Why I Want To Go To College

When I was a freshman in high school, my parents sat me down in the living room and told me that if I wanted to go to college, I’d have to pay for it myself. Our financial difficulties were large enough to merit the statement. My step-dad was hardly able to work anymore because of health problems from a career in manufacturing. My mom also suffered in the over-saturated market for dental hygienists in Mesa—she was recently fired from a corporate office for refusing to sell unnecessary treatments to patients, and could only find a job in an office run by an abusive dentist who screamed at his employees and who even threw a computer at an assistant at one point. My mom needed to leave the office, but nobody knew if she would find work anywhere

I come from a family where no one has achieved a higher education. However, my family is thankful for my mother who always supported us. During my high school days, I had a great responsibility and role at home that allowed me to help my mother provide for my siblings and I. Now, I have begun my college journey with the responsibility that financially impacts my household while living with a kidney disease that can be a social barrier to fully focus on my academic endeavors.

Once my brother graduated high school, my mother moved 500 miles away, to Connecticut. I decided to remain at home in West Virginia with my father. For various reasons, such as drugs and alcohol, living with him was no longer in my best interest. At this time, I was half way through high school. For a few months, I spent time living with friends. Before long, my grandmother, who I'm not particularly close to, graciously allowed me to live with her. She lives below the poverty line. In order to live in her house, I was driven to support myself. I work between 20-30 hours a week, which allows me to pay for bills, my vehicle, food, and etc. As soon as I graduate, I will be living on my own, and paying for my college tuition, by myself. It is difficult now to make ends meet, and in the coming college year the financial difficulty will greatly increase. I am endeavoring through these hard times, and I will only continue to do that by keeping my grades up as well as having the endless

I maybe without funds to help in my daily life, but I accept the fact to let family help me through these times. Lack of money is why I need the help from FASFA. If I can be given the chance to finish my time at Rowan College, I hope to use aid to get me through the remaining semester or two I need to clear the 12 classes I still need. I only have a year or so left in aid to receive so that is pushing me, for when I can get back into college, to do my best and finally continue on with my education. Instead of trying to work and go to school, I would finish my last year leading up to receiving my associate’s degree, by continuing physical therapy, which I am currently doing at the time of writing this

For the past several years, I’ve worked so hard to put myself in school with the help of my family. Ever since I started NDSU, I maintained two jobs (one full time and one part time) to ensure that I’m able to pay for school fees, rents, bills, and

I can fairly say that sophomore year of high school has changed who I am completely. In sophomore year I decided to take on miscellaneous experiences to gain valuable work ethic that will help me to persist in college. These include joining a sport, and being accepted into a three year paid internship after going through an interview.Being the daughter of parents with a restricted income has limited my plans of funding my college education. My father is retired and my mother is a housewife which minimizes our financial abilities, however, this doesn’t prevent me from my pursuit of a college education. Gathering a sufficient amount to cover for my tuition and fees has been on my mind since sophomore year of high school, so I started to save up.

I’ve always been taught that nothing is free in this world, consequently I have been working my entire life. I always helped around the house doing little things, but eventually it turned into larger chores such as doing the dishes, vacuuming, dusting, taking out the trash, and more. As a reward for doing these tasks my parents would give me an allowance of about ten dollars a week. Eventually I wanted to make more money so one summer I began cutting lawns around my neighborhood, and this started to bring in a little extra cash. But I was limited to the season. As the end of my junior year was approaching I decided I needed to start thinking about my financial future. My SAT scores weren’t the greatest; therefore, college seemed almost impossible. That summer I decided to get a job at Wendy’s to get some experience in the real world. Until I started working at Wendy’s I had no real plan for my future, but after being an employee for over a year I realized I wanted to go to college to pursue my degree.

