Adjusting To College Life

When students are still in high school, college looms in the distance like an ominous cloud. Frankly, all of the students are scared about going to college. When students go to college they feel like going to the great unknown – to go to a place where they don't know anyone. But after all college is not that bad.
First of all, the adjustment to college isn't that rough. The staff and students are trained to make the adjustment as easy as possible, and the other students they meet are just as nervous as they are. Their new fellow classmates are just as anxious as you to meet people, so as long as you make the effort, you'll be surprised as to how many people you meet.
Meeting people will not be that hard, since most colleges offer a bazillion a lot social events at the beginning of the year. And the friends that students do meet in college you will be surprised as to how close students become to each other. This is mostly due to the fact that they live about twenty feet from them or even closer. Just think how much closer students would be to their friends in school if, to visit them, you just had to walk down the hall at midnight about three doors and walk into their friends bedroom. And you can never hide anything, because the student bedroom could end up becoming the floor social lounge and your bed could end up being the common couch.
Basically, college classes are not much more difficult than high school classes. The only major difference is that much of the work for classes is done out of the classroom. In college, classes are usually twelve hours per week and dispersed over three or four days of the week. If you keep up with your work, then students should have no problem getting a B or an A.
Many students worry about financial aid. Do not apply to a school because you don't think that you can't afford it. The people at college are trying to help you, and financial aid is one way that they do that. If you don't get enough money from a school, call them and tell them your situation. In most cases things can be worked out.
College is also great because it lets you be ourselves. To be perfectly honest, people at college can be a bit odd, and the diversity of college life allows you to express yourself the way that you really want. This can be a great way for people to find out who they really are in an environment that encourages people's beliefs, religions, values and life styles.
College life is our first taste of pure freedom. You have no curfews, no parents and no teachers to yell at you to go to class. The one thing that students need to do is learn to balance that newfound freedom with the wisdom to not go nuts. Be careful with what you experiment and learn to balance your studying and your socializing. It's really easy to keep putting that 16 page paper off in order to go out with your friends, but you will find yourself up until 3am hitting yourself because you still haven't collected any information yet.
Your years of higher education can be the best time of our life if we only make the most of it. Don't get stressed out now, just because you are worried about financial aid and college applications. Things have a way of working out in the end. One important thing is to become close friends of our guidance counselors, because they are an invaluable tool at our disposition.

Acceptance Essay

I have never been the type of person who likes to rely on other people for money or support.  I like to be able to say I can support myself and pay for things with money I have earned all on my own.  To do that, I have to go to school, but that has not always been an easything for me.  That is why I want to be able to go to MCI.  I believe I am at a point in my life where I am able and ready to take on more responsibilities and become a “grown up” out in the “real world.”  I want to be able to graduate from college and start a career to where I can move out and live on my own instead of relying on my parents for everything, and maybe one day be able to pay them back for all that they have done.  I would much rather prefer go to a school for something in fourteen months to reach this goal verses four plus years for the same exact education.  It just seems like the smart thing to do for someone like me. 
But why choose MCI?  I have always been fascinated by the human body; how it functions, what causes certain things to happen, tohelp people understand it better, etc.  I have enjoyed learning about the human anatomy and always wanted to do something in the medical field as long as I can remember. 
So you ask why I want to go to MCI, it is because I want to help people and better their understanding about things, but also at the same time become an adult sooner and face reality.

A Challenge In My Life

Life has many challenges and opportunities. My challenges began when I realized I was pregnant. It made me realize how important it was for me to give my son a good future.
The most important thing in my mind was to finish high school. I was 15 years old when I got pregnant and I was in my sophomore year. Every day I gave my best to succeed in school. I did all my homework and classwork. My teachers were there when I needed them, if it was school related or personal things I wanted to share, they always listened and gave me advice. They always made everything seem easy; with effort everything can be possible. My English teacher always told me “A teen mom is capable of doing much more than the average girl in life, because they have a beautiful reason”. But I thought high school wasn’t enough to give my son the future he deserved. Many things came to my mind, like what was I going to do after I graduated, was I going to college or getting a job, I didn’t know.
When my son was born, everything was so hard. I was tired all the time; I had to be up when he would cry in the middle of the night to feed him. Change diapers, when he was wet or it was dirty. I had to be with him when my husband was working or when he was awake because he couldn’t be left alone. Instead of taking naps I would clean, do homework, cook, or other things, but I would never get the rest I needed. Sometimes i didn’t even have time to do my homework so I did when my husband got home from work around 11 at night.  Every morning I would wake up to go to school, with no sleep or sleep, but I knew I had to in order to succeed. It was really difficult to do all of those things. It still is difficult because now I work and it takes most of my time to be able to be with him, but life is just based on sacrifices you have to make day by day.
 I finally decided I was going to college. At first I thought I couldn’t go to college because I had a baby and a husband, and that my life would be dedicated to them. My friends and family always support me, and help me; they give me advice of what is best for me and how college can help me and my family in many ways. I want to go to college and be a nurse. I want to show everybody that a teen mom can go to college, have a job, and be a mom, a wife and many more things. Being a teen mom has helped me mature a lot, in the way I see life differently, how every morning I see him and he just gives me strength to keep going. My son is the reason why I want to go to college and have a good future ahead of me.
I also want to go to college to have a decent job, earn a fair income of money and have the opportunity to do what I love to do. I want my son to be able to look at me as his role model one day. I want my son to see everything I have accomplished because of him. My son is everything to me. And everything I have done in life so far will come in handy one day.
Well that’s how my life has been and is so far. With the help and support of my husband and family I will accomplish everything I set my self to do. It hasn’t been easy but I manage to do what I can. To be a responsible parent has always been in my mind. I see the future as a better way of living for my son. And I want to make it happen.