The first year of college for a young man or women can be a monumental step in their life. In my case it was. It was the first time that someone in my household went to a college in the United States, so the pressure was on. It felt like having the spotlight in a performance just waiting for your work to get judged by others. I was not necessarily scared to be judge by my family members, but I was a little worried about the transition from the skate free ways of high school that I was very used to. The schoolwork was not the only thing that was on my mind as I made my way into the college atmosphere; I was also thinking about doing things on my own and budgeting my time completely by myself. When the first week of classes started I was still worried, somewhat, of the step I was going to have to make in regards to the quality of work that I was going to have to do in order to pass with decent grades. In high school I had …show more content…
While researching about Essex County college I found a reliable website named StartClass by Graphiq that had all the information of the college tuition, financial aid acceptance , graduation rate , etc and it states that “Essex County College has a graduation rate of 5% of Students Graduate After 150% of Normal Time”. This theory crashed into my reality of how serious and complex my self motivation has to be for me to success in my profession. Why did I joined E.C.C? The question was always asked by my fellow “ friends” that discriminated my motivation of studying in a college level class because I joined a college that many got accepted but few came out victorious. Well the answer it's actually simple the fact is that the tuition is pretty cheap plus the reputation of a place is not going to define my fate and the desire to become