Personal Narrative: My UCLA Field Trip

Several years ago, I went to Pensacola State College, and attempted to register for the Medical Information Coder Biller class, but was unsuccessful. The reason being, I could not provide the college with the proper identification they requested. I am a U.S. citizen born and raised, and I could not understand the process at the time. It took me a while to get my voter’s registration updated, and I did not have a driver’s license. This setback would prevent me from registering for any classes at the college.

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

Sonoma State University was first introduced to me a year ago when I went on a tour of SSU with my school. Twenty of us went on a trip to Northern California to see schools such as University of San Francisco, San Francisco State, Holy Names University, UC Berkeley, and of course, Sonoma State University. I fell in love with SSU the minute I stepped on campus, the campus is so full of trees, unlike the desert-style campuses of many Southern California schools near where I live, and amazing buildings that inspire me by just being around them. When I took a tour of SSU, my tour guide was a part of the Hutchins Program, and she was so passionate when she told my group about it. I had never heard of a program that allowed students to get their degree and teaching credential in 4 years, so after that tour I began to research and tour schools with these kinds of programs, and yet none of them have impacted me quite like the Hutchins Program.

If I could go back in time and relive a particularly difficult moment in my life, I will work part-time in the weekend in high school. I want to save my money. I want to travel other state. I also want to see my childhood friends. I wish I spend more time to have fun with my friends when I was young. When I first came here I went to school and I didn't how many class I have to take the class and to pass the MACS. I spent one more year to get my diploma. I wish if I know all this I will take class that require. I will go to Middlesex Community College early to practice the MACS because they have MACS class. After I going Middlesex Community College I pass the MACS. It is very helpful to go there. I learned a lot of MACS how to answer the open

       On Thursday, August 20th 2015 I was accepted into College of Southern Nevada. On Friday, August 21st, 2015 I arrived onto the CSN West Charleston Campus at around seven o'clock in the morning to be one of the first people to take the math, reading, and writing placement tests for the day. After I took the placement tests, I went to the Student Recruitment office and spoke to a woman named Kimiko Walton. I told Kimiko about what happened to me and she recruited me. Afterwards, I purchased my textbooks from the bookstore (a typical mistake made by college freshmens). As I existed the double doors of the CSN bookstore, I told myself: "Nobody can give me the life I deserve expect myself..." On

Hello I am Rey Rodriguez, and I’m still currently a bit undecided on what I’m majoring in. I love teaching and all things entertainment such as acting,singing,and production so I may start looking towards a major in which I can do a little bit of it all. I’m looking into hopefully transferring to Cal State Northridge or possibly Cal State Long Beach by next fall.Sociology has always been a subject I have found very interesting so I’m hoping on furthering what I already know and look forward to learning things I didn't know. A big part of me is music, I’m constantly listening to music or singing to myself. I enjoy going to live shows and concerts that is definitely a big hobby of mine, I also enjoy just hanging out and going out to eat with

Ever since I found out my softball team could make it to California for Nationals I knew this would be our goal for the summer. Now here is where the challenging part came in, we only had three chances to make it to California. We made it, we were lucky enough to make our goal in the third chance.

When I applied to Syracuse I knew virtually nothing about the sports program. No one in my family or any of my friends had gone to Syracuse. The first chance I got to see Syracuse was during a tour in August of 2015. By that point, I had seen dozens of college campuses. A few local city schools, a few state schools, private schools and even some ivy schools. But only one had something that stood out to me. The initial vibe you get when you first march out on campus at ‘Cuse is nothing like anything I experienced at those schools. The best part for me was the tour guide. I do not remember her name, except for the fact that she was a senior and no longer goes here, but I do remember her personality. She was bubbly, welcoming, and she never for a second, lost a

Imagine laying on a private beach right now in California. You’re sitting in a comfortable lawn chair with a front-row seat to the Pacific Ocean. You have waiters bringing you any kind of drink or food you want, and the sun is making you golden tan. Now, imagine the thrill you get while being on a roller coaster. The sun is beating down on you while you’re standing in line, but the wait for the exhilarating roller coaster is worth it. I got to experience all of this and more on my trip to Los Angeles, California. I went on this trip the week of my birthday, which is July 31, with my parents and my two sisters. My second trip to California was an unforgettable experience that was important due to all of the locations I got to visit, all of the knowledge I now have from this trip, and all of the memories I made with my family.

