Upward Bound

Ever since middle school sports have always been an interest of mine. When choosing my high school the sports that were offered was one of the many things that I took into consideration. I signed up for cheer during high school orientation. At the first practice, It was a new experience for majority of the girls; we had no prior experience. As time went on, our skills increased. However, we started taking tumbling classes. I couldn 't do it. That 's when the doubts in my ability began. I embodied the fixed mindset perfectly. Dweck said “ Your ability is on the line. Can you feel everyone 's eyes on you? Can you see the instructor 's face evaluating you? Feel the tension, feel your ego bristle and waver”. I stopped being eager to learn new things , I stopped showing up and dressing for practice, and I also came up with excuses to not cheer publicly. I stayed

Without a doubt attending North Carolina Governor 's School West has had the greatest impact on my thinking. I was privileged to join a few hundred of the brightest minds of my age in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for a six week experience away from outside influence. This immersion was especially life altering because of how open-minded everyone was to new perspectives. This truly created an environment of learning and expression in addition to being a major liberation from my everyday life as I had to be truly independent while on Salem College’s campus. I attended as a choral ensemble student, but was able to experience so much more in addition to choir. The goal of Governor 's School is to equip the brightest young minds in North

National Junior Honor Society is the start of everything. This group helps set me up for my years to come. Being in the NJHS it helps me get into the one in high school, which looks really good one college applications. Having national junior honor society for both middle school and high school would give me a better chance to get into a college I really want to get into.

Picking to attend a Community college for me is the best choice that I picked for my education. Community colleges provide a great service to students in many more ways other than just education. They help students who are unsure what they want to do or are unable to attend a four year university. Community Colleges also provide continuing education even after they have gotten a degree and a job.

There are many different things that can impact students in their high school years. Whether these things are friends, activities, or the sports they participate in they all impact the student. Many opportunities are presented to students in high school, although not many impacts the student beyond high school, I believe this opportunity will impact me forever.

The National Honor Society helped me gain communication and confidence skills. It was where the top 20 percent of students gather together to volunteer and build leadership for their current clubs and future dreams. I enjoyed doing community services with this fantastic group because they have helped me become a better leader towards anything I wanted to be. While I was building my leadership I was also building my self-esteem. I was being more confident in meeting new people and giving out a speech in front of a huge crowd. I wouldn’t ask for anything more than this in what the school clubs has given me, they have given me many information’s such as: how to be confident, how to be a leader and how to become successful. All of these things I learned connect to my dream goal because to be a doctor there is more expectations than

Write a two page essay explaining how Jefferson State CC has helped you further your education and what are your plans when you complete your studies at JSCC.

In the podcast “Lower Income, Higher Ed” NPR reporter Cuvvy Perpaterson ( I believe that’s what she said) discussed the issues high school students in D.C. face while applying and attending University. Perpaterson describes her interaction with one teenager; Christopher. He is a first-generation college student. “Christopher grew up in one of the poorest parts of Washington, D.C. He and his mother went through frequent bouts of homelessness when he went to high school — often staying in shelters.” Christopher illustrates his feelings about how attending University affected him. He speaks of how the first time he stepped into his dorm he couldn’t believe he has a space to call his own. He also expresses his fears of being alone and worries for

From an early age I have always been interested in joining High Honor Society . Mainly because this group makes my rasamay look better for me to be able to get into a good college. But my reason for joining isn't just for a chance to get into a good college but also to improve my leadership skills, service skills, my character , and finally my future. My leadership skills are very accurate mainly because I love being a leader and taking a group of people and help them triumph. If im admitted into this group my leadership will improve. Besides my leadership, my service skills need to improve. I've never been a person that volunteer's much but im willing to improve for I can be admitted. My character has always been the same. I want be to successful.

Being a member and leader in National Honor Society has proven beneficial in my development. As I grow and expand my knowledge of the world around me, I have relied on the four pillars of NHS to ensure my current and future success in life.

The Boys and Girls Club, a place where you can relax with fun activities included. A place where you can hang out with your friend and talk during free time and have a snack! There is endless fun within the Boys and girls club! Everyone here has different backgrounds, and different personalities. All the Club members here have different aspects of life and are known for different things. I have been a Club member for about 6 months now, and it has been amazing! My background is different, like every other member here, I am particularly known as a kind person who doesn’t give up, but sometimes gets mad at the slightest things, and I recognize that. This place helps me keep my grades up, if I need to get things done, then I can just do it during Power Hour! The people here even

HOSA created a structural foundation for my entire senior year. My interaction within HOSA helped me realize what I wanted to do for my career and furthermore, helped me realize that becoming a general practitioner most fits my requirements of desire. Debate and mu-alpha theta became the walls and skills that embraced my foundation, helping me solidify skills that I would need for the future. As I placed in state for debate, I learned communication skills and inter-relational skills that I would have never had the chance to form before. I managed to maintain connections from Wisconsin to New York back to little old Texas with a party of 5 for a year and even more importantly they have become friends that I have learned to trust. Chess, national honor society and interact became my archer towers, moats and peasants. Taking these other clubs helped me become more involved in my personal interests as well as societal interests. As chess club president with a dying club, I managed to increase membership from 5 to 23 but not without bringing trophies to our high school. My interaction with volunteers helped bring me to a different aspect of society that I would have acknowledged but never understood, the

School has always been easy, this has often made things boring and being interested in what we’re doing is hard. I want to go to college to be challenged. I want to go to college to get a job; I want to go to college to open up opportunities for the future.

College was always one of my long term goals as I continued with my education. Throughout the years I began to work harder and harder so I could secure my future. I knew that getting to college would not be easy. I am about to embark on a four year journey in one of the hardest fields to pursue. I will continue my education as a Nursing major at a four year university. It was important for me to continue my education, especially in this field as it has always been a dream of mine. In my family neither of my parents attended college, through the years I have watched them do jobs they hated so me and my siblings could be successful. As I got older my brother attended college, be prospered and graduated in four years. He now has a steady job and

I now find myself at the scary point in which I must decide what it is that I want to do for the rest of my life. I for one, know that getting a college education is the best thing to do; Malcom X once said “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” My personal goal is to obtain the most promising education possible so that I can entertain a job that will allow me to sustain a good quality of life. A college degree will prepare me for a career that allows me to keep the quality of living that I have now or better. Obtaining a degree is significant so that I won’t be out of a job, or have to rely on someone else. I must obtain a college degree in order to help support my family someday.