Write An Essay About Going To College

For as long as I can remember I have always dreamed of going to college after high school. To be a college student is something that is very important to me as well as being a college baseball player. There is nothing else I want more right now then to play baseball in college and get a degree. I have worked very hard for the past 12 years of my life, doing everything I need to do and am supposed to do. I have always gotten good grades and continuously stayed out of trouble, so that I am able to see my dreams finally come true and attend a college or university. College has now changed from what was once a dream of mine to now it is an expectation for me.

There are a few people in my family who have gone to college for some amount of time, but none of them were able to finish and get their degree. It would be a huge accomplishment for me
It is so important to me because I know that in today's world how valuable having an education is. I understand how competitive it is to find a job, but having a college education puts you a step ahead of everyone else, and gives you a better opportunity to make more money throughout your lifetime and getting a job in your career field. For me, having a college education is a necessity, I want to be able to keep learning and to grow as a person. College will help me be the type of person I want to be as an adult and it will also give me the ability to live my life the way that I have always dreamed of and the way I imagined it. Being able to come back to Euclid and do everything I can to help make a change and a difference would be a huge honor for me. I would love to completely reverse Euclid's reputation into one of a prosperous city that people enjoy to visit and live in. I also want to be able to provide for my family and surround my kids in a good environment and give them more opportunities that I never had available to me, and continuing my education is the start of it