Trying to find memories is like looking for treasure. You look at the surface and see something mediocre, but you dig deep and find something cool, pretty, and meaningful. It took a while to think of a fond memory, but once I thought of some, it was hard to choose a favorite. Growing up I have had many great experiences in the form of vacations. Between going to Disney World, owning a vacation home, hanging out with my grandparents in Arizona, traveling to Canada and more. They all make amazing memories that I will forever cherish. The vacation spot we go to the most, though, is Wisconsin Dells. A few times I have been allowed to invite friends to come with. When I am allowed to bring friends, it is always a ginormous amount of fun. We goof off in the hotel room, play in the arcades, and swim in the water parks.

I went to Martin Luther College for the entire weekend for a basketball tournament. We left thursday at noon, and we did not arrive until eight o’clock that night. The college student that was suppose to pick Nathan and I up never showed up. We had to wait an extra 30 minutes because we had to find a new roommate. When we finally put our luggage down, we went straight to the pool. I did not go to bed until 3:30 in the morning because the college kids next to my room were really loud. In the morning, I went down to have breakfast with the team. I had eggs and hash browns. We went to chapel and had a tour of the campus. The campus was really nice. We had a game at 4:45, so coach wanted us to meet up at three. Unfortunately, we lost our first

I was in a hallway at the end of the day when suddenly I just full out tripped and when I tripped it was like the dumbest trip in the world like my shoelaces were tied and all but my foot just decided just to trip over my own foot. The bad thing was I was in the middle of a hall that was in a middle school a middle school and since you know everyone’s at their locker and the halls were full everyone just looked at me.At that point my White pants became black pants cause the floor wasn’t carpet it was marble and since it was the day when everyone went outside and since everything was muddy and the floors were extra dirty with mud so my pants became black pants. When that happened I thought I was a goner when I get home, but when I was in the middle of thinking that Charles said “Boi you good (means are you

While I take full responsibilities for my mistakes and while it’s no excuse, in all honesty, I didn't accommodate my class schedule to my living situation. In the attached documents, you can see I lived in Koreatown, Los Angeles, California and was traveling by bus and train to Long Beach City College, Monday- Friday. I would wake up at 6:00 am every day to get ready. I would then proceed to leave at 8:00 am to walk to the bus stop and ride it to Downtown Los Angeles. Afterwards, I would walk to the Blue Line Station and catch the train. The train usually had difficulties such as multiple trains having to use one track, therefore, delaying the train at one stop for 10-15 minutes. Consequently, I would miss my second bus once I arrived at the

“Aww! Cute little toes look like tiny peas,” said my neighbor in Shanghai when I was two months’ old. I was born in the U.S. but left for China with my grandma. However, as pre-school began, I moved back to a quiet Chicago suburb. My life was anything but quiet as I made interesting lifelong friends.

When I went to tour UChicago last year I admired everything about it: its beautiful campus, prime proximity to the city and attractions, the rigorous and distinct courses, career opportunities, and especially the amount of attention paid by academic & career advisors and professors to each student. Your alumni alone are enough to make any institution jealous (I always enjoy UChicago mentioning their 89 Nobel Prize winners or 49 Rhodes Scholars). The Core’s unique course will prepare me for wherever I go in the future, since I’ll have a healthy foundation in understanding each area of study. Though I’m rather certain of what I’d like to major in, I feel it’s both necessary and prudent to decide on a major over the course of several years,