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Everyday I am faced with choices. Some choices I have made led to positive outcomes, while others have led to negative outcomes . One thing that I have learned from all the choices I have faced so far is that, good or bad, my past doesn’t define who I am, but rather serves as lessons for me to learn from and create paths to better outcomes. Overcoming these struggles, being equipped with several strengths to succeed and a passion for my educational path are key features of why I would be a great candidate to attend Nevada State College My previous educational struggles were due to: the pandemic which resulted in online distance learning and becoming a caretaker for my grandma.
Having immigrated to the United States from Vietnam many years ago, from a poor family in a small town that couldn’t afford post-secondary education and didn’t need nor want it, James was the first of his family to go to college. He had no guiding hand other than that of his small number of American friends. Not knowing many colleges and being unable to research universities, he opted to go to the nearby community college, San Jose City. He was interested in construction, and decided to major in it. Soon after, he received his degree and transferred to San Jose State to pursue a 4-year degree.
During the Fall 2023 semester at UT, I experienced a series of devastating events that affected my emotional well-being and ability to concentrate on my studies. Within a short period of time, I lost two loved ones – my grandfather and my friend and fellow
Upon my return, I expected to resume going to the school’s campus and only be half online. This wasn’t what happened, however. “We live too far away now. I can’t drive you so far every day.” My mom had said when I asked her about my returning to school.
Finding motivation to attend college is easy, keeping the motivation to finish is the difficult part. I decided to enroll in college to earn my Bachelor’s degree in Business with a concentration in Finance. I hope that the degree will give me the opportunity to apply for a better position within the organization that I currently work for. A secondary goal of returning to school is to demonstrate to my son that attending college is required for many jobs and that returning to school as an adult has various difficult challenges. I have been working for the past nine years as an Assistant Financial Officer and am highly competent at my job.
As I turn over a new leaf in my life, starting all over in school, this is the best decision that I could ever generate. Needless to say, although I have made the conscientious decision to come back, I have discovered that I have a great deal to work on. There are 3 specific challenges that I face but I will not let determine my future. These challenges include; time management, motivation and anxiety.
August 14th, the day when it really hit me that I would be moving into college in one week. Up until that point I was really really excited! Although I was still excited the nerves started to kick in, I felt that I was not prepared to start a whole new chapter of my life and that there was still so many things that I needed to do, so honestly I started to panic a little bit, but that is just between me and you, no one else knew that I was stressing so bad. The Monday before move in day comes and now I realize that I seriously need to start getting ready, so finally I start packing everything in my room to make sure that I do not forget anything, but at the same time I have no clue what to pack seeing as this is my first time ever packing for college. The day finally gets here, move in day, all at the same time I am nervous, excited, sad and happy.
Returning back to college at this time in my life, is purely God lead and directed. When He calls, even if I’m late, I have found it is better to answer with obedience than not. The blessings that follow including the opportunity to grow closer to Christ make it all worthwhile. While Biblical Studies is not the adventure I imagined as child I would experience, the Lord has not forgotten me and continues to keep me on my toes with adventure around every corner.
Since a very young age, I have loved learning. My sister, Jessica, started attending kindergarten when I was four years old. On that day, my father walked us to Jessica’s first day of kindergarten. She was excited, but when we were going to leave I said that I didn’t want to. I told my father that I wanted to go to school too, but my father said I wasn’t old enough.
Deciding to go back to college to complete my degree was a big decision. For many years, I’ve always thought about it, but never put the thought into action, until recently. The decision to finish my education seems to be the best decision thus far. I am learning so much more than I expected. Taking the short quiz about learning styles helped me to analyze and understand that my styles and abilities are intrapersonal (looks inward and figures out own feelings), verbal/linguistic (learns concepts more easily), and visual-spatial (artistic and good at remembering images).
Throughout my whole childhood I never liked school. I never felt that I was good at school so I never wanted school. It took me being out of high school for 2 going on 3 years to actually want school. I nerved studied barley turned in homework and barley passed school.
It wasn't until May 1st, college decision day, that I decided on taking a constructive year off to work, earn money, and attempt to experience the real world before starting college. My plan was never really well developed until the routine of late summer, when I began to piece parts together. I never had a grasp on what people meant by “roads to success aren’t straight” until I began to actually get involved with my day to day planning, building my own unique structure. While I may not have followed the traditional path to ‘success’ in the eyes of society, I am confident that deviating from the beaten path will propel me in a favorable direction. Come early September, the realization hit me that my best buddies were leaving for their new experiences and I was being left back at home like that teddy bear in the attic.
The transition to college can be a very difficult, but also exciting. Every factor, from your family situation, to where your best friend is going to school helps to influence your college decision and how well you adjust to it. For me, I had to be one hundred percent independent in order to make it to college and stay there successfully. Improper support from various social contacts can make the transition extremely difficult. Personally, independence was a driving factor behind my transition to adulthood, and has been for a long time.
My first article of clothing is a maroon crewneck derived directly from my final decision of where to attend college. Originally, ever since at least junior year of high school, everyone knew I was to attend the University of Kansas. I had visited the university twice and even had an orientation date planned. It was very late into my senior year before the final decision of choosing Iowa State was finalized. I was extremely hesitant, especially towards the proximity of ISU and my hometown.
Transitioning from high school to college was a big difference. Materials from high school was provided to all students free of charge. Students only needed to buy materials they needed; pens, pencils, notebooks, etc. While in college you're responsible for everything, either you're living on campus or not, it was your responsibility for all materials. I knew college was going to be expensive, but I never realized a simple history book would cost me $250, without tax.