As a nontraditional student as well as a Sophomore my goals as well as responsibilities are different from the typical student’s. As a father of three, including a six month old balancing my professional, academic, together with my personal life has been the most challenging aspect of returning to school.
Where a regular student can afford to block off time days or weeks in advance for study or extracurricular activity I have found that flexibility is my strongest tool. There have been nights I have found myself studying for an impending test while pacing my kitchen with a crying baby in one arm and a text book in the other. Any reading assignment I can manage to listen to through audiobook is absolutely a God send, as I can complete it in the car or while packing lunches. I work two jobs on top of everything else. This semester has been my favorite in terms of schedule synchronicity. Everything is flowing in an orderly manner, I go straight from school to work taking time to study during my breaks.
I am a Navy veteran. When I complete my degree I intend to pursue a commission with the Navy as a pilot. Becoming a US Navy Pilot is intrinsically difficult while also being a respectable
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My GI Bill along with my other financial aid affords me the financial relief to do so but only just. In an ideal world, I would have another five hundred dollars a month in the budget so that I could put all of my time in school. Many are not as fortunate as I have been. I take what has been given with the sincerest gratitude. I desire to graduate with a 3.5 GPA or greater. The only impediment to this is time, there never seems to be enough time. My wife is working on a professional development plan for herself that would lead to financial relief on me. If she succeeds, I will be able to refuse more work to put more time towards my academic endeavours. My plan for success is to put in the work. I will not be
I am a non-traditional student. I began my college matriculation 15 years after receiving my high school diploma. I started my family before focusing on my education and career. I have been fortunate within that 15 year gap to be a stay-at-home mother. When my youngest son began kindergarten, I began college classes. This reversal of traditional education and family construction has given me a unique perspective on life.
When I was a little girl, I would always dream of being those famous celebrities on television. But I did not grew a desire for that. As I grew more and experience more things in life, I start having a desire of being a pediatrician. I also have a desire to travel the world and live in Atlanta for the rest of my life.
My goal in life is to serve our country as a United States Naval Officer. Growing up in a family surrounded by military personnel has made an immense impact on my life and will allow me to understand what it takes to be one of our nations finest leaders. I have witnessed firsthand the dedication, hard work, and sacrifices made by my father while serving in the United States Air Force and I am eager to use the values that he has instilled in me since an early age. Although a tradition of military service is common in my family, it has never been an innate verdict for me to serve. Serving in the United States Navy (USN) is a personal choice and I recognize the responsibilities that come with commissioning as a Naval Officer. I trust the USN will provide exceptional training and career enhancing opportunities that will allow me to develop into a top-notch officer.
In recent years, United States universities have experienced a large influx of enrollees over the age of 25, a group referred to as non-traditional students. After America’s relatively recent economic troubles, nearly all citizens feel as though higher learning is an important tool for financial success. Many non-traditional students include first-time students, and more than half of the student body over the age of 25 consists of stay at home mom attending online classes.
“Returning to school after so many years of not attending, to obtain a degree can be a struggle for many people throughout their life, but it also has its benefits, changes, challenges, and goals. Initially, I had planned to go to college right after high school, but due to many family problems I was unable to. It would be another eight years before I would make the decision to enroll in school. My reasons for returning to school are to higher my education, have a better career/ job, and to better my life, as well as the life of my daughter. Returning to school for me, has had its benefits, changes, challenges, and goals. In this paper, I plan to give you a brief
In this essay, I'm going to give advice to the high school freshman class to help them out with their last four high school years and to help them be successful. The advice that I am going to give might and probably will help freshmen, whether they are in-coming or already enrolled.
If I could go back to freshman year to change some stuff I would. First, I would go back and tell myself to not try so hard on my appearance, but still try every once in awhile to look decent. I look at some of my clothes now from 3 years ago and I want to cry at how bad I started high school. Usually I just wear something comfortable now. Second, I would tell myself to lay off the make up. I always had top and bottom eyeliner on and with my black hair, I almost looked emo. That change needed to happen earlier. Third, I would tell myself to get more involved, because now all I do is work when I should be playing basketball or joining a club. The last thing that I would tell myself would be to not date the first guy who
Coming into high school as a freshman scared and not knowing what to do was one of the many thoughts that were in my mind, but now as a senior that is ready to graduate in a couple of weeks I wish I could have known a couple of things before starting my journey till this day. I have some important advice from my past past experiences to you as a freshman is: Starting a sport to play, Getting involved with clubs, and Being social.
Is it still cool to be in school? What if, I told you that we are going to figure out how to create a balance of working a job, maintaining an active social life with friends or family, and working towards a bachelor’s degree? To me, it sounds demanding and stressful. However, I believe there is always a bright light at the end of the tunnel. Finding the right structure is an important aspect of achieving your goals without causing unpredictable dilemmas. I’ve managed to work my way through the challenges that everyday life can create for you. I have found a sense of organization with getting school work accomplished successfully, and you will too. With three simple steps this guide will help you prioritize, set up goals for yourself, and maintain
I just can’t believe there is only few more days of high school left. As the days are getting closer and closer, it's getting sad. I still remember the day I stepped into Maine East High School as a Freshman, at that time, all I wished for was to graduate from this school with good grades. High school was not the way I imagined, it is way different from what I thought and definitely different from Middle School. Freshman year was the “exploring/adventure” year, finding where each classes were, what activities/clubs were offered at this school and many more. Freshman year went quickly and then Sophomore year came up. Sophomore year was probably the least stressful year in high school but from Sophomore year my family and friends started asking me the scariest question “What are you doing after high school, which career?
During my junior year, I faced a number of challenges, particularly in finding the time to do everything I wanted without letting my grades drop. I became unhappy trying to balance school, my part-time office job, and other activities. I vowed to strike a better balance in my life, and planned to do so over winter
When being in sophomore year, I decided to double major in Statistics and Mathematics. Although the pressure from hectic coursework had never declined, I still persevered my academic performance in subjects. I achieved the outstanding student award in sophomore year and ranked always in 10 percent of the class. In addition, I used my time efficiently to promote my statistical ability such as attending in free lecture about statistical software—SAS and also got a certification of based programmer of SAS 9.
To begin with, so far I started off on the right track this year and I’m satisfied about it. There this one question that has been constantly repeating itself on my head. Am I ready for junior year? I been asking this question to myself constantly this school year. I believe that I’m not ready for junior year. The reason why I’m saying this is because I feel like there a lot more concepts to know of to be certified to myself that I’m ready for junior year. Which is understandable to me because I know myself if I’m ready or not.
If I could accomplish one thing my freshman year, it would be to manage my time so I can balance school work and my social life. I want to come back from class and complete my studying while still managing time to explore campus with my friends and attend school clubs and activities. I would like to do this because in high school I was never able to manage my school work and social life how I would have liked. On days when there were special events or meetings for school clubs I couldn't always make time to attend them because I was occupied with my school work. And I would always regret not making time to go to the events because I would miss out on the fun. So my freshmen year of college, I want to accomplish my goal of successfully completing
In the beginning of my first semester, I was scared that I might not have been able to manage school, my job, and household responsibilities as a father and husband all at once. However, as weeks went on, I continued to become more confident in my