College Experience Essay Examples

As once stated by Michael Bassey Johnson, “if you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.” If there are any words from this quote that stand out to me, they would have to be “survive without them.” Surviving without anyone is what…

As Lite Entertainment for Bored College Students, Mark Edmundson utilizes ethos, pathos, and logos to effectively deliver his argument that the current educational system, especially in college, revolves around consumerism which in turn has negatively impacted students, teachers, and universities in general. Although Edmundson presents an overall logically sound argument, there are few instances throughout…

Us college students feel it all the time. The sense of urgency, anxiety and even lack of sleep, are all results of one common precursor: stress. Stress was originally a mechanism developed by animal ancestors (including humans) to respond to emergent situations in order to ensure survival. This way, the sense of threat would be…

I decided to do my Intercultural film on The movie Higher Learning produced by John Singleton. Higher learning is about a group of incoming freshman and how their college lives are impacted by cultural diversity. This film highly relates to intercultural communications because it shows how diverse college is but also distinctive.This movie mainly focus…

In relatively every culture and in all parts of the world, getting an education is significant to a person’s future. In the past, people did not worry about the advantage of receiving an advanced education, but now it’s crucial in today’s society. Individuals often see others by their appearances, as well as by their proficiencies….

My experience at the Ohio State University is not your typical college experience. As a student athlete I am held to a different standard and have different expectations than a normal student would. Furthermore, I’m not just any student athlete, which can generalize athletes from many different schools, but I am a Buckeye. A status…

“Dear Maria Abreu, It’s official. You are in.” On May 21, 2013 I received an email that I had been accepted to the Fourth Estate Leadership Summit in Los Angeles, California. I was so excited! I felt seen and felt like I was going to be a part of something big! I was going to…

Since I have been here at Piedmont Community College I have had a lot of responsibilities. They all started when I signed up for this school. In some cases, recent high school graduates such as myself were preparing themselves for the college experience. One of the most important things about mastering my education in college…

I was just 14 years old when I had gotten accepted into Wake STEM Early College High School. Wake STEM is a high school that focused mainly on the subjects of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Wake STEM was also partnered with North Carolina State University, which was one of the colleges I wanted to…

These past couple of months have been a whole new experience for me. This was the first time in my life I lived somewhere away from home. I was nervous at first because I knew I wouldn’t have my mom to rely on all the time whenever I ran into a problem. On move in…