...first time I accepted that this place will be my home for the next two years and I was going to make the best of it. With not having too many friends and out of school for a year I quickly decided to make my friends and family in my very congested new home. Like anyone would say starting college was not easy and my experience was no different. After getting accepted to BCC in mid-August by doing a late direct admission, it was the beginning of a long and tumultuous road. There was an initial hassle with financial aid and me waiting in a 3-hour line, then back to admissions. It was a long day. When I got into Bronx Community College (BCC), I had to do the placement test, just like any other student and...
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...the final english class of my highschool career has for the last time, come and gone by. My education level has increased exponentially due to the rigorous course my teacher has designed for the students. Dual Enrollment English class taught me far more than just how to write a well written academic paper for my next four years in a college environment. Looking back on the second half of the semester, I can look back and appreciate all of the time spent preparing all of my essays, speeches, and notes for discussion. Throughout the semester, I definitely hit some speed bumps along the way; however, overcoming these dilemmas is what I will be able to carry with me throughout college. The class taught me how to be able to stand at the front of the classroom and speak about topics that I was less familiar with than familiar with, importance of priorities, how to write a well composed piece of literature in an academic format....
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...My suffering came from the quick departure from utopian society to the cruel and harsh mistress of a day job. My Utopia was the living on campus experience that many college students participate. This utopia fizzled out after I flunked for two semesters in a row, and I fell into the workforce. Everyday I struggled to find anything to do in the hours I was out of work; my friends all had work as soon as I was free and I needed to wake up around when they were going to sleep. This lead me to just work as much as I could and not really ever leaving the house. In the world of Ramapo College, nothing really matters besides grades and your parents’ money. This kind of philosophy set me up to fail extremely early in the first semester that I was there. While I went to most of my classes and I did some...
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...Dear Karen Humphrey Johnson, I hope you are doing well and enjoying the nice weather. My name is Patricia Gonzalez Ramirez, I am a criminal justice, undergraduate student at Umass Lowell. I am writing this email because I have received an unexpected suspension letter from the deans office. I understand the school has its rules and I respect that very much, but I believe that the school and its staff should give me an opportunity to demonstrate the student that my grades are not reflecting at this moment. In the suspension email I have received the link to appeal my academic suspension, but I decided to contact you before starting the process. I have called different people from the school to get more information about this process but...
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...English Composition I February 10, 2014 When I was inspired to come back to college Returning to school for me at this point of time in my life is very important. I have quite a few things I want to accomplish in life, and one definite thing is receiving my degree in the Criminal Justice. The point in my life when I came to this conclusion, I was at work doing yet doing another double. I had just gotten paid and my check wasn’t enough to pay all my bills I had that were due. I couldn’t understand why I still fell short. I had picked up all the overtime I was allowed per pay period and it still wasn’t enough to cover all my bills. I knew it was time for a change in my life. I then enrolled in Schenectady Community College. I signed up to get my degree in Criminal Justice. My first semester went great I was so proud of myself. Second semester I changed degrees and switched to get my degree in Chemical Abuse Counseling. After taking my second semester I realized Chemical Abuse was not for me so I switched back to Criminal Justice. I’m now in my third semester and look forward to completing Criminal Justice and obtaining my degree when I’m done taking all the required classes needed. I’m aware with me switching degrees it set me back a little but I’m in no rush and know I have a long road ahead. Hopefully the courses in chemical abuse I took can count towards my criminal justice degree. I currently work for adults with disabilities. I have been at this job for twelve years...
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...growth spurt in my writing in one day and just magically turn into an award-winning writer overnight, but huge growth spurts in writing never happen overnight so that thought is probably unrealistic. Growing as a writer happens over time and through many trial-and-error pieces of work. No good writer has started out at their best, but instead, they grow into it because they learn new things in the course of their writing career. Over the course of this semester, I have grown more as a writer than I did in the first three years of high school combined, so yes, I did have a growth spurt as a writer, but it didn’t happen all at once and I am not finished growing. This semester, I have had to write...
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...My Self Assessment and Journey through this Semester Through my self assessment I will discuss my journey this semester in college writing and the skills I have learned and the skills that still need some improvements; from confidence to five page essays and what’s important to me and my future of learning. First of all, one of the most important accomplishments to me that I have obtained this semester, is confidence. However, I understand this may not be a skill learned from class, but it’s the skills I have learned in class that gave me the ability to feel more confident in my learning. As a high school drop out at the age of 14 years old and my couple attempts of college, I lacked confidence. Without confidence I was unable to retain anything due to constantly second guessing myself and never taking the leap into learning. Nonetheless, from the moment I started this semester I feared failure, but when I took my first quiz on comma splices and received a grade of 85 my confidence grew stronger, although, I still could use some improvement with comma splices and other punctuation....
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...Why Am I Ready For College Dohnavyn LeDuff John F. Kennedy Going to college has always been a dream to me. My parents have always said "to do well in school because if you do a good job in college you'll have an easier job of getting into college". I feel I am ready for college because I work hard and when I want something bad I put my all into it. My life isn't one of those struggling lives me and my family have for the most part had a good household. I grew up in a happy house hold were there were few problems. I had tried to take my mom’s advice of getting good grades and trying to be the best I could be but for some reason when I hit high school all of that changed. I wanted to be cool and well liked and the only way I felt I could do that was to lower my grades ditch class and hang with bad kids who thought they were "cool". I struggled for a long time I didn't learn my lesson even after to going to therapy. Being cool and popular was my main. Priority. When I got a little clue it was too late my mom took me out of Santiago and I transferred to a school called river springs during my sophomore year. I extremely hated that school and did everything I could to leave. Likewise though my grades at that school were actually good I had a 3.0 for first semester and a 2.9 second semester. My time came through for me to leave that school. I asked my mom if I could transfer to john f. Kennedy she told me yes so I sent an application and I was accepted. It was a new school...
