Personal Narrative: My Essay For College

My time at Northampton Area High School has prepared me for my future by providing me challenging courses and school activities to prepare me for college. Throughout my time at the high school, I have been able to take many honors and AP level courses. These courses have provided me with the challenge I need to prepare myself for college, by forcing me to work on improving my study habits and test-taking skills. However, I would not have been able to do nearly as well as I have if it weren’t for the amazing teachers I’ve had. Since my freshman year, I have had many teachers who not only pushed me to do well in their courses, but also encouraged me to take harder courses in the following year. While I was scared to take AP Chemistry and AP

During my time at the high school, I have taken 5 AP exams, all of which I scored 4’s and 5’s on. Without the support of my teachers and the hard work they put into preparing me for the AP exams, I would not have done very well on them. Additionally, without the strong knowledge base that I gained through my education at the high school, I would not have done as well as I have in my classes at DeSales University. By doing well on my AP exams and in my classes at DeSales, I will hopefully be able to earn college credit, allowing me to start farther ahead in my classes at

While some of my after school activities did not take up much time, I have spent a lot of time with FBLA between study for tests, making scrapbooks, helping out the advisor, and missing multiple days of school for field trips. While it was sometimes hard to manage school work and work for FBLA, I quickly learned time management skills, so I was able to miss multiple days of school, but make up the work quickly. These time management skills will be valuable for my future, since I will be completely responsible for managing my time in college, without the help of others. In addition, the many clubs I am in taught me social skills. Between rooming with people I did not know very well for FBLA, to making friends during meetings for all of my clubs, and traveling to Germany with GAPP, I made a lot of friends with various people. These activities taught me how cool it is to meet people who are very different than you. Since many of the colleges I am looking at are very diverse, these experiences will be very valuable for my future. Finally, these activities that the high school provided for me gave me more knowledge than I could get in the classroom. Through FBLA I was able to learn a lot about business through the workshops and