2013 My Unrealistic Expectations of College Since graduating in 1998 I have dreamed of going to college. We lived in a small town called Corunna‚ Michigan with a population of around 15‚000 people. This town had no college so the only choice for higher education was at least an hour away. I lived with my grandmother and grandfather and they couldn’t afford to send me away to college. After graduating I decided to move to Florida to go to college and give myself better opportunity. I have always
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Throughout my time in high school I had never really given much thought into what I wanted to do once I graduated. I knew I was going to be going to some university to pursue a degree‚ but I didn’t know what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go. It wasn’t until I took AP Computer Science in 11th grade that I decided that pursing a degree in Computer Science was the right thing for me. This type of work was something that I greatly enjoyed and through computer science I would be able to solve problems
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My goal is to go to a college that is renown for its academic rigor and that I would be proud to say I graduated from years later. Due to the plethora of colleges that fit this criteria‚ it would be hard to choice between schools. If I were accepted into my top two schools - Johns Hopkins and Harvey Mudd - I would have a very difficult time deciding which collegiate experience I would enjoy most and where I would want to attend. I would want to counsel someone that is in the same position as me
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202-203 3 March 2014 Reflecting on "How I Met My Husband" After reading the short story "How I Met My Husband" by Alice Munro I realized I can relate to it in many different ways. It reminded me of how I met my boyfriend‚ and how things truly are ment to happen for a reason. Most people live their lives waiting for that special someone to come and sweep them off their feet‚ but in reality you can not look for love it will simply find you. Throughout the story I can relate to the way that Edie felt
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In my opinion‚ college is what you make of it. For me‚ it has been an opportunity in which I was able to position myself to receive better career opportunities. In doing so‚ I will be better equipped to give back to the community. This experience has allowed me to improve upon my social skills‚ as well as‚ become more knowledgeable‚ and confident assisting individuals that are vulnerable. Throughout the course of these last two years‚ many of my peers‚ including myself‚ have bonded with new friends
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Why am I attending college? I enrolled in school for a few reasons. First off I was told that to get a Five Rating (the highest rating) on my next Enlisted Performance Report would have to have completed or be enrolled in college. So in order to keep myself on a strong footing for promotion I needed to head back to school. Second‚ I am looking to better myself not for a performance report but for myself. Completing college is something I’ve wanted to do for a while now. At my previous assignment
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engineer. And saying “my Dad died when I was 11” rolls off of my tongue in a way that it never has before. It’s been nine years. Time has passed. Things have gotten easier. His death is no longer where my thoughts default when nothing else is distracting me. I don’t think about him every time someone mentions his or her father in conversation. And‚ I don’t think about him every time someone asks about my own family. I do think about him though. Every single day. It’s still hard. I watch a girl dancing
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How did I learn to read? Let me start from the beginning when I was a little kid‚ I was born in October 26th 1999‚ at jalisco‚ Mexico that is where my story took off. I can’t recall what was my first book that I started reading when I was 3 years old I don’t exactly know the name of the book but the title was something like “baby duck and the father”‚ I didn’t know what genre it was but all I remember is that the book was just a piece of art that changed my world. I was a little kid that was anxious
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How I spend my leisure time: Free time is a something everybody needs. Free time always people to express themselves in many different ways. Moreover‚ some people can become so busy in life they don’t have time for free time‚ which may seems impossible to some. Furthermore‚ most people set aside a time where they are free to do whatever it is they enjoy doing. I on the other hand‚ love and enjoy free time; I spend my free time doing things that makes me happy. Three ways I spend my free
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The more I think about why I am starting college I do not know myself maybe I took it because it was the next step right after high school or I want to have a successful career and have a sturdy income. Also‚ it could be that I saw my peers starting college and wanted to know what college is. Another big element is my ethnicity because my uncles‚ aunts‚ and family members all went to college and they are either in the medical or in the engineering field they expect the same from me. They also keep
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