Essay On Post Secondary Education

I was always thought of as a smart kid throughout school. I think that assumption comes from me being the youngest of three and my older sisters being the brilliant ones. Even though I took accelerated, honors, and AP courses throughout high school and graduated with a 3.8 GPA, I never once passed an AP exam. Most of the failures I rationalized with my lack of motivation or interest in a subject, but one test score was especially hard for me to accept. I could not understand how I did not pass my AP Literature exam, my favorite class I had ever taken. During the exam, I noticed challenging questions and essays and I felt tense until I got to the Q3, an open essay question. I had chosen to write about Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale

To start I plan on going to post secondary school after high school to get my bachelors degree. I plan on majoring in finance and then becoming a CPA. I am still unsure what I want my minor to be but I’m pretty positive it will be in the business field. There were a lot of different things in my life that made me want to take this path. One of which is the financial situations of my parents. After my parents divorce, it came clear to me how important it is to go to college. My dad who went to college and got his degree has found great success. Whereas to my mother who decided to work after college struggled after the divorce to get everything together. She was changing jobs constantly trying to find one that paid more so she could provide

Going into high school is rough, excepting the fact that whatever grades a student receives will be decisive for the their future. So many students question, what can be done to make this high school experience beneficial to the future that lies ahead of me? The answer is simple, take a few AP courses. AP courses are described in many ways, one way to think of them is a course for kids that want to have a challenge. According to the website, “Consider AP Classes For More Than AP Scores”, having AP classes on a student's college application shows the college that the student enjoy challenges (¨Consider AP Classes For More Than AP Scores¨). When a student's application has these courses on it, it shows the college that the student is prepared and ready for

And so with my final thoughts coming to an end I believe the challenges faced in the AP course will greatly benefit myself and be worth the difficulty of the class. I will learn to think at a college level and perform much more skillfully and professionally both in my integrity, as well as the quality of being created because of the degree of demand found in such a class. Therefore that is why I wish to join the AP language and Composition course.

I was lucky that the faculty members in my high school recognized the passion I had for history and recommended that I take the Advanced Placement United States History course. I agreed, knowing that this is a formidable endeavor with little support outside of the school environment, parents who are immigrants and no safety net to catch me if I failed. I set to the task telling myself that this was my time to shine. Armed with my favorite subject and an opportunity to take an AP class in Junior Year, how could I fail? Yes, Ten months of study, 400 years of history, 44 Presidents, Two World Wars and a whole lot of conspiracy. Come test time I was worn out. Test day was a Friday marked on the calendar with a big X. After taking the test I had to wait six agonizing weeks to get the results, constantly second guessing my answers, wondering if I did well. On the Friday morning the results were released, I got up early and checked them online…. I got a 5. Top ten percent in the country, now that’s a much better number than one in three

AP exams are tedious, but only altered towards certain minds. Preparing and taking these exams are treacherous, but they do offer great award for others striving their abilities. In high school, taking the exams is gruesome, but require nearly hours of dedicated preparation. Without preparation, passing, an AP exam is impossible. Students preparing 2 weeks to 1 month prior to the exam might exempt a four. However, struggling to understand exam content, while gazing in deep despair, and slowly stared at content. Wondering how passing the exam would be possible, yet struggling to grasp the concept.

I remember the day I found out my score for the first AP Exam I took in May 2014. Like everyone else, I was very excited to see if all my hard work in AP World History had paid off; however, the moment I saw my score, I felt like a complete failure. While a few other people celebrated that they received passing scores, I felt like crying, and I never wanted to take another AP class again. I could have dropped AP U.S. History like most other people, but I didn’t. My score only motivated me to take the class and aim at getting a passing score that would get me college credit.

In this country there are a great majority of opportunities, but for some reason in our school there aren’t as much educational opportunities as other schools in this nation. As a person that will do anything to succeed I have to take advantage of the educational opportunities that are offered. One of the educational opportunities I have taken advantage are the AP and Honors classes. These classes are more rigorous than the other regular classes and have therefore helped me be better prepared for college. The AP classes I have taken are; AP Euro, AP US History, AP Spanish Language, and AP Chemistry. As for Senior year I am taking AP Calculus and AP Government. I found out about these classes by being told by the school, I always wanted to

Although you already know this, My SAT score is far from exceptional. What you don’t know is I’ve been preparing myself for this test since before high school. Originally, my school took the ACT, so in middle school, students took the ACT practice exams. Though many students didn’t believe they were significant, I always tried my best, no matter what. In ninth grade, my school changed to the SAT, I then started preparing myself for that instead. Since elementary school, college has been my dream, resulting from my parents never finishing their education. I want to explain the work and dedication I put into these activities. I live twenty minutes from Swartz Creek, I commute there every day, multiple times due to extracurricular activities.

This past year has been both a new and difficult experience which has provided me with a new motive to pursue my goal of a higher education. My mother and I have been staying in British Columbia because I would like to finish the International Baccalaureate Diploma and pursue post-secondary schooling in Canada, while my father is currently living in America. My family has been separated in order to maintain my education and pursue my goals. I will be the first in my family to pursue a post-secondary education. Due to the sacrifices made by my family, I would like to not only accomplish my goal of attending further education but I would also like to make my parents proud. The past year had opened my eyes to the importance trying the best in

The type of learning environment that I am seeking incorporates fundamental changes taking place in the world and equips students to be not only survivors, but conquerors of the world who affect change. Consequently, to conquer my world, College can provide me with the mindset and tools needed to reach my goal.

Advanced Placement classes have a reputation for being stressful, causing panic and anxiety attacks, while overwhelming the majority of students who take these classes. As someone who has only taken one AP class, I wanted to ask some North High students about their experiences and opinions pf Advanced Placement classes. I interviewed Reilly Wasiluk, a freshman; Aaron Michel, a junior; and a senior who wishes to remain anonymous.

Taking my first Advanced Placement course was something I knew would be a challenge. As I studied A.P. U.S. History my junior year, I realized how much I valued the subject in particular. As the school year began, I fell in love with the history of our country and the people involved. Although I had a rough starting patch, this course did not only teach me our American past and how we reached the point where we are now, but a saying I now cherish.

At the end of the year the time finally approached to take the AP final exam. During this exam we were given a limited amount of time to read, write, and do a few other things ranging from vocabulary to editing sentences. I was very well prepared for this but I was still very nervous. It was the first time I had actually been in a serious test-taking environment. As I began the exam I was doing what I was taught, read quickly and correctly but don’t spend to much time on any one question. I was taught to make small notes in the margin to look back on to help answer questions. As I proceeded with the multiple choice section I began to realize that I only had thirty minutes remaining and I still had two texts to read and answer fifteen questions over. So as I raced against the clock I cleared my head and continued answering the questions. After the time had finished I felt relieved that I had finished every question in the section and also felt that my answers were correct.

As a sophomore picking out classes, I had free choice whether to enter the CP course, the Honors course or the AP course. The only reason why I was able to choose between these three courses was because of my grades. This is similar to the concept of “barriers to entry” in economics; the students are the new firms, the courses are the industries, and the different grades are the actual barrier into the courses. During sophomore year, I maintained an average grade in the honors history course of higher than