Why I Want To Go To College

After graduating high school, I had friends who just wanted to drink, party, and have fun, but that wasn’t the case for me. I wanted to go to college, get a degree, and obtain a successful career. Me and my friends had different goals in life, they wanted to live life to the fullest, and I wanted to study. After thoroughly thinking it through, I realized that if I continued being friends with them, then I would soon resort back to the partying lifestyle. If I did that, then I would probably become a drunk, never go to school, and probably flunk out of college. I took matters into my own hands, and just stopped talking to my friends. Doing that was for the best, I could now have all the time in the world to study, and not get interrupted by
When I was in high school, I made a lot of unfortunate choices, which resulted in extreme consequences. Instead of staying home on Friday and Saturday nights, I chose to go out and party. While making these choices I considered the factors of getting pulled over while drinking and driving, what would happen if my coaches found out, or what would happen if I got into a wreck. All of these factors went into my head while making these terrible choices, but I just brushed them off and didn’t really pay no attention to them. Until, it was time for a drug test, even tho I never smoked marijuana, I was around it at parties. After spring break, upon returning to school, the principal saw me in the hallway and called me over. At the time I was involved in many extracurricular activities: varsity volleyball, varsity soccer, varsity cheerleading, and I was about to be inducted into National Honors Society the very next day. When I went up to my principal he informed me that I failed my drug test because I tested positive for THC. Shocked at the news, because I’ve never even smoked before, I told him how is that even possible. Owning up to the consequences, I faced termination in all of my extracurricular activities for the rest of the year. If I could go and make that choice of going to parties all over again, I would have never went out. If I would have never went
Upon moving to Austin in the Fall, I am debating on wether or not I should work full-time or just part-time. The factors I will consider, is if I work full-time then it will take longer to graduate college, but I would be getting a greater sum of money. In which, I can use to pay my bills, rent, and college. If I only work part-time, then my paychecks would be lower, but I can attend school much more, thus I get to graduate sooner. If I could make the choice now, I would choose to work part-time, because if I work a full-time job, then I’m afraid I will settle and never achieve my career goals. By working part-time I am able to attend college and take a decent amount of classes, allowing me to graduate