...Fairfield Prep is a place I have never experienced in my life. The saying these four years will go fast is now a reality. I remember sitting at freshman orientation scared and alone, I had no friends and no one to talk to. Now I can't remember a moment of my prep experience that hasn't been anything but fulfilling and sacred. I never would of thought that these four years of my life would be this amazing and this fast. I have learned different lessons that I will defiantly use for the rest of my life. I remember Father Hanwell our president freshman year saying that this experience isn't going to make you just smarter or athletically, it's going to make you a more well rounded person. I can assure you that this statement is true. I have learned...
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...to encourage people, or students in this case, to reach new academic and behavioral goals. I was a member of the most important club at my high school and that was the Renaissance Program. The Renaissance Program is a leadership committee in a high school setting to promote achievement and success throughout the school. I joined when we first started the committee and that was when I was a freshman in high school. I am certainly the person I am today because of this committee. As a member I learned how to become a leader, travel throughout the states, and become friends with amazing people. Leadership is what I learned as I enjoyed my four years of being a committee member for The Renaissance Program. Some people see leadership as simply someone who people follow, or as someone who guides or directs others. Well I see leadership as organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal. Leadership is also a social influence enlisted by a person to support others in an accomplishment. As the Renaissance Program grew I was one of the main members, making me feel welcoming. As the four years went on I became more and more of a leader due to the actions I was making on the committee. These actions include getting students and teachers involved in the committee and outside the committee. I was in charge of different Rallies throughout the years to help promote our Program. Rallies would involve teachers and students and different activities that were performed in front of the whole...
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...Seabury ENB 110, TR 10:50 Essay #2 22 September 2015 The Freshman Guide to College Survival To all current and future seniors, what are your plans after high school? Going to college? Ok, and what do you expect to get out of college? You probably think you know what differentiates high school from college but, I can assure you that you have no idea. From living situations to time management, college is different roller coaster but, it is on your shoulders on how you handle it. This transition is not going to be easy to deal with, for you nor your parents. Most freshmen can handle themselves for the first couple of days while others are already calling on the first night for the first flight back home. Now at this point you might be thinking "Where will I go?", "What should I wear?", "Will people like me?” etc. but, in reality none of that matters. There are more than a dozen rules in which you may need to actually survive your freshman year of college but, the two factors in which you’ll need the most guidance from is the Freshman Facebook page and roommates. Before you pack up almost everything that you own: clothes, shoes, and photos of everybody you know… one of the first things you’ll likely do after enrolling in school is join the Freshman Facebook Page for your class. Whether you post about the food, classes, or just other classmates that you see around campus, posting helps you to get to know every freshman (even the people you don’t see) socially. Currently, looking...
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...October 28th, 2014, was unquestionably the worst day of my life. My parents sat my sister and me down to make an announcement. I initially believed we might have been moving again, dreading yet another relocation, but once my parents had made their announcement, every part of me wished that “we’re moving again” was all they had to say. My mom, they told me, had been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Once my mother's illness was announced, I truly did lose myself in ways that are still difficult to explain. Because of this single moment, every aspect of my life for the next few years was filled with anticipation for the worst. Freshman year was the hardest of all four years in high school. Not only was it a transition year for me from moving from Germany...
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...The past four years of my life have been chaotic, fun, and full of work. The most memorable thing was the very first class I had freshman year. My teacher, Mr. Kahler, was a former college professor, gave us a lecture on how important high school was. He wanted to make it clear that high school was a place to learn and to become successful. Mr. Kahler caught my attention and made me question myself about what I wanted to do when I get older. I asked him a question about it the next day and he told me to set goals for myself to achieve. So after that day I started setting goals for myself throughout my four years of high school. Freshman year, I set a goal to have at least a 3.0 grade point average every report card I received. I started paying...
