I'm about to go to college. The whole idea of that scares me because I don’t even know what I want to major in yet. I think I speak for all teenagers when I say that we need advice on college. I went to my cousin, Patrick Craig, for help on this subject. He is on his second year of college at WVU so I figured he would be the best person to ask about his experiences. I decided to ask him a couple questions about his time so far at college and his overall experience with it. I asked him what the steps
teens are questioning if college is the right path. Between the increasing costs of tuition and jobs that need a college degree, people are wondering if it’s worth it. Having doubt is understandable, but going to college helps reassure one’s future. College is turning into one of the only ways to become successful. It’s worth all of the struggle, because it helps build character and skills. In the long run, a college education benefits one in many ways. With a college education, one can gain
Placing less emphasis on college will lead to students being more inclined to perform highly in school for further positive reasons while still creating a thirst for higher education. Today's society places college at the utmost importance for a student to achieve academic and financial success. For many students, the plan to go to college was given to them by their parents at a young age, and their entire academic career has been solely to create a large portfolio of high grades that will earn them
that help me learn ways to study or remember the information. Going to get a career in college will help steer most people in the right direction, and those who pursue higher education will get more chances to be successful in life. Other reasons to go to college are to help students learn how to develop more skills in life. In 1970’s, the rates of High School Dropout was 82.5% of all students. The students have hard time going to college because of money or getting big
the opportunity to study cosmetology and finish my last year of high school at the same time based on my academics. I would not want my education to stop after the completion of a technical school, on the contrary I want to keep expanding it. Going to college has always been an accomplishment that I want and will achieve, I don't see it as an option, but as a requirement that I have made for myself. I knew that I was
There are many things I look for in a university, but the biggest thing on my wish list is great academics. If I am going to pay to go to college, I want to be getting my money’s worth. The reason you go to college is to get an education that can propel you to a career that can support you and one day a family. I also look to see if a university can offer me opportunities to conduct research. This recently became important to me because of one of my classes I am taking, advanced chemistry research
the bells,she runs until she reaches her university hearing the final bell ring as she runs into her classroom and sits onto her seat taking out her laptop and notes from yesterday.In many people’s perspective they think college does not make a benefit but really it does, college can benefit people in the future and even in their present.College is worth the cost to earn money, achieve people’s dreams ,and help save lives.
20-year-old student was just starting her second year in college. Her workload was full since she had to babysit two kids, look after her two dogs, and do all the house chores while she balanced her five classes. She had never been a very enthusiastic student, in fact, she hated going to school and would much rather be traveling than studying. Her lack of motivation was what lead her to take a year off after graduating high school, before beginning college. “I can’t sit in a classroom again without getting
Are we going to college? College is a place that people believe that they have to attend in order to have a successful life. In reality there are many different options that a person is able to do that doesn’t involve going to college. In the essay “Should everyone go to College”, the author’s Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill argue that a person should not go to college for many different reasons. The authors are very bias in their opinion about going to college. Being a college student is a choice
“Are Too Many People going to College” by Charles Murray describes his thesis in why so many people are going to college. He informs throughout the article what the conflicts may be. For example, not everyone needs to go to college. It may not be beneficial academically or economically for a person to attend a university.He further explains how college doesn’t always make sense that college is the place to make a living. Charles Murray opened with the information students are learning the first