Personal Narrative: My Transition To College

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

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

Coming to college is hard. You have to keep your grades up through 13 years of public education. You also should obtain a car to get from point A to point B. This also requires having a job to keep the car fueled and money in your pocket to live off of. Motivation is also a tricky thing to pin down. It seems to appear when you don’t need it, and then just vanish when you need it the most. And organizational skills, what are those? These are some of the challenges I faced when deciding to go to college.

It happened all through-out college. I had always heard stories about body-shaming with overweight individuals, but I never thought that it would happen to myself or the millions of other young women on college campuses.

Transitioning into college can be a difficult time for many people. Because of the fact that college is so distinctly dissimilar to high school, students may not cope well with changing lifestyles. For me personally, though, I look forward to the conversion from high school into college. I am always open to different opportunities with respect to advancing my education into secondary education. So changing the way of operating for me should not be all too hard for me because of how well I have done so in the past.

In short, the move to college was rough. Transition into college is an experience unlike any other and one that I had to find resources for on my own. Being the first generation in my family to attend college, I didn’t not have much by way off aid in order to help guide me through the process of applications and subsequently the process of entering the university academic world. Having no knowledge of how to write an essay or what college would require of me, I attempted to take it head on, and spent my junior year working; spending all of the money I made in order to hire a college counselor who could help me, first, even get into college. This turned out to be a poor choice on my part; I made it through the application process but never learned the why to the choices we made for my essays and applications or how they would relate to other applications in the future.

Transitioning from high school to college will not be an easy task. From the start, we were told that we shape and mold our identities from a young age, but that it's easier said than done. Moving from one country to another, was a great big deal for me. My family and I knew education was important, but were offered little opportunities so my mom had to make many sacrifices in order for me to achieve my goal of a long and successful career.

I have headed off to college and to be completely honest I have never been so true to myself as I am these days. I have started to change the world in small significant ways and have made the conscious effort and decision to be my 100% true self in order to better others and speak my truth.

WEll, I guess this is the beginning; the beginning of a new journey, a new life, a new me--hopefully.

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.

Moving into college this year was a different adjustment than most freshman were having. I felt that instead of taking a step forward, “high school to college whoa! I’m growing up!” I was taking a step back. Last year, I was taking three AP classes in the morning and then I got to leave school and go to my Co-op. I was working between 35 and 40 hours a week as an Engineer and by this time last year, had moved into my own apartment. Not quite the typical senior year but it worked for me. So, this year, moving into a dorm, giving up my “real” job, I was not expecting to grow as much as most freshman would, I was wrong. Since coming to college I have put together a whole new world for myself, and learned much about what it means to be a Umass Lowell student. I joined the Rugby Team after not having played a sport since middle school and managed to fall in love with the city I had moved to, even after deciding I probably wouldn’t like it because it was still Massachusetts. My Freshman Seminar class had fallen into the list of things I had written off as not quite being at my level, and although it was certainly an easier class it also became something I credit with changing my views this first semester. This class gave me many opportunities to get acquainted with the City, the University, and my new home.

My biggest motivation to become a Columbia Souther University student was the birth of my child. I what best for her, like every good parent. After some research in the internet, I found out that Human Resources Manager is highly paid profession. And because I already have a degree in this specialization from my International University , the CSU transfer half of my credits, that would help me to complete the school sooner. Taking this classes will help me to succeed in my future career. I look forward to learn about all laws and regulations of Human Resources, how to be a leader and a good manager, be more socialize. And also it will help me a lot with my English, that I will feel more confidant in myself

school to college. Basically no one cares, but it’s a good thing. It gives everyone a chance

The hardest transition into college that I face is time management. Besides, being a full time college student, I am also a mother of three. Therefore, I need to use my time wisely. Although, college is important to me my first responsibility and devotion is to my family. I must learn how to balance these two obligations. I allocate all my free time to working on my assignments. To ease the transition, I have decided to take online courses for this semester. I knew I would need to do most of assignments in between caring for my family. Another, alteration that my family has to endure is the financial cost of college. My family and I will have to cut certain endeavors while I attend. The last provisional I must overcome is the lack of physical

Looking out into the crowd, I saw my mother and grandmother with proud smiling faces and tears running down their cheeks. This was the moment they had been imagining, and the moment I had been pushing myself to attain over the last four years at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). As the announcer said my name on the hot summer day in June, I walked to the podium and accepted my diploma. I gave a giant smile to the audience and a nod towards my family, thanking them for their love and support, giving credit to those who had helped me along my journey to graduation. This was by far the most meaning moment of my life because of the struggles I endured, and the journey I had taken to achieve my success. I will never forget that moment and my personal quest to graduate college.