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Reflective Essay For College

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June 2nd at the Austin Peay Dunn Center, I will promenade across the stage with pride as I graduate from Fort Campbell High School because during my high school career, I have been a successful honor roll student by maintaining a 3.5-grade point average or higher. Challenging myself with honors my freshmen and sophomore year, and Advance Placement (AP) courses my junior and senior year, has given me the opportunity and experience to strive for college readiness. As a freshman, beginning high school can be an intimidating experience and cause students to want to ease their way into the next four years; however, I wanted to challenge myself. This resulted in me taking Honors Literature and Honors World History. Classes such as those, allowed me to understand that I was highly capable of a more intense workload while achieving A’s and B’s in both classes. Wanting to continue challenging myself, I took two AP courses my junior year, AP Statistics and AP Literature. Adjusting to these courses …show more content…

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