I begin my college career at Armstrong Atlantic State University in August of 2010. Of course as any incoming freshman, you struggle with the adjustments of being on your own and self-sufficient course learning. My freshman year to me was more of an adjustment to the true courses load. During my sophomore year, I became more focused and understood what was require to get the right grades. It was towards the end of my sophomore year that I had to withdraw for a semester due to my father’s diagnosis of cancer. My parents felt it was best to help out financially and to lend a hand with the care of my father. At this point of time, my life and education endeavors was put on hold for the sake of my father. I decided to go back to college after

My mother was struggling to pay bills and I put that before my grades, clubs, and overall happiness. She is a single mother of two children and I feel as if it is my obligation to help her, as she has done for my brother and I for our entire lives. I spent much of my time going to work instead of participating in the clubs that I would have liked and focusing more on my classwork. Since it is my senior year, my mother supported me with my decision to take the time off from work and focus more on my grades. It is never too late for improvement, although I do realize how much my true potential is not accurately depicted in my transcripts. Because of this, I have vowed to myself and to my family to become more involved in clubs, dedicate time to studying and becoming successful in college, as I wasn’t able to in high

Despite the disadvantages I may have due to my financial background, I do have the advantage of having people support me. Throughout my life, my family rarely had extra money for expenses. However, they did find a way for me to achieve a good high school education through an internet home school program. Through this opportunity, I accomplish my goal of graduating high school in 3 years and with the grades and standardized test score that allow me to become the first in my family to go to a university. I

I am a first generation college student and while I have always wanted to attend college, I haven’t continuously received support from my family. Both my parents grew up in families with tight economical situations with my fathers being exceptionally limited. Therefore they both were never able to attend higher education. My father has never truly seen the value of an education and at first didn’t believe that I should attend college at all, partly due to the cost. On the other hand my mother desperately wants me to attend college but is also worried about the cost. In the fall of my junior year I began taking college credit plus classes at Ohio State University, Newark and Central Ohio Technical College in order to cut down on college cost and get a head start on my education. I choose to take matters into my own hands and pick a path to my future. As a result I was finally able to convince my father that despite his beliefs, college is the right choice for me.

As a child of a single parent of two I have witnessed my mother struggle to provide for our family at times. She works two jobs while I watch my five year old sister when necessary. Along with my mother working two jobs I also have a job just to help pay for the things that I know I will need as a high school senior. Our situation makes me wonder how I will manage to pay for school because my mother cannot do it on her own. In addition to that my grandmother is in remission from breast cancer treatment and my mother provides for her when she asks. I am constantly applying for scholarships with the hope that I will go to school for free.

I was responsible for supporting myself financially throughout my education. When I began my undergraduate studies, I was anxious to pursue a career in health care. Achieving this goal, however, would bring its own set of challenges. To begin, my family’s financial circumstances prevented them from contributing to my education. Pell grants covered the cost of my tuition and books, but I had to work full-time to support my living expenses. Furthermore, my university was located in a rural community. The demand for jobs was high, but the opportunities for employment were low. I was fortunate enough to find two jobs that would accommodate my school schedule. My days began early in a nearby coffee shop and ended late at night in a restaurant. Although

My family is broke. We live in the ugly part of town, surrounded by gangs and violence. My parents only speak spanish, therefore; their jobs pay near minimum wage. Combined my parents made about $40,000 yearly. However, at the beginning of the year my mom was laid off. Things have been tough at home lately. Thankfully we live in a one bedroom apartment that offers cheap rent. If it was not for that, we would not have enough money to get by. I run my own online business and make decent amount of money; most which I help pay bills and food though. Before I created my business, we skipped meals and could not afford the light bill. A big challenge I commonly think about is how I am going to afford college. This is a huge reason why I am so serious

I am a psychology student attending at Dawson College, currently unemployed and living with my mother as well as a younger sibling. At home, it is my mother who supports my sister and me to the best of her abilities. From the day that I was born, my mother made it clear that my and my sister’s education was a top priority to her. She has always managed both of our schooling; spending time and effort to make it possible for both of us to attend school. We are, in fact, a lower income family who relies on a family allowance from the government as well as other types of financial aid. However, this has not stopped me from continuing my studies.