High school is one of the greatest pivotal times in a human's life. It is where young adults are able to form their own opinions on the world, find activities they are passionate about, and learn to create fruitful relationships with their peers and teachers. However, I did not initially view high school as a period of time for growth and development. Instead, I saw it simply as another task to complete before I entered the real world. I did not take advantage of all the opportunities around me and I began to find school to be institutionalized or meaningless.
I am writing to express my interest in applying for the Sophomore of the Year Award for the University of New England. Through my experience as a second year student at the University of New England, I have always been determined to be a leader to and a supporter of my peers. Some qualities that show that I am worthy of the Sophomore of the Year Award includes: Leadership: While a student at UNE, I have dedicated most of my free time to the development of programs on campus such as UNE’s Crew Team, UNE’s Housing Staff as well as The USG Sophomore Class Representative. As a member of UNE’s Crew Team, I have encouraged 6 students who are only involved with one other club to join crew and stay active. Without a good amount of rowers, only a few of our 7 new boats would be filled.
For many years I have been told you will never make it to college, but if you do that is a big surprise. My hometown has an innumerable amount of people who do not graduate high school and who do not plan to attend college. There are many dropouts both high school and college dropouts. I do not want to mirror those people. It is a horrifying expectation to live up to.
Jahaziel Orozco Mr. Douglas ERWC-2 13 September, 2017 Personal Statement Throughout my highschool career, there have been moments where I felt proud, but at the same time there have been moments I am ashamed of. Those events in time have affected my priorities and motivation for learning. Towards the end of my sophomore year and throughout most of my junior year I was going through some mental changes. I was getting distracted, disinterested in school, and not motivated to do a lot of homework.
Personal Statement When I was little I always thought I would know what I wanted to do post college by high school. Yet, here I am still unsettled on a career which I would like to pursue. I realize that one should have a number of careers and majors lined up in order. I do have some options which I plan to thoroughly pursue. I have set goals that I plan to accomplish and excel at.
Going to a ‘good high school’ is really an important goal to set up a successful life. The people and education can help form what kind of person you will be as an adult, how you change your world for the better, whether on personal or global level. But what a good school is can mean many different things depending on what goals are set ahead for the high school years and beyond. I want to be accepted into a private high school, be involved and happy with the community, be pushed to achieve to my limits academically, and enjoy my time learning and experiencing the communities and people around me. My individual talents, interests, and ideas are parts of myself that I want to nurture and share with others.
Whoever said, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," must not have gone to high school. As a high school cheer captain, I have developed a vocation of leadership, compassion, and confidence. I walk through the halls of my high school with my head held high. However, I haven 't always been the confident young woman I am now.
Life is a balancing act; school, homework, extracurricular activities, along with spending time with friends and family can be difficult. High school was a time of growth for me, especially going into my junior year where I took harder courses, I worked five to six days a week, I was a part of three clubs, and I was preparing for the multiple standardized tests I would be taking. Being organized within my classes was something that helped me to balance staying on top of all my work in and out of school and spending time with my family and friends. Without this balance in my life I would not be able to work, get all my homework done, and still have time to hang out with my friends at the mall or go to concerts with them. Transitioning from high
Can you imagine having the perfect mind for math? A mind that could solve a math problem without writing it down. A mind that wouldn’t forget a math definition while taking a test. Wouldn’t that be marvelous? However, that is not the case with me.
Scholarship Essay In the past several years my life has shifted drastically. Going from junior high to high school, changing from a preteen to an adult. Everyone goes through it, but how the individual goes through that change is different for each person. My transition to a different kind of life was easy because I had tremendous help from my friends and family who guided me to make the right choices.
I am eager to make the transition to college, but trying to determine how to pay for my impending tuition is not a thrilling. My single mother pays for the majority of my sisters need and mine. I plan to attend Gonzaga university and the tuition is very costly. Preferably I want to graduate debt free so I can take a gap year after graduation and join AmeriCorps Vista. A program such as AmeriCorp will further my experience working with people and gear me to enter the career of a nurse.
Graduating High School A day I will never forget was the day that I graduated high school. All the emotions were overwhelming and hard to handle sometimes. It was hard to accept that one of the biggest chapters in my life was about to be over and I was about to start an even bigger one.
The transition from Primary school to Post-Primary school is a difficult time for anyone involved. It is one of the most drastic changes that students will ever encounter in the educational career. The transition is typically filled with anticipation and anxiety about homework, teachers, peers, academic rigor, school rules, getting lost, and many more factors. For the typical student, it is a whirlwind of emotion and anxiety. For students with special needs, these worries become even more prominent for the pupils and their parents.
Personal Narrative Essay Believe it or not, sometimes a gracious action can bring a huge influence on a person. When I read the introduction that instructor Heller wrote, there is a sentence she wrote: “Sometimes the most influential moments in our lives are smaller moments, events that we may not recognize as influential until years after the experience.” For some reason, I related to it strongly. My story is about my high school experience. Also, I will share some significant moments in my life, and how these smaller moments changed my personality.
High school grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I’ll take with me the rest of my life. My high school experience has influenced my development as a person inside and outside of the class by making me more independent, choosing friends wisely and teachers motivating me to attend college and accomplish goals I have set for myself. I have gained my independence slowly throughout high school. The importance of being independent is being secure with who you are and what you believe in.