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...UC with full intent to graduate with honors from interior design. There was one main problem with this dream of mine; I hadn’t chosen my major after years of passion on the subject matter but rather on a whim. It wasn’t my first choice of major, initially I was interested in Architecture for equally flimsy reasons. I was interested in architecture because I liked building houses in the sims and an upper classmen friend of mine who I worked closely with in an extracurricular wanted to be an architect. My decision to apply for interior was an even snappier decision. I went to an hour presentation about DAAP not much of which was actually on interior design and though “hey that sounds more like my kind of thing, besides I always liked...
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...It would be cliché to say that my GPA does not define me. The statement itself would be untrue, because that number, and its' components are a chronical of my academic footprint. Thus, it defines me academically, and its numerical value is an attestation of the work I have done so far. However, my GPA cannot attest for the ignorance I possessed as a high school student, and the depression I have fought against for the past year and a half. In truth I like to think of my GPA as an optical allusion, the matter they share in common, perspective. In one perspective you see one entity, a less than perfect GPA. However, when your eyes become conscious of the new perspective, you see the allusion's truth. My allusion's truth is, I have not allowed...
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...academic success. Sample: I watch too much television. 1. Spending time with my friends 2. Social networks 3. Texting on my IPhone too much 4. Work 5. Constantly watching movies on Netflix List five academic thoughts that interfere with your academic success. Sample: Before I take an exam, I always think I m going to fail. 1. There’s no point in studying because it’s too much material to cover 2. I have so many things to do today and I don’t have time to do homework . 3. Every test I take is difficult and I always feel like I am going to fail. 4. I don’t understand the subject, but I might just wing the test. 5. I find it hard to concentrate during class because I stress over work and my personal life List five emotions (feelings) that interfere with your academic success. Sample: I have continual fear of not succeeding when I am in a math course. 1. I feel that I have test anxiety 2. Sometimes I fear that I will never succeed in college 3. I get intimated when others progress and I fail. 4. At times tend to think negative when it comes to school 5. fear of always failing and never getting anything done Do you have conscious control over your own actions and emotions? This exercise will help you to seriously consider some questions as you strive for a deeper understanding of your will. 1. How often do you accomplish your intentions? 95% of the time I accomplish my intentions 2. When you are confronted with a difficult task, do you persist...
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...a realistic goal in life. This semester I would love to see how computer sciences goes for me. I Joseph Martinez have set goals during this semester that aline it self to my major. Passing all my classes is my number one priority in this semester I can’t if i'm failing my classes, failing out in my classes would mean not getting my degree for computer science. My goal, to be a successful person once i'm done with college. I’m aiming pretty high for my education. I also want a master degree and i'm willing to try hard for it. I have minors goals and skills to require my success in school. Studying , Focusing on school mainly in my life. Right now school is what’s important and only focus I need. Being well organized is another key for success. I shall never be absent less it's a dire situation, nor should I be tardy i'll try to refrain from being tardy....
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...went back to college for new semester. One week before I start my college, my very first mood was stressed because I’m afraid of I registered my subject wrongly. Besides that, I’m also worried that those subjects will be very tough for me and can’t handle it. In order to overcome my stressful, I tried to listen to music, did research for those subjects before I start my semester and also jogging regularly so that I able to keep my mind calm. In addition, one day before I start my new semester, my mood was quite depressed and even bored. I felt depressed and bored because I know that I’ll stuck in traffic-jam early in the morning while I go to college repeatedly. Although I have to face with this problem everyday but I’m actually feel happy as well. Meanwhile, my mood on the actual day I start my new semester was happy because I can meet my friends and classmate again. We’re just so harmony to everyone in the class where we can study together, chit chatting together and we always helping each other whenever we have difficulties. Therefore, I feel very happy to see them. Next, my mood was so excited on that day because I wondering who my lecturers are in this semester and I don’t know how their teaching method is. That’s why I can’t wait to see them and learn different knowledge from them. Furthermore, on the day of result released, my mood was nervous before I get my result due to I worried about I can’t achieve my target. To overcome my nervous, I chat...
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...Nicolas Briones Counseling 2 14th of March 2016 Professor Diana L. Casas Journal 10 1. Title a new page in your journal: MY LIFE PLAN. Below the title, complete the part of your life plan for your role as a student. My Dream: Is to be one of the top brokers of a stock firm by the age of 25. Reason on the age 25 is because due to my lack of participation in college my second semester, I had to push all my dates back. My life Role: College Student My Long-Term Goal in this role: My main strategy is to finish my general ed, have a great GPA to have the chance to transfer to USC, and graduate with my MBA. My Short-Term Goals in this role: My short term goals as of right now is bringing my GPA up. I was on probation my second semester thinking it was going to be easier, college, but in reality it just got harder. In order to get my GPA up, I have to get straight A’s. 2. Write about what you have learned or relearned by designing your life plan. Designing my life plan helped motivate me because now I have a time frame on what I want to do, and when to do it by. This is motivating me because now that I was able to write it down, if I keep up with it, and read it, it’ll help me strive to hopefully become successful in my...
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...I am in my fourth semester at Bunker Hill Community College in Business major. I have been in the U.S. since December 2015. Like any immigrant, I know I will face lots of challenges that I am determined to overcome through education. I took the Accuplacer Placement test in the summer 2016 and got into BHCC English 111 in fall 2016. In the beginning, it was tough for me as English 111 was my first class in college. For my first paper, I got a D, and I was thinking about dropping all the classes as English 111 was required for all of them. I was a rough day for me. I left BHCC that day without taking my second class. When I reached home, I told myself I am a fighter; I can't give up. I started to feed my mind with positive thinking and was...
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