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Why I Want To Start College
Being a young adult about to start college has put a lot of stress on trying to find out how I’m going to pay. Many students around the United States have the same state of mind and from my community, many just decide not to go. Coming from a low/middle class family things have always been inflexible, I’ve never had the same opportunity other kids have had. So college is no exception, things are going to be even tighter with money. I want to become a doctor, but at what cost to me? What stresses will I have to go through to get there. College is already a taxing place where students work hard to better themselves. Increasing college tuition only adds to the stress that these students endure. In order to keep these colleges going, they need

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