My First Day at College Essay

The top three colleges I chose are Hinds Community College, Mississippi State University, and Alcorn State University . Hinds is my first choice because I visited Hinds’ Nursing Allied Health Center on one of my various CDC field trips and I was amazed. I was shown how to be prepared for CPR, how to read the blood pressure machine, and just learn about all the programs they have to offer. I actually did plenty of .research on nursing and I think Hinds is just the place for me . The mission of…

end of my high school football career. I cried for the first time in a very long time, realizing I would never step foot on that field a player again. That wouldn’t be the last time. My senior year was tainted with hardships of all kinds. From death to addiction, everything bad that could happen happened. The summer was a huge success athletics wise, my team was looking strong and capable of doing something big in the upcoming season. I was getting some pretty strong attention from colleges…

In my first year high school, I thought I was going to fail. For a while, I was thinking of failing and dropping out of school to find a job. At that time, it sounded like a good idea, During the summer after freshman year, I was having fun and enjoying my time, This was a chance to my mind, without the demands of school. Entering my sophomore year, I felt scared like i wasn't going to make it like i was going to fail, I didn't have an idea on what I wanted to do with myself. With no direction…

all the people in my grade have been receiving the “college talk” in classes and at home. No matter where we are, college is the topic. Even during lunch my classmates talk about it. Before I was calm about the topic of college, but ever since it’s been the topic around me 24/7, I can’t help but start to feel anxious. Usually I handle stressful situations well, but the idea of college and getting rejected has caused me to kinda freak out and worry about applying to schools. Out of my entire high…

The first day of the fall semester was like my first day of high school, I was so emotional because I couldn’t believe I was in college. I was so nervous and I had all these thoughts in my head. Will I ever make any friends? Will people even like me? Will I pass any of my classes? These are the same questions I had when I walked into high school for the first time. But I knew I had to think positive to succeed in school. This is just the beginning of my future. A topic that was influential to…

students who are first in their families to attend college. Machen fulfilled that vision be creating a scholarship, The Machen Florida Opportunity Scholarship (MFOS), for the first generation college students. The MFOS scholarship have opened the doors and eyes for hundreds of students today. First-generation students tend to come from working class families of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Typically, the first-generation students may start at a community college, attend college…

Entering college is my most important moment so far because I realized that I have more potential that I thought. In life there are events that change us mentally, emotionally and physically we don’t know how these are going to affect us but we still have to go out there and enjoy or lives. sometimes events can be painful like losing a loved one that you weren’t ready to lose this event can affect us mentally, or some events can be happy like entering college and graduating with honors this will…

When I first started college I was out of high school for 12 years. I had spent my late teens and twenties as a wife and homemaker before I decided to achieve my own career goals. I spent much of my time in the kitchen and taking care of my family’s health learning what I could about nutrition through online sources alone. This lack of real understanding led to the decision to go back to school with the goal of earning a degree in the science of food and nutrition to become a nutritionist. Since…

that I wanted to go into the medical field. At first, being a surgeon sounded great, but then I realized that seeing blood does not do me well. After that, I thought that it would be better to looking into being a medical examiner. That also does not appeal to me very much because after awhile, the thought of being around dead bodies gave me the creeps. But, just this year I started taking a class on ASL at a local community college. During the first semester, I knew that I wanted to be an…

to do with my life yet, so I am attending College of the Albemarle to continue my education as I figure out what I want to major in. While I figure out what I want to do, COA is close to home and much cheaper than going to a four-year school. I will have to start out and take the same classes no matter where I go, so why not do it close to home and save money in the process? I plan to go to College of the Albemarle for two years and then transfer to a four-year college and continue my education…