge me. Coming into North Carolina State University, I yearned to be challenged in the classroom and desired an environment where students strived to grow educationally. When I realized I wouldn’t find that in my current situation, I knew that my school wasn’t the proper fit and decided that I should pursue transferring.