grayj106
Feb 21, 2012
Undergraduate / U Of I Transfer - 'to start the new chapter of my life' [5]
Thanks to everyone who answered.... I modified it can you leave comments suggestions and fix mistakes
Students are encouraged to go to community college for the first two years to save money, but this is not the path I wanted to embark on. Unfortunately, my family didn't have the money to pay for me to attend a university. I was utterly disappointed, due to the fact that where I am from community college is frowned upon and I didn't want to be part of the statistic that my community set for South Suburban. What I didn't understand was that going into this situation with a closed mind would put me right in the middle of the statistic. Any situation is what you make out of it and you shouldn't base your state of mind off somebody else's experiences. Initially I didn't apply myself because I didn't want to be there, but being at this community college has taught me a lesson. It doesn't matter what situation you're a placed into you should always put your best foot forward. It's like my track coach use to tell me "When you fall over a hurdle don't lie on the ground, get up and attack the next hurtle with the same intensity. The biggest lesson I learned is that community college is still college, which means that you can't use the same study methods you did in high school. I'm not exactly sure what I want to major in, but I know I want to pursue a career as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist. Unlike my current institution, U of I has a College of Medicine on campus. The College of Medicine has a department of clinical science that has Obstetrics as one of its subcategories.
Thanks to everyone who answered.... I modified it can you leave comments suggestions and fix mistakes
Students are encouraged to go to community college for the first two years to save money, but this is not the path I wanted to embark on. Unfortunately, my family didn't have the money to pay for me to attend a university. I was utterly disappointed, due to the fact that where I am from community college is frowned upon and I didn't want to be part of the statistic that my community set for South Suburban. What I didn't understand was that going into this situation with a closed mind would put me right in the middle of the statistic. Any situation is what you make out of it and you shouldn't base your state of mind off somebody else's experiences. Initially I didn't apply myself because I didn't want to be there, but being at this community college has taught me a lesson. It doesn't matter what situation you're a placed into you should always put your best foot forward. It's like my track coach use to tell me "When you fall over a hurdle don't lie on the ground, get up and attack the next hurtle with the same intensity. The biggest lesson I learned is that community college is still college, which means that you can't use the same study methods you did in high school. I'm not exactly sure what I want to major in, but I know I want to pursue a career as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist. Unlike my current institution, U of I has a College of Medicine on campus. The College of Medicine has a department of clinical science that has Obstetrics as one of its subcategories.
