Why College? Have you ever wanted to make a successful change in your life? I always wanted to be the one who did more than succeed. I wanted to be the over succeeder. College is a beautiful place to make a name for yourself. It gives you so many options and pathways to choose from. You can never go wrong in college‚ that is if you uphold your standards. I chose to attend college for various reasons. I wanted to be the one to make achieve my goals out of my family‚ I always had motives‚ and I
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The Electoral College follows a winner-take all representative system‚ which means that the voices of some citizens will not matter. The Electoral College is a system of representatives included in the U.S. Constitution‚ created by the Founding Fathers‚ to help ensure that voters selecting the president were qualified and knowledgeable. These voters were chosen‚ because they knew what they were doing‚ rather than possible unreasonable voting by the public. However‚ this system is not required anymore
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Should college athletes be paid? Why or Why not? Some kids grow up with the love of different sports from their childhood. It maybe soccer‚ football‚ basketball‚ or even golf; whatever it might be‚ it becomes a part of their childhood memories. In fact‚ they might even take the dream to high school or maybe even college. If it is not a profession you should not get paid. First‚ a Student-Athlete and the word student always come first. Another reason would be that paying every college student
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The economic and noneconomic benefits of college vary. The basics of credentialism is that you have to have a certain degree‚ or certificate to prove you are qualified to do a certain job‚ or to attain social class. According to the article titled “Study Finds College Dropouts Earn More Than High School Grads Over Lifetime” people who partical invest into a college education are said to earn an average of $100‚000 more‚ than people who only have a high school degree. It it also said that people
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are some deadly terms students should try to avoid. They refer to the amount of weight gained during a student’s first year at a college. During college years‚ students are still developing the physical and social changes of their life (French). During these years‚ they demand for more energy and nutrition. The problem is that they are not eating healthy enough. College students must learn how to make the right decisions to prevent obesity from taking over. Decisions such as avoiding fast food‚ watching
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the electoral votes are based on the popular vote in the districts of a state. The Electoral College was created by the U.S. founding fathers because they were afraid that a dictator could manipulate the votes of the people. The Electoral College is a controversial topic because some people believe in keeping it‚ others believe in abolishing it‚ and some would just like it to be changed. The Electoral College should be abolished because it is outdated in the common era‚ it is unfair
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Throughout my entire career as a student‚ I have put into my mind that I need to do the best I can‚ so that I can be accepted into a great college and receive scholarships. I worked hard every year so that I could earn great grades to raise my GPA. I am now ranked fourth in my class. I selected challenging and advanced courses ‚ so that I could increase my GPA even more. Every year I took classes that were honors or AP. I chose not to focus on the easy elective options‚ and instead I chose to take
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“College Pressures” by William Zinsser‚ the master of Branford College‚ one of the Residential colleges at Yale University‚ details the various types of stresses that today’s college students encounter. Zinsser claims that there are four different kinds of pressure: economic‚ parental‚ peer‚ and self-induced. The economic pressures are due to the ever-increasing high cost of a college education and the desire to get out of college with as little debt accrued as possible. Economic pressure is tied
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Should college athletes have to go to class? This is a very debatable question that many Americans have opinions on. As athletes reach the end of their high school career‚ they usually know if they are going to continue to play sports in college. Some college athletes know they are going to leave school early to pursue their dream as a professional. The NCAA ( National Collegiate Athletic Association) does not want athletes to coast through college until that time comes. Critics of student athlete
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low-income students has increased‚ scholars have realized that there are different clusters of first-generation college students. While popular media has depicted college applicants as either academically gifted or unprepared‚ the reality is that there is a diverse set of students who apply to college each year (Shaw et al.‚ 2009). Shaw et al.‚ (2009) discovered five clusters of college applicants in their research—privileged high achievers/athletes‚ disadvantaged students‚ average students needing
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