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...related to many different problems, one problem that had personally affected me was the grades I got my freshman year of college. I started my college career struggling a little bit and often wondered how I could raise my grades and improve my GPA until I was satisfied with the grades I would get. Coming to college I was finally on my own with no one to wake me up, make me do homework, or go to class. These all led to my GPA not being exactly where I wanted it to be along with a number of psychological factors that have all been introduced throughout lecture and the readings. The four different chapters I can relate this problem most too would have to be those on stress, personality, motivation and social psychology. Stress is one of the main leaders for college students and low GPA’s and I believe it had a lot to do with my original GPA from my freshman year. Living here on campus is extremely overwhelming at first for a freshman here at UMass Amherst. There are so many events that you can attend, RSOs that you can join, and other things in town and campus. It is also the first time moving away from home and that can lead to stress because no one is around to remind you about things that you may forget to do. The classes here at UMass were also extremely different from any classes I took at my high school. I was used to smaller classes of about 20-25 students that were all mostly my friends, now I was being thrown into a 400 person lecture with a bunch of strangers and just a professor...
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...Throughout my high school career, I have demonstrated excellent leadership abilities both in and out of school. Having two younger brothers, I have always felt it was my responsibility to be a leader to them, rather I liked it or not. I’ve always wanted to be a good example for them, and I feel that they are part of the reason I am so successful today. Although we have a great father, who raised us in a safe, stable, and happy environment, I knew he did not want me, and my brothers to take the same path he did. Instead of coming straight out of highschool and getting a job to support a family, as he did, he wanted us to go to college, experience life, and travel, before having to worry about supporting a family. From a young age, I always knew...
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...Of A Turtle In High School "My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out. There are going to be times in your life when you’re going to have to stick your neck out. There will be challenges and instead of hiding in a shell, you have to go out and meet them." I'd say this quote best described our "first day of High School jitters" four years ago when we entered into the next phase of our lives, otherwise known as Bethlehem Catholic. Like a turtle, we began our freshman year inside of our shells. None of us knew what to expect in High School besides the rumor of "the pool on the third floor". All of the girls walked into homeroom with skirts that reached their knees and the boys were all cleanly shaven (if they even had facial hair yet). That first day was crucial for the rest of high school because it determined what clique you were a part of, what classes you would take for your next four years, and what your peers would think of you....
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...In my life some things have really stunk, I felt like a total punk. When hope was out of sight, I had a brother who stepped in to fight. I could be in the dumps, really canned, he would always lend a helping hand. He could be really close or not, I could still call him on the spot. Not only was he there for the bad days, but for the good ones, always, I can’t say we’ve always been on the same track, but my brother’s always got my back. I could be in any sort of jam some as thick as tar, still he would never be that far. We used to fight all the time when we were young, then, well then I pierced my tongue. That’s when he went away, he’s never even come back for like a day. It’s okay now I don’t mind, because my brother I can always find. I love him more then a lot things, and it’s not only because we’re siblings. Where ever he is I still see his face, he’s my one and only brother, I love you Ace. Bibliography: Personal Essay My name is Annie Chapman and I am sixteen years old. I started my life in 1983, in Los Angeles, actually in a suburb called Culver City. From the hospital I moved into a house on Lucerne Ave with my father Alan Berftman, my mother Mary Lee Chapman, and my older brother by four years, Ace. I spent just short of ten years in that same house. While I lived in Culver City I attended a Spanish emersion elementary school called El Rinclon. There I learned to speak Spanish as a second language. A month...
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...past four years I have attended Montevallo high school. Throughout my time I have been involved in many clubs and organizations, and they have all impacted me differently. In everything I was involved with in high school I always tried to make sure it was relevant to my future, but looking back now I realized I may have made a few mistakes, but for the most part I feel I did rather well staying on track. In my time in high school, I was on both the volleyball team and track team. I played on the volleyball team all four years of high school, but I should of stopped after my freshman year. I enjoyed playing and I enjoyed my teammates, but it seemed my goals never aligned with my coaches and the enjoyment started to slip away as the...
