Why I Want For Success Program

I have overcome lots of obstacles in my life. They weren't the easiest to overcome, but I did it. There is one obstacle I had to go through which made me a strong individual mentally and physically. I lived in New Jersey for my entire life. I grew up there, I had all of my family and friends in Jersey. I was sure my future was going to rely in Jersey. During 7th grade, I got the news that we were going to move to North Carolina. I was thrilled to move to another state. As each day passed, I thought how I would have to start in a new school and make new friends. Every time it struck me knowing that I would have to start a new life. I was nervous not knowing what would happen to my future. I wanted to stay in New Jersey because I was scared of

The most significant challenge I have faced was when I was growing up was reading. Reading is one of the most important things it was hard for me to say some words that I thought I was never gonna learn to read ever even if they were just small words or big words I struggle so much while growing up. When I was

A major obstacle that I faced was overcoming the abuse that I suffered and getting help for it. My father was physically, sexually, mentally, and abusive towards me, my sister, and my mom. This impacted me in many ways as you can imagine. I was traumatized, and I hid it until I was fourteen and was sent to rehab. I began to act out in many ways to try and cope with, but it ended up backfiring and causing me a lot more problems. I was kicked out of two schools one was White Station and the second one Lausanne Collegiate School. I was let back in to Lausanne because I received help and overcame it. The reason I am telling you this is because I have survived all of this and I have become a different person. I acted out in drugs and alcohol along with skipping

The first obstacle had to face are my parent divorce. When this obstacle happened I was depressed and not do that good in school. My aunt had to take to with her friend that was an therapist I only went for one day, when it finish the therapy I realized that my life is not over just for a dilema. I was more relief and more ambitious to do all my work and pass all of my classes. The second obstacle is that I would struggle at school is turning in my work late when it was due the next day. Then, I had to overcome it by, making an agenda to keep my work on track and test to study for the agenda really helped me alot. My last dilemma is that I would work during school because me and my family depend on my dad sending money when sometime he wouldn't send us money. Me and my bigger sister would always try to find a job to help my mom to pay bills etc. Another obstacle is trying my best to have good grade and study in a correct way. I try to keep up my grade but sometimes it's hard. I sometimes

Everyone goes through a challenge at some point in their life. I went through a challenge last year at the beginning of my freshman year attending Foothills Christian High School. Last year, my freshman year I did not know anybody starting the school year. This made me super nervous to start high school. I was also concerned about the three days a week at school and two days homeschool. One of my challenges was going to school and parts of that challenge was not knowing anybody starting school, having to go to school on three days a week instead of five, and not knowing the campus well.

My biggest obstacle was August 1, 2005 when our apartment building caught fire. My Mother, Brother, Sister, and I were home, it was the most distressing thing I've ever had to encounter. The night of my Aunt's birthday a fire started and the smoke made me feel as if I was drowning. My cousin Kendrick Weber woke me up, because I wasn't waking up when my sister tried. He pulled me out through the window and my forehead

Explain any difficulties or obstacles you’ve overcome (immigrating to the US, learning the English language, being the first family member to attend college, etc.)

By participating in the Summer Bridge program I hope I will learn to smoothly transition from high school to college. I have learned from the summer Upward Bound program in high school that although we are still doing rigorous work, the summer program works best to become prepared for the upcoming school year in a fun way. I am a dedicated team player and like to get along with everyone in the program which positively affects the TRIO community. I am very excited to gain new friendships through the teambuilding activities at Audubon Center and the rest of TRIO SSS sessions. TRIO has already proved to be very helpful in my academic career. I am a first generation college student and Upward Bound helped me to apply to college and learn how to

Life always has its ups and downs but the way that you deal with them makes a person who they are. Some challenges I have had in my life include my weight, my stress, and my ADHD. While all these challenges are tough I have learned to beat them. The way I learned how to do this includes: talking with friends, family, and counselors.

One of the biggest obstacles I have had to overcome is the mental disorders I have. When I was 7 years old, I was diagnosed with ADHD. I struggled to keep up with my peers in school at times it caused negative effects on my grades. I had trouble with comprehending some topics and sometimes caused disruptions due to my lack of focus. My ADHD caused me to learn how to work harder to accomplish my goals and succeed in school. I was able overcome the obstacle my ADHD created and was able to go from a struggling C-Average student to graduating High School with honors.

I couldn’t do anything with any of my friends for about a good 9 weeks as a result of nearly failing Biology in tenth grade with a sixty-five percent. I had to overcome this challenge by working hard to pass all of my classes, and my life has changed for the better with the realization that hard work pays off. That was probably one of the hardest challenges I have had to overcome, and I have to say if I didn’t go through this I still would probably not do very much work at all. Getting left home alone, taught me a

I believe Upward Bound could help me tremendously. This program will help me be life ready, college ready, and could also improve my GPA. My goals for high school are to pass all my classes, earn a diploma, and get accepted into a good college.Upward bound has many opportunities for me such as someone helping me with test prep, summer classes, and last new techniques for studying Some careers that I am interested in are journalism,owning my own business, culinary, and last teaching. I would love to be accepted into this program because it will help me prepare for college and new opportunities. Upward bound has many opportunities for me such as someone helping me with test prep, summer classes, and last new techniques for studying

One major challenge that I believe I have faced is learning how to drive. This was a significant challenge to me because it was a really nerve racking experience. Most of those nerve racking moments were when my father took me out for driving lessons because of the stress that he will put on me while I was driving which made it more difficult to concentrate. Methods I used to overcoming this challenge were to calm myself down and to not put so much pressure on myself. With the stress that my father was putting on me and the amount of pressure I already had with not trying to make an error was already a hard enough challenge for me. Eventually once I got the hang of driving and the nerves went away and there wasn't so much pressure on me

The most significant challenge that I am currently still overcoming is my anxiety. It is something that I have lived with since elementary school and my entire life has been affected by it one way or another. However, rather than complain about it, I have learned to accept it and instead take pride in it; but to understand my current situation, it is important to reflect on my past. The second grade was the first evident exposure I had to my anxiety disorder. I vividly remember how my teacher would often call upon students to recite their reading journals, and the mere thought of me being called on would create anxiety. My anxiety progressively got better from that point on, until I reached the 7th grade, where I witnessed my anxiety worsen and become this

The most significant challenge I have faced was balancing my academics and sports. I have been involved in the boy's soccer program at Palm Desert High School since my freshman year and each season has proven to be a test for me academically. I must say that attempting to balance my school work and soccer during my freshman and sophomore year has taken a toll on my academic achievement. It is unfortunate, however, I learned many things that will benefit me in the future. It was difficult because stress and anxiety amounted on top of all the school work and assignments that needed to be completed with the little time I had in my hands. Each season lasted around four months and during those four months, I accumulated bad habits. I procrastinated