Personal Statement: What I Want To Be In College

My hopes and dreams are that I want to play in the NFL, and have straight A’s this school year. Some of my favorite sports are football, softball,

Everyone has something that drives them to succeed every day. Some people feel a need to compete with others around them while others feel they need to make their families proud. For me there are two major factors that encourages me to try my best. One is to show my parents that everything they have done for me has not been a waste and the other is my curiosity.

Education is key. My parents have always taught me that whatever you learn stays with you for the rest of your life. College is my aspiration. I want to attend a four year university to maintain a better lifestyle. I love learning new things; it’s like an addiction and you just want to absorb more knowledge. I witness my parents arrive home everyday tired because all they desire is to give me a better life. They want me to succeed and I have just opened my eyes and realized life is harder than I thought. My parents want the best for me and I want the best for myself which means if I try my best I can achieve my goal into making it into a four year university and graduating.

People are categorized all their life by themselves, their peers, and strangers. Each person is put in a category based on race, age, gender, etc.. In Circles of My Multicultural Self, I put twelve different identifiers and descriptors that defines who I am right now. They are the following: middle-class, complex, hard-worker/driven, agnostic, girlfriend, generous/kind, athletic, adopted, female, future counseling psychologist, and Asian (Korean). The three most impactful identifiers and descriptors are complex, girlfriend, and hard-worker/driven. ‘Complex’ is mostly due to what has been going on in my life, and it describes how my personality, ‘Girlfriend’ describes one of the most relevant events that is going in my life. ‘Hard-worker/driven’ goes hand-in-hand together as it allows me to focus on what I want out of life and college.

Getting a college education was never a thing I saw myself doing as a child. College wasn't a coveted thing in my household, I was always told that I needed to get a job and work for the rest of my life and that if I didn't do well in school, then I wouldn't get into any college. I had never been the best student, so I assumed that I would never get to go to college. I only recently started wanting to get a college education because I really want to work in the United Nations. Even after graduating high school with acceptance to a university overseas I thought I should take a year off to think about if I really wanted to continue my education or not.

According to Zadie Smith, she states “ In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I am thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, and the people from my neighborhood. I have come to realize that this is an advantage, really; it keeps you on your toes.” ( Smith ). When I first arrived at Brunswick Community College, I did not have a for sure plan on what I wanted to do with my future. To be honest, I was not really that concerned about my future. I was more concerned about what I could do in baseball and how far I could go in the game. It has taken me my first semester in college to understand how truly blessed I am to even be able to play baseball in college along with

The past year has been a stressful one. I have been faced with the biggest decisions I have ever had to make. Decisions that mark out my future and essentially set me up for the rest of my life. I had to decide which college to attend, what to major in, what I want to be now that I’m grown up, etc. I also have to worry about how I am going to pay for said education and where I will live. Don’t grow up, kids- it’s not fun.

I want to go to college because I want to improve my skill and my ability .I think I can learn many things and know all kinds of knowledge in college. All I learn in college can use in the future.The most important thing in college is to learn how to get along with others and enhance my interpersonal skill. That is why I want to go to college. Moreover,I can join the club and know people who has the same interests or hobbies.There are many ways to make our college more colorful.

Instilled since childhood, we were all taught to pursue a college education. When asked about attending a postsecondary school or program, the hands of each student would shoot upwards into the air as if their dreams were already in reach. In fact, many students consider a college education worth the time, money, and energy since in the long run, the effort will pay off in the form of higher salaries, steadier careers, and an overall healthier standard of living. However, though I believe attending a college is important for all the same reasons, I also consider universities to have much more to offer than the amount my paycheck has to offer each week. Completing a postsecondary program is an opportunity that can provide the resources never

An education after leaving high school, when I was younger, in my mind,used to mean that an individual had improved themselves more than the person who had not attended college; and, therefore, they were more worthy of the job than any other individual who had not chosen that path. I disagree with that. Now a days, while knowing, how to do math and basic english is essential in any profession, learning a subject just to become a “well-rounded” person will not make you a better employee or a better person. College should be a place for any student to obtain the skills needed for the career in which that individual has chosen to pursue without incurring unnecessary debt or delay their

What do I want to be when I am done with high school? I want to be an entrepreneur, owning my own bakery. I have reached my goals of graduating high school after all my trials and tribulations. I have been homeless for most of my high school year and I could benefit a lot with the moolah spot scholarship. I deserve o win because Ive worked hard to go to college and to not got because of limited funds would devaste me and others. Mostly my family memebers. I want my family to no longer have to struggle with rent, mortgate and car notes. I want to go to school for pastry baking arts, graduate and sell a lot of baked goods to open my own little

The question of what would you like to be in life wasn’t the topic of discussion in the environment I grew up in. Don’t get me wrong grades and education were important, college and long-term goals were never a factor. My mind was too concerned about where my next meal would come from, where would I lay my head that night, and how would I get to things I need so yeah college was put on the back burner. What I wanted to be when I grew up wasn’t put into much prospective. In elementary I was for sure becoming a teacher, getting married, and having a family was what I wanted out of life a plan on making those things happen I had no idea. As I got older I thought shouldn’t your career be something that you’re passionate about, teaching wasn’t it.

We all need a Plan B when thinking about college and if you go or if you should not go. I

Crawling out of bed at 5:30 in the morning is never pleasant. I force myself to go downstairs to the shower, but on my way I see my dad standing in the garage doorway waiting. He sticks his leg out and I bend down to tie his work boot and then I am off to my shower as he leaves for work. I never give it a second thought anymore, as it has become routine. Although, the first time he asked me to tie his shoe stunned me.

“I graduate in 213 day, what the heck am I going to do with my life? I don’t want to grow up!” Is a thought that is constantly racing through my head during my final year of high school. When the countdown comes to an end I’m expected to already know what I plan on doing with the rest of my life. Me, at eighteen years old is supposed to know what the heck I’m doing with the rest of my life. Think about that, at only a mere 18 years old I should know what I’m doing with my life!!!! Just 3 years ago I was still being driven to sleepovers by my parents. I don’t even know how to do my own laundry ( Don’t worry I’ll hopefully get a maid to do that).