Personal Statement: Why I Want To Go To College

I want to go to college because when I was eleven I set a goal to become the first person in my family to get a bachelor's degree. I have always loved to learn new things, and getting a good education will open the door to many job opportunities. It will give me stability in the ever-changing economy. Going to college will make it so I can make more money that way I can provide a good house for my future family and a promising future for my kids.

Noted authors, Brandon Chambers, is quoted saying, “If you are going to fear anything fear success. Think about what you are doing and when you succeed what life you will have.” There are several different reasons why I could stay home, work and not go to college; I could go to work every day and make more money for the house, it’s easier, and I would be less stressed. Now, on the other hand there are many reasons why I should go to school; such as further my education, make my family proud, and make myself proud. I am attending college for several different reasons. One reason is to further my education. I hate feeling like I don’t know something, I like being the person everyone comes to for information. Also, because I want to

There might be a time where people ask you, “why are you in college” or “why to decide to go to college.” People might reply by saying that they want a degree, that they want a higher paying job, or they need that for a future career that they are pursuing. Those responses are the most typical reason of why people go to college. Sure you can say that having a degree means that a person can get a better job with better pay rather than working in the manual labor fields with minimum pay. A college degree is the fundamental stepping stone to the future, it lays the foundation of where to start. College is everything to me; I’m in college so I’m able to unlock more potential in myself, to be able to make my mother proud with everything that she has done and hopefully becoming the first.

In the beginning of the term the class had a discussion about why we are attending college and why they choose the major we are in. Many of the students answer that because they wanted to gain knowledge but also other responded because without an education you cannot get a lot of money. In the article “Making college relevant” by Kate Zernike quoted that in a survey done in Los Angeles, California to 400,000 incoming freshmen in 1971 their answers were that only 37 percent went to college to get money and 73 percent to gain knowledge. The same survey was done in 2009 but the percentages flipped 78 percent wanted money and 48 prefered to gain knowledge. Our percentages were very similar to the 2009 ones. We are in a society where you are expected

Why go to college? What is the need to take the SAT’s and fill out and an application and an essay just to get in some place that you have to do more work for two or four years. For a secure future… By secure future I mean making a good amount of money and maybe even more. If you're ever going to have a family don’t you want to make sure that their future is secure as well. But, going to a good college doesn’t just give you materialistic things in life, it gives you a feeling of pride whether you’re the first one to attend college or just like everyone else in your family.

Like many kids I want to go to college and play football. Aslo like many kids my grades aren’t what they need to be to get into a good college. When I was younger, I put myself around people who influenced me in a bad way when it came to grades. Eventually I got myself away from those people and started doing better in school. As I walk around the school today, I see them not passing classes, and they don’t care. That's not going to get me into a good college.

My biggest fear is letting down my family and also myself. Having to pick up a job to help my family is definitely a possibility and the biggest challenge that could prevent me from getting a degree. I’ve always wanted to go to college as a kid and this is a challenge that I will have to tackle on my own.

I am attending college in order to better the life of myself and my family to come. I would like them to be able to have everything they need, without worrying about money. I am originally from New York, because of this I saw the way my single mother struggled to pay bills on time. We needed to keep our payments to a minimum due to how expensive rent, clothes, and food can be in the city. This motivated me to get a higher education in order to ensure I will have a successful career. I want to enjoy my job while not having to live paycheck to paycheck. This will enable me to make milestones as simplistic as possible to overcome.

I intend to pay for college through a combination of merit scholarships, financial aid, work study and family contribution. Thought I have not yet decided which college I will attend, each college that I was accepted to and am currently considering has provided me with varying merit scholarship/financial aid from $4,770 through $31,980. In addition to that aid, I will participate in a work study program at my college which will contribute approximately $3,000. Because my brother's ongoing medical costs are high, my parents contribution will be approximately $5,000. I intend to take out student loans for the remaining college costs.

I want to go to the college because is the place that a person inside it can live a best period in his life, meet peoples from all countries, live with friends in internal sections and learn another communities culture, it’s amazing thing. I want to go to the college also to get a great certificate and gain more learn then get a job to help my family and peoples through my

The time has finally arrived, college. It’s been a whirl of emotions attending college from intimidation of not knowing exactly how college works or where my classes would be to an exciting anticipation to explore the city of Miami up close. I’m the first in my family to go to college and it is an honor. I’ve always imagined what college would be like and now that I’m here it’s has exceeded all my expectations. The reasons why I’m attending college are for my parents because I want them to see that their hard work was not in vain. Also, for my future family who I hope to provide for one day and lastly for myself because I want to pursue a higher education.

Coming up in a broken home watching my mother struggle to raise four children with little to no help.Watching my mother attempt to make a better life for me and my siblings, but without some sort of certification, it was hard to provide for her growing family.What if she would have gotten that education? Would it have been different?

The average net worth of Forbes 400 members with no college degree is 6.6% higher. However, there is tremendous pressure on kids to go to college. The reason for that is because that is all their parents have hoped for their entire life as a parent where their kids are concerned. They want to see their kids get a college degree so it's easier for them to make it in this world. However, at the end of the day it is the kid's life. If he/she doesn’t want to go to college and they instead want to get a job right out of high school the parents should be nothing but supportive.

As I have always viewed my future, college is not for everyone. I may be one of those people who think that it is best if they do not attend college. I already have plans for the future and in those plans it does not require me to go to college and therefore, I do not believe that college is for me. I already have a job and I am currently trying to finish my high school so that I can open my own business. I already know where to obtain my materials and have planned out where and how I will begin my company. Most people would say that college is important for any career, but in my case, it is not true, college is just another step in education

The idea of college is scary. Just when you think have decided what you want to do with your life, there is that lingering doubt in the back of your mind. What if I choose the wrong career? What if I never find a career I truly love? I am at the point where I have to decide which me that I want to grow up to be. Growing up I have envisioned myself having many different careers. I have wanted to be a photographer, a graphic designer, a party planner, a set designer, an actor, a painter, and all these grand ideas of careers eventually led me to the field of teaching. I am currently taking college classes because I want to prepare myself for what college will be like; I also like getting credits that I will need to eventually graduate and become