Why I Chose To Go To College

Six years after graduating High School, I have finally decided to pursue a college education. Three, fairly common, factors played in to my decision to go back to school: learning new things, building confidence in myself and pursuing my desired career. I understand that graduating college is a difficult task, which is why I must make a plan for my success and stick to it. I must also rely on my personal strengths and my motivation to guide me through the tough times that I am sure to experience on my road to success to get my degree in Criminal Justice. I have always been a person who is eager to learn new things.

They say that college is what you make of it. It's a place of freedom. You can do whatever you want. Wanna go bowling? Sure. Wanna workout? You can. Wanna learn about the arts and humanities? Go for it. This is where my problems began. I stopped paying attention to my education and got caught up in other activities. To tell you the truth, I wasn't properly motivated to do well in college. Yes, there was the general rule of getting good grades to get a good job, but was that all that there is in college? Because of not having a drive, I didn't get straight A's, nor did I ever realize what would happen because of this. I regretted my mistakes when I started to apply for internships. Companies would look at my resume with disappointment. I had the experience, just not the GPA. I saw my friends and family getting internships and opportunities. That was when I decided to get back up on my feet, and start doing something, anything, just to try and get out of this hole I made for myself.

“The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one’s children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.” is one quote from Leonard Boswell that I think properly sums and and explains the future of most American youth. The most important thing to note from this quote is while many people consider this a dream, you can make it happen if you truly work towards it and follow the path of success. Success could mean several different things to each differing person, as no one has the same opportunity available as the next. Under all circumstances, though, everyone could agree that college definitely pushes you towards a fuller life with many more options available when it comes down to finding a career that you want to pursue.

This is very intimidating for a single mother to write her first award winning scholarship essay. Someone like myself who has overcome numerous obstacles and hurdles in my life; this is truly one of the most unnerved. Nonetheless, I have declared that it is never too late to want a better future and to become the best of you for you. Growing up in a state where education was not the highest ranked in the nation. Young adults were expected to go into the military or get married after high school. College was never a priority in my community. Actuality, extremely naïve, I didn’t think I would need to go to college. I decided to get married and have a family. Looking back on my decision, I should have chosen college.

There are some reasons why I have decided to go to college: first to develop myself, second to acquire new skills and experiences in my intellectual and educational level, third to get more job opportunities. As is known, education opens many prospects in the areas of work and life, in addition, my ambitions, my dreams and my goals which I seek in my life can only be achieved through college study.

I have many reasons for going to college, I’m going to college because I want to make my family proud and I want to be a leader for my younger siblings and cousins. Another reason is I want to be successful in life and go places, I also want to come back and help my people and culture. I’m taking on college because I want to travel the world and go places, maybe there could be people around the world who need help, the forest or environment and there could be a possibility I could help them. I’m the first person in my family to go to college and I plan on graduating and going to other colleges or Universities. My parents got as far as high school then got pregnant with me, my grandma dropped out in high school also, my grandpa and uncle were the only ones that completed high school. Sometimes I feel like I have a lot of pressure on me sometimes because I have a lot of people and family members watching me and looking up to me. Everyone tells kids “look at MacKayla if she can do it, you can” so I’m

I am determined and ambitious, but if you are expecting a more formal introduction, I am Winter-Noelle Grant. I hail from a small, yet developing city in north Louisiana called Shreveport. I am a rising sophomore and biology major at Fisk University. Though I am indecisive about my future professional goals within my major, one goal that has remained consistent for the past fifteen years is my desire of becoming a professional dancer; preferably a National Football League cheerleader. When I graduate from Fisk, I have high hopes of being accepted into a graduate program, dental school, or medical school and starting a non-profit organization specifically for minority, high school females. In the future, I plan on either specializing in pediatric dentistry or becoming a pediatrician. I have an immeasurable passion for children and the wellness of others, so being able to heal others is rewarding.

For me, turning 16 meant that I needed to discover what I wanted to study in college. Since I would be graduating early, I knew that I only had the next year to figure what I actually wanted to do with my life. At first, that didn’t seem like a problem, but I soon found out that finding a career choice that was not only interesting to me but could help my life remain fairly stable wasn’t going to be easy.

I’m attending Dalton State College to increase my potential on my everyday life. I want better job opportunities for me to provide for my family and me. I want to earn more money because those who don’t go to college don't really earn a lot of money than an average college student. I want my knowledge skills to expand so I will make more wise decisions and think critically better. Also I want to really live a better lifestyle than my past. My motivations for coming here are to really make my mother proud. Also from being the first person in my family to go to college had really made my mother proud of me as well as my family.

My life is full of disappointment. I go day to day wondering whether I would be able to make a better life for my children. I work 10 to 12 hour days to save up to go to college. So why did I choose to go to college. I chose to go to college because I want to better myself, find out who I am and make more money.

I have grown up always knowing that I was loved and encouraged to do hard things. My parents are the best parents I could have asked for. They care for me and what I do and they love to see me succeed. They are the biggest factors in helping me choose to go to college.

I'm choosing to go to college because I want to be a better provider for myself and kids. After I graduated high school in 2009 I had so much on my plate, trying to work while pregnant and get ready for my oldest daughter to enter the world, as bad as I wanted to go to college I knew that I wasn't ready. When I called CCU and got information about the college, I feel in love instantly. After I had spoken to a someone, my daughter asked me what was college so I explained it to her and told her that I do not want her to wait to go to college like I did, it's best to go right after high school graduation. I know that it's never too late to attend college. I have my mind set on starting and finishing. While searching for online colleges, I came

Making big life decisions is something that everyone has to go through. Senior year, one must decide what they are doing after high school, whether it be the military, college, or going straight into the workforce. Personally, I am going to choose to continue my education and go to college. Deciding to go to college brings upon many other decisions like what type of college, where the college is located, what major to study, etc. Senior year is a great time for students to do research and start to think about their future life plans. Baldwin Wallace and The University of Findlay are similar in size and major, but due to the location difference, I am leaning towards Baldwin Wallace.

I was always academically inclined, education came easy to me. I never had to study hard and usually completed school projects the night before they were due. I excelled in math and science and during middle school became interested in becoming an engineer. I was a member of MESA and had participated in many competitions with the club, some of which I took first place in. I also took part in a few internships throughout high school, one at The University of Wyoming and one at CU Boulder. I received a full scholarship from The Metropolitan State College of Denver and was also a counselor for The Summer Bridge Program. I attended Metro the summer I graduated from high school, I took no time off. I thought I had my life all figured out, but once I started attending classes I quickly realized

My senior year of high school, when it was time to finally decide which college I wanted to go to, I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. I really wanted to go out of state to somewhere cool like California or New York, but there was no way that I could afford that. See I was deciding what college would be worth taking an exorbitant amount of loans out to go to. That’s correct, my parents weren’t helping me in any way and it was all financially left up to me. That was the thing that I feared the most. I feared that I would fail or not fit in or not find enjoyment in pursuing my academic career. Little did I know at that time that so many more fears would happen even after I was locked into going to the University of Northern