I have always had the dream of attending college to better my future and to also fulfill my mom’s dreams for me to break free of our small town and make something of myself. Unfortunately‚ my family is not in a good financial position to help me pay for college‚ so I am on my own when it comes to supporting my college career. I know my mom wants to help me pay for college‚ but she is my family’s main source of financial support and I have two younger siblings living in the house also‚ so I could
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Right now I am attending Polk State Collegiate High School in order to obtain my Associate of Arts degree while I am still in high school. One of the main reasons that I am attending Collegiate High School‚ besides to get ahead is because I have no college funds. My college savings were used in order to try and keep my step dad from being extradited back to England. In the end he still got deported leaving me and my little sister to survive off of my single mom’s teacher salary. My ex-step dad‚ who
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learning how to engage students as a Group Leader‚ I turned on my phone from a full day with no service. I received a text message saying "So sorry B". I was so lost. After numerous Google searches and trying to confirm the information‚ but hoping it was not true. I learned that my best friend‚ my supporter‚ my 22 year old brother‚ an AO2 Officer in the U.S. Navy‚ life was taken at his base in Seattle‚ Washington. Everything else from that day was a blur. I was now back in NY from traveling to the U.S
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When I think of college‚ I think of self-improvement. The years that I will spend pursuing a degree will be a time of personal development. I will progress in various areas of my life‚ such as interpersonally‚ socially‚ and mentally. A new state‚ new friends‚ and new environment‚ are numerous reasons for why I want to attend college. However‚ one of the dominant reasons for me wanting to further my education is the “knowledge”. College is the next step in education as well as one’s maturity. I will
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Guaranteed? Why am I in college? A question that I asked myself as soon as I walked on my college grounds. Sometimes my answer is “I have to” or “I want to be able to obtain a well-paying job”. Well‚ although these are two totally different reasons‚ they still share one commonality‚ which is being successful. We all have different methods or ideas of how we can achieve this goal‚ but personally‚ I believe that achieving success after college all depends on the path you choose to take. This
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College‚ one of the most crucial times in a young person’s life‚ is one of the biggest goals that I have in my life. Of course‚ there are other things‚ such as opening my own sport’s Physical Therapy Center‚ or becoming a doctor of Physical Therapy. But‚ attending college and being successful in it is one of my top goals. I want to go to college‚ and graduate because it would make me the first person in my family to graduate college since my mother. I have had three siblings go to college‚ all to
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“I am lucky that I am here‚ step by step‚ achieving my dream. I am lucky that I can go to college. I am lucky that I had the opportunity to reach my dream.” These were the words that came to my mind when I found out that I was granted a scholarship. Whenever me and my family visit my relatives in the Philippines‚ I feel saddened by the lack of opportunity for my cousins‚ and for the youth. Instead of going to college‚ they are working under the sun‚ harvesting fruits and vegetables to earn money
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I come from a family of six with only one parent who works as a painter. His income is just enough to pay for our food‚ bills‚ rent‚ and personal needs. Hence‚ I am aware that my parents won’t have enough to pay for my tuition or any expenses in college. Considering attending Houston Baptist University‚ a private college‚ I know it will be very expensive. For this reason I think about and stress over about how I will cover payments for college repeatedly. Out of all the reasons I wouldn’t be able
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My childhood was hard and strict. I was the fourth of the five children my parents had‚ and my life pretty much was the day to day survival of a growing boy. My parents provided food for us‚ anything else we needed had to be provided by ourselves. No mistake was gone unpunished. My dad made sure of it. We always get spanked when we miss even a single one of our five daily prayers‚ so one is always certain of being in deep trouble when a rule is broken. I was fifteen and in my final year in middle
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As most college students prepare to go into a college after high school with no college during high school‚ they hope to have a good two to four years with the outcome of an education and soon after a job. As for me‚ my field of education and after college usually always wants more and more educators for the young. When my time is done at in high school and I move to college‚ I hope to have more beneficial happenings than bad. Soon high school will be over for me‚ then all I have left is college
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