Gaining A College Education

The point of college isn’t just to make it to graduation as fast as you can. That diploma isn’t going to change you. The events and lessons learned leading up to that diploma are what are going to change you. College shapes you into the person you have always wanted to be, it allows you to make decisions for yourself and to be able to grow from each and every one of them. Even if you may not notice it, you are changing every single day, and before you know it you’ve become the person you’ve always wanted to be, just like when the Emerald Mile crew, “were unaware that the events of the next several hours would mark each of them in profound and disturbing ways and would, for a select handful, change their lives forever” (Fedarko 251). Getting a higher education will change your life forever. So expect to change a lot in the next four years, and be

Getting an education is extremely important in my family because it signifies hard work. No one in my immediate family has attended college yet and I would like to be the one that ends this cycle and graduates college. College is also important in my family because they believe that this will ensure that I will have a stable future and this is crucial to me.

College is a place where students learn what they want to be when they graduate and they use that knowledge they obtained from college to fulfill their dream by what they have studied, so hard for in college. Some people ask, “Is College worth it?” and the answer to that question is, “Yes.” A lot of people continue to disagree with that answer, but when it’s all said and done: college is worth it. That is why, there is still students that enroll into a 4-year college or a community college because they want to become successful in life which is the reason why they feel that college is worth it.

In today's society a college degree will open the door to many job opportunities. The possibilities are endless compared to those presented with a high school diploma. College gives you a chance to show the world the best version of yourself. They give you the chance to get earn money for doing the thing you love. College degrees are the difference between living comfortably, or struggling paycheck to paycheck. I don't want to struggle, so this is why high school is just the beginning of my education. College also gives you the chance to meet new people from around the country. A lot can happen in fours years. Meeting and interacting with new people could open the door for new ways and passions for learning. The more I learn, the more I enrich my future

During my collegiate years of school, I want to make them my personal growth period. My academic plan includes an architecture major that will allow me to become a suitable urban planner/architect. In the pool, I will be a dynamic swimmer, as well as a positive and encouraging teammate. As I constantly grow physically and mentally through my college swimming career, I will become well diverse in freestyle events from the 50 to the 1650. Being a college athlete, I know the responsibility and commitment in which is expected of me. I will pursue to honor myself, teammates, coaches, and the school I attend, both on and off the

My mother worked four jobs at once to make financial ends meet, while always stressing the importance of education and financial independence to my brother and myself. My grandmother only achieved a second grade education due to the financial constraints on her family at a young age, but still in the end managed to make certain that of her children and grandchildren had what was needed to flourish and become successful, educated members of the community. The tenacity and history of these two women I still carry with me today. Their struggles have inspired to me to only want more from life, but also serve as a positive role model for the younger members of my community. I observed from other family members how an education can open a multitude of doors and opportunities. I want to make the biggest and most significant on my community and on my family as possible, and the only foreseeable path is to achieve a college education to gain the necessary skills, knowledge and connections needed to flourish and implement positive

College is a place where most go to further their education. A high school diploma will not get students by in life anymore. While college is said to be considered the “best time of your life”, it has many downfalls, the price. This leads to a high number of student debt and student loans. It is estimated that the average outstanding student loan balance per debtor is $30,000. A college education was not always this expensive however. Loans were originally only offered to Harvard alumni in the 1840’s. It was not until the twentieth century that the problems of student loans arose. In 1944 the GI Bill was introduced which fulfilled the need for more affordable education. It subsidized or completely covered the cost of college education for nearly half of WW2 veterans. By the 1990’s student loan debt began to change, and not for the better. In 1993, the average debt of a bachelor’s degree was approximately $9,000. So, when the question of a free college education is proposed many jump and say yes but looking at it through a rational lens, it would not be the best decision.

As it was my first time learning to swim, I was terrified every time I was instructed to perform a stroke. As I attempted to swim across the pool, I would desperately cling onto the lane lines and swim near the pool wall. My early swim career was plagued with failure; I was unable to perform the exit skills required to exit the intermediate level, which I would repeat three times before being able to pass (cmp/cpl). The following summer I was placed into the advanced level, yet again would repeat this level four times until I was unable to proceed levels. Disheartened, I would stopped taking lessons until I decided to swim again during the summer following freshmen year of high school. This time I was placed into pre-team, the highest level for swim lessons. Despite struggling during the first few sessions, I learned with fervor and tremendously improved my swimming, abilities, inspired by my placement into pre-team. Because of this improvement, I was eventually eligible for the club’s swim team. Ever since I have completed pre-team, I continuously swim on my own during my free time.

Today people disagree about whether going to college and getting a college degree is worth all of the hassle. To some entering the workforce out of high school is better than going to college to get the education required to do a job. The difference is in how someone was raised and what he or she believes. This is also shown in what kind of career that someone wants to do and the education required to do that job. Statistics show that people with an associates degree make one hundred twenty seven dollars more in median weekly earnings than someone with a high school diploma (Unemployment).

College lasts for up to four years, depending on your degree, but most people cannot withstand the time and effort it takes during that process. In a statistics report, it estimated three out of every five four-year college students graduate within six years. There are many reasons, and in this essay I will be explaining the main causes as to why people decided to do it.

A college education is becoming a necessity in today society to live a wonderful life. Almost, every job requires a person to be at least be a high school graduate to even entire a workforce. On average high school, graduate makes around $28,000 a year which is not nearly enough to support your family. Therefore, nearly everyone wants to live the American Dream. The American dream is an idea of living a life by material wealth and comfort. In our present society, it is not easy to achieve that dream hence, it is very important to get a good education to increase your chances of achieving the American Dream.

According to Pew Research Center, “Among survey respondents who graduated from a four-year college, 74% say that their college education was very useful in helping them grow intellectually; 64% say it was very useful in helping them grow and mature as a person,” when a person grows up it is one of the largest steps in their life. Being more mature is more sophisticated than a childish adult. The faculty of reasoning and understanding makes a person more intelligent which also makes them more mature, making them ready for the open opportunities the world has to offer. The value of college should be taken seriously because maturity has a lot to do with jobs, with the help of college it can prepare your for the real world so obstacles wont be a

After the first year in my community college, my older brother recommended me to join a swimming class with him over the summer quarter. I hesitated, despite knowing that I cannot permanently escape from learning how to swim in my life. Thus, I took the challenge to get to swim.

Newfield’s book discusses many issues that college students face during the course of their stay at a university. From the moment you show interest in a school, until the moment that you graduate, being a student is can be difficult. With that being said, for some student prospects, the opportunity to even set foot into a classroom is far from attainable. Why is it that so many people have such poor chances of getting into college? Why is a bachelor’s degree so hard to attain while it remains so necessary to get a decent job? Newfield answers many of these questions in the first few chapters of his text, Unmaking the Public University. Several examples that he mentions in his book are similar to my own college experience.

Since as long as I can remember I have been in and around the pool. This natural ability coupled with the fun I had moving through the water began to fuel a competitive drive within swimming for me, and as a result, my parents signed me up for my local summer league team at the age of five. As I continued to grow physically, the love I had for the sport of swimming grew as well. By the age of twelve I had reached astronomical heights in my burgeoning career, as I achieved one of the top 100 fastest recorded times in history for my age group in USA Swimming, finished third in high point at the state championships, and was top ten in the country. This continued success paired with my acceptance into the Gifted and Talented program in my elementary and middle schools molded together my aforementioned priority list. I followed this list wholeheartedly throughout middle school and my freshman year of high school, enabling me to qualify for junior nationals by age 15 and end my freshman year ranked top 5 in my