ipl-logo

Personal Narrative: My Goals In College

458 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: My career goals as a graduate student

My biggest goal in college
Earl Nightingale argues, ”Your problem is to bridge the gap between where you are now and the goal you intended to reach”. I believe college education is something to be endured in order to become qualified to obtain certain kinds of jobs. After finishing a bachelor degree in computer science, I become a data engineer. My job requires me to have a strong background in programming and statistic which I learned in the classes. And the habits I built at the university such as self-teaching, critical thinking and the ability to collecting and processing information help me a lot during my work. However, in reflecting upon my experiences as a graduate, there were several obstacles I had to overcome.
It often seems confusing about the differences between walking out your comfort zone and doing something you don’t like. When I first came to Stony Brook, this problem became more important as I chose the major I didn’t like at first time. My major was computer science. As most people said having a major in computer science is the easiest way to find a job. And most told me that computer science major is a hard one. Before I came to college, I had exactly no experience in coding and I nearly had no interest in programming. Compared to …show more content…

I always reviewed the contents before I came to classes and also finished my assignment as soon as possible. Beside this, I planed my study goals and made schedules of study. I reviewed my notes, homework and textbooks every weekend and every mouth. In addition, I didn’t limit my view on the materials provide by my professor. I’d like to read 3 or 4 textbooks at the same time and watched open courses online to get other people’s perspective on the same knowledge. I joined a study group. We met each other every day in the library and sometimes we discussed problems together. In this process, I got a lot of lifelong

Show More
Related
710 Words | 3 Pages

Ask the professors questions to get insight on what you are learning. If you don’t agree argue with your professors, give them your thoughts and your feelings. Instead of agreeing with philosophers become your own philosopher. Edmundson’s father persuades us to trust

Read More
783 Words | 4 Pages

When choosing a college major most students will listen to the age old advice “just follow your passion.” Mariah Ross’ essay “The Major and Interest,” she uses organization to affect elements such as voice and appeals. Ross begins with the common expression: “Follow your passion,” but goes on to say that it “is the most pervasive advice given to college students.” By starting her first paragraph off with an attention getting statement Ross shows the reader that she is willing to go outside of their normal expectations, while showing also showing the reader that this essay will be about more than choosing a college major. Ross continues the paragraph by stating that she agrees with Nathan Gebhard, author of the article “Four Steps to Choosing

Read More
793 Words | 4 Pages

Timed Write A college degree is thought to be the most successful way to progress further in your life and career. While this may be true in some cases, it isn't always true. In College degrees aren’t necessary to be successful by Samee Callahan, Callahan argues that a degree might not be completely necessary for a successful career.

Read More
463 Words | 2 Pages

Returning to college has been an exciting and terrifying decision for me. My husband has encouraged me for 1-2 years, but my fear of failure overwhelmed me and kept me from pursuing my Bachelor’s Degree. I wasn’t even sure what I wanted to pursue. I’m now on this journey and ready for whatever it is that God has planned for me. I have worked hard encouraged my three kids as they transitioned their way through elementary school through middle school and on to high school and graduation.

Read More
495 Words | 2 Pages

Getting involved means being apart of something more, having the chance to met different people, helping out the community, but its also means learning more about who you are as a person. Starting off at Washburn University I plan to get involved right away, in activities or clubs that would help my academically and socially like the Hispanic club , Freethinkers and French club. I will set goals for myself and achieve them, some small some big. One goal I am pursuing right now is learning french and Portuguese, i plan on going to Brazil next year. School goals, are turning in my work on time, stay focused on any task that is given to me, making sure I understand what i need to do and how to do it.

Read More
643 Words | 3 Pages

In my experience of studying

Read More
288 Words | 2 Pages

When beginning my college search, the three keywords that I based my search on were: Catholic, liberal arts, and California. Each of these aspects holds a great deal of significance to me because I hope to continue my Catholic education and nurture my faith. I also want to focus my studies in the field of education because I aspire to be an elementary school teacher and would like to attend college in-state to be able to visit my family often because they are a very important part of my life. With these aspects in mind, the college search engines gave me extensive lists of colleges, but Saint Mary’s College was always one of the top five matches on the lists and also the one that appeared the most frequently among the different search engines

Read More
499 Words | 2 Pages

I succeeded in the aspect that I learned self-discipline. Beyond this, I learned that I prefer to self-teach over just being told how something is. We were given a book, notepad and pen, and with those we were told to learn all about American history. We were told to make connections between the past and present, and about how policies effected the fabric of society. We were not told what those connections were, or how those policies effected society, rather we had to explorer it ourselves.

Read More
290 Words | 2 Pages

When my older sister went off to college, I had never seen a more driven, mature and intelligent 18 year old look so terrified and reluctant to leave her home just a few states away. Caroline had spent the majority of her high school years stressed, angry and tired, holed up in her single room acing more APs than I can count with two hands. My sister knew from the time she could read that success meant getting into an Ivy, even if the price was throwing away all human contact or not. Myself, was not so sure. I had been shaped by a front-row-seat to the 24-hour shows of a hormonal workaholic—years spent listening to crying, yelling, and disturbing silences from upstairs in Caroline’s room taught me that in order to earn a college acceptance,

Read More
1139 Words | 5 Pages

There are many different aspects to consider when an individual is trying to see what career best suits them and who they are as a person. Some people are very strong and confident in who they are and what aspirations they want to see accomplished in their lives. Others are not so sure of themselves or have no direction in where they would like to see themselves after high school or college. In these extreme cases, one concept that people use that assist individuals in finding themselves and what they want to do with their life is by taking the Myers Briggs assessment. I took the Myers Briggs test and found it extremely interesting due to the personality traits that were given to me.

Read More
685 Words | 3 Pages

Throughout the 20th century, the question “Is college worth it?” has echoed in and out of school halls, over the family kitchen table, and throughout the media for decades. College education has been seen as the norm and is highly encouraged and has also been seen as a path to all socioeconomic classes and beyond. The benefits of having a college degree are enormous and have been viewed as a standard of living and career advancement. Recent statistics and studies have, however highlighted the massive student debt and an increasing wave in college student dropouts. This begs the question whether college is still worth it and as this question has been ringing even louder in recent years, the fact of the matter is, for most Americans college is worth it more than ever.

Read More
563 Words | 3 Pages

As long as I can remember, I knew that college was going to be part of my future. That is because I always knew what my family expected out of me. College is not only important to me for the reason of making my parents proud, but for making sure that I create more out of myself, as well. With a higher education, I will have more job opportunities available, potentially be able to earn higher income, and obtain more useful life skills than somebody who does not have a college education. To begin, having a college education under my belt is important to me because I will have more opportunities for a job, after I complete my four years.

Read More
1356 Words | 6 Pages

The first half of this semester was swift and I can’t believe how fast it passed by. College is a whole new world for me that I had never imagined with a lot of new experiences that I hope will shift me into a better and smarter person. There are more things I can do in college that I would have never dared to do in high school and I am happy for these new freedoms. I am able to eat in class, leave class without asking and they don’t care if I pay attention or not. My high school teachers would always tell me to wait for the bell, sometimes would not let me leave and if I did not pay attention they would yell.

Read More
477 Words | 2 Pages

The college path is only one way to achieve certain goals among a host of

Read More
918 Words | 4 Pages

I was lucky that my sister was also mastering on English language and literature at that time. We used to share many things about our subjects at school. That gave me a chance to get information on some other areas that I was not mastering

Read More

More about Personal Narrative: My Goals In College

Related Topics

Open Document