As I went through high school I realized that to be successful in life I would need more than just a high school diploma I would need a degree from college. Getting into college was not the hard part trying to find a college where I could afford was the difficult part. The process to attend college was both pain and pleasuring. It was painful because I was overwhelmed with school and work and filling out scholarships. However I also found resources that were going to help me through this process.
I come from a low income family and college was just a dream because my family could not afford college. I was able to apply and get in but the hard part was trying to find a way to pay for it all. When I first started to apply one thing all schools ask for is an application fee. Luckily if you talk to the counselors they would give you a fee waiver this was a life saver because each application cost about thirty to fifty dollars. I also knew that eventually I would have to pay a deposit fee so I started to work thirty to forty hours a week at my job so I can save money. I did know very much about college because I was going to be the first one in my family to go to college. Everything seemed so overwhelming because I had a full time job and went to school full time.
I became so overwhelmed that I finally asked for help. My college consular was a life saver; she helped me through the whole process. I learned that I could get assistance simply by filling out scholarships, and when it was time the FAFSA. I came across a great scholarship it is a full time scholarship to any school of my choice. The application was brutal I had to write four essays and go to three interviews. Five hundred students would apply and only two hundred would be accepted. My consular helped me and luckily I got the scholarship. I was relived because my dream finally became reality I was going to attend college.
The process to attend college was both pain and pleasuring. It was painful because I was overwhelmed with school and work and filling out scholarships. It was pleasurable because all of my hard work paid off and now I am in college.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Homesick
Today is Monday, January 28, 2008 and I feel that the day I will go home will never come. The weekend just passd and I see the other girls come back to the dorms happy and refreshed for the week because they just spent time with their family and friends. When I talk to people back home it seems that we grow farther away from each other each day. This is very hard because I am very close to my family, and being away from them is one the hardest thing I have to face.
When Friday comes I am excited because the weekend is finally here. It is a time to relax and have fun. Sometimes the weekends are not as fun as relaxing as I want them to be. I live in a dorm in a place where I do not know a lot of people or a lot of places to go. I might spend a Friday night with friends going out to a movie or to the club, but then Saturday comes and then they go to their families’ house. I stay at my dorm not knowing what to do. Saturday passes and nothing extraordinary happenes; Sunday comes around, and I attend mass and come back to my dorm. Then all the girls come back: at first I am happy because I see my friends and I’m not alone anymore, but then I become sad or maybe a little jealous because they have just spent time with their family. I do not have to opportunity to do so.
Throughout the weekend I talk to my family and friends on the phone. When I talk to them it is such a relief because I here my grandmas’ soothing voice and my friends’ laugh. Unfortunately the phone call has to end, and I am back to my life in my dorm. When I hang up the phone I always feel like my life now is so much different from when I left, and because my life is different my friends and I have grown apart. Even though I know they will be there when I need them most, I feel we do not have the same connection we had before.
Today is the start of the week and I am homesick, it seems like the day I go home will never come. I see the other girls and I’m jealous because I was not able to spend time with my family and even though I talk to my friends and family it seems that we grow farther apart as the days pass. I know the day will come when I see my family when that day comes I will be the happiest person on earth.
When Friday comes I am excited because the weekend is finally here. It is a time to relax and have fun. Sometimes the weekends are not as fun as relaxing as I want them to be. I live in a dorm in a place where I do not know a lot of people or a lot of places to go. I might spend a Friday night with friends going out to a movie or to the club, but then Saturday comes and then they go to their families’ house. I stay at my dorm not knowing what to do. Saturday passes and nothing extraordinary happenes; Sunday comes around, and I attend mass and come back to my dorm. Then all the girls come back: at first I am happy because I see my friends and I’m not alone anymore, but then I become sad or maybe a little jealous because they have just spent time with their family. I do not have to opportunity to do so.
Throughout the weekend I talk to my family and friends on the phone. When I talk to them it is such a relief because I here my grandmas’ soothing voice and my friends’ laugh. Unfortunately the phone call has to end, and I am back to my life in my dorm. When I hang up the phone I always feel like my life now is so much different from when I left, and because my life is different my friends and I have grown apart. Even though I know they will be there when I need them most, I feel we do not have the same connection we had before.
Today is the start of the week and I am homesick, it seems like the day I go home will never come. I see the other girls and I’m jealous because I was not able to spend time with my family and even though I talk to my friends and family it seems that we grow farther apart as the days pass. I know the day will come when I see my family when that day comes I will be the happiest person on earth.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Disappointing Holidays
The holidays are times when things are supposed to be perfect, and nothing should be disappointing. Unfortunately I had two disappointments during my holidays which were not having enough money to buy everyone presents and not having all the family together on Christmas. I was upset because family and presents are two important factors around the holidays.
When Christmas comes around I always reflect back to when I was little and always received a lot of presents. As I grew older I came to realize that I was not getting everything I wanted, instead my nieces and nephews got more things. Then I eventually realized that the joy from Christmas comes from the kids and they are the ones who deserve to get presents. Sadly this year I did not have enough money to buy them presents. This year I had to worry about having enough book money for next semester and having enough money to fly back to college.
When I went back home to Denver for the holidays I was anxious to see my family. Family is what makes the holidays so great because you are around people you love. However this Christmas I was not with my large family which included my three aunts’ seven cousins and my grandpa. Early Christmas morning it started to snow, which made the rodes icy and very hard to drive in. Some of my family lives an hour or two hours away from my house, so for them to get to my house was impossible. This crushed me; this was the time I was going to catch up with everyone and just have fun. Although not all my family could make it to my house on Christmas I know that they were there in sprit and that’s all that mattered.
My holidays weren’t perfect because I did not have enough money to buy Christmas present s for everyone, and because not all of my family were together on Christmas. This made me upset because the two important factors of Christmas were gone. I cannot change this past holiday, but only hope for the best next holidays.
When Christmas comes around I always reflect back to when I was little and always received a lot of presents. As I grew older I came to realize that I was not getting everything I wanted, instead my nieces and nephews got more things. Then I eventually realized that the joy from Christmas comes from the kids and they are the ones who deserve to get presents. Sadly this year I did not have enough money to buy them presents. This year I had to worry about having enough book money for next semester and having enough money to fly back to college.
When I went back home to Denver for the holidays I was anxious to see my family. Family is what makes the holidays so great because you are around people you love. However this Christmas I was not with my large family which included my three aunts’ seven cousins and my grandpa. Early Christmas morning it started to snow, which made the rodes icy and very hard to drive in. Some of my family lives an hour or two hours away from my house, so for them to get to my house was impossible. This crushed me; this was the time I was going to catch up with everyone and just have fun. Although not all my family could make it to my house on Christmas I know that they were there in sprit and that’s all that mattered.
My holidays weren’t perfect because I did not have enough money to buy Christmas present s for everyone, and because not all of my family were together on Christmas. This made me upset because the two important factors of Christmas were gone. I cannot change this past holiday, but only hope for the best next holidays.
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