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...Dribbling the ball down the YMCA court. The ball slipping from my hand every with step taken from me. All that was heard was the giggles and chuckles of all the other kids in the gym. That was my biggest downfall during the early stages of playing my favorite sport. Those experiences I encountered as a young child really made me a different person. Would not be the student, player or person I am today if it was not for the experiences I went through. Being harassed and teased by the way I played basketball taught me that I can not let little things get to me. As the caterpillar that I am, waiting to sprout into a butterfly and go on my own, off to college. I had a time alone and realized the difference in my life since middle school. As...
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...“High school, the best four years of your life.” The way I feel it's going to be the more stressful four years of my life. Going to night school is nerve racking and quite frankly terrifying. I'm going to go from being the oldest grade in the middle school to the youngest in high school. I am excited, however for some things. I'm most nervous for the upperclassmen and assignments and I'm most excited for the freedom. Ninth grade, freshman year, fresh meat, no matter what you call it freshmen are the youngest. Upperclassman make me feel uneasy since, we have classes with them now. In the middle school you saw another grade one or two times a day. I am nervous I will look stupid in front of the upperclassmen. I might have a mental breakdown if I feel in front of them; especially if it was during the beginning of the school year. I am friends with some upperclassmen, but it is still scary to me. I am not looking forward to having classes with any of the older grades. I scheduled to take higher classes during freshman year. As I do believe I am very capable of learning the information, I am nervous I will get a lot of projects or assignments I won't be able to complete. I get overwhelmed quite often and it worries me that I will be overwhelmed twice as bad. Homework, projects, and essays all add up very quickly in my mind so, having of...
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...country and further my education was something i never thought about because i lost contacted with my real mother for more than 10 years. Sometimes i wonder what would be my life in honduras by this times would have been. Even thought my living condition were so poor and i use to carry my books in a plastic bag. During high school it was fours years of dedication. I was surprised because i did so well in high school, that i archieved a lot of hono roll and prizes. After being in honduras and only speaking spanish and now having the ability to speak another language for me it is something that im proud of myself because of the amazing thing i have done so far. Being born hispanic make me feels proud because hispanic people are hard worker people and im one of those people that i like to be responsible and i will try my best to be one of the best. In 2011 during high school i was choose to participate in the NASA program in Alabama. It was a huge training i learned many thing about the moon and the space shuttle it was a beautiful experience for me...
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...Is it the math? Is it the curriculum?" Well, sort of. Engineering mathematics is grueling once you pass elementary calculus and you will find yourself taking an average of 5 classes per semester (assuming you are really planning to graduate in 4 years). However, many of the problems have a lot to do with your idea of what engineering is. With that in mind, let us explore the Top 5 Reasons Why Students Do Not Graduate from Engineering. 1) They Go into Engineering for the Wrong Reasons Many times, students enter the College of Engineering with preconceived notions that "I can make a lot of money once I graduate" and "I get to build cars and boats and stuff." Engineering should never be viewed as a money-making profession, even though engineers do make a lot of money. Engineering should never be viewed as a construction profession, even though engineers do sometimes build things. The ultimate goal of engineering majors is to give you the educational tools to design something that benefits...
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...finding the best college for me was a strenuous one, filled with many ups and downs and tearful nights, plot twists that simply cannot be conveyed in less than 500 words, but alas, I will attempt to tell the gist of it. You see it all began during the horror known as eighth grade, a time many people wish to forget, filled with a longing for high school that my senior mind simply cannot comprehend. Part One: Issy Decides on a Career The state of Delaware requires that all eighth grade students research a handful of careers they wish to pursue for the rest of their life. I had planned on being several things as an adult throughout my childhood, ranging from a chef to a rock star, and up until our government funded soul searching in eighth grade I had every intent to become a school teacher. However, upon further research, of which included my interior designer godmother’s visit from Chicago and my after school care programs newly bought interior design kit, I soon found a new calling. Interior design became a passion of mine, much to the appeasement of my Nana, who had hoped for me to be in the home designing field for most of my life. Part Two: The Mailbox Has a Use...
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