College Research

The Death Penalty

American Dream- Arnold Schwarzenegger

My Texas Common Application essay.

      I remember it as if it was yesterday, surprisingly; I met lots of people

that speak different languages in my first day of school in the United States. The

administrator heard my situation that I didn’t speak any English, they decided to

let an English tutor me every day in the library, we call him Mr. Bradley. His

class just likes an ESL class.


      During my life, I have never seen such patience of will in a person. His

patience made me understand that every person is capable of achieving his or her

goal despite all the difficulties and obstacles that come with it. On our first

lesson I felt embarrassed that I didn’t know those important things, all those

things I learned in school, but that after such a long time without practicing I

forgot, as we forget the recipe of our favorite cake when we don't bake it often.

But Mr. Bradley has a plan for me, he wants me to succeed, and more importantly,

to believe on myself, and know that I could do it. That I could achieve my dream,

and one day I will be able to help others the same way he is helping me.


      It had been a few months then, since we first started. I know that my

English have improved, but I 'm still not quite there yet. I will be soon, ready

to take on life and to work hard, so that I can prove to myself, and others that I

can do anything when I put my mind into it. I want to show him that all the

efforts and time he has spent helping me has not been in vain.

      I am a person who likes to think she was ready, that she knew everything,

but in reality I didn't know much. I need it that additional push from that

special someone, who believed on me, and who knew I had the potential to achieve

what I really wanted in life. Mr. Bradley saw something on me that I had not yet

seen on myself. What was it? It was a girl who had given up hope, but who deep

inside wanted to make it out in the world, and become a professional one day. I'm

not quite there yet, but I feel closer and closer every day, just like when you

are getting closer to the ocean, and can actually smell the beach on the air from

far away.

Senior plan

1.      Retaking the SAT and get a better score. ( This one should be my top priority)

2.      Starting to apply for scholarships.

3.      Deciding which college I really want to go and what major I am going to study.

4.      Once I decided the college I want to go, I have to get all kinds information for that college.

5.      Working hard to get my last high school year done.

6.      Getting myself ready for the college.

7.      Getting better writing skills.

I think those seven things are my top priorities, especially the first one, I didn’t get a good SAT score this year, so I have to retake it next year. I know that they are not only look at our SAT scores, but it is a very important factor for them to decide whether want you to be there or not. In the end of the year, there is a big event will come, our graduations.

Reflection for the financial aid

Financial aid provided to students and families to help pay for postsecondary educational expenses or other some purpose。You can also apply it as you have any financial difficult to start your business. There is a popular format of financial aid used very widely in the college called FAFSA, Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It’s a standard form that collects demographic and financial information about the student and family. This form can be filed electronically or using paper form, but they only provide two languages, English and Spanish. Actually, there are four kinds of financial aids for people, scholarships, grants, loans, employment. The scholarships are most available for students, and their money does not have to be paid back, but their awarded on the basis of merit, skill, or a unique characteristic. The grants do not have to be paid back, but grants usually awarded on the basis of financial need. The loans provide money for students and parents to help pay educational expenses, but you have to pay them back once your education is finished. The employment allows student to earn money to help pay educational costs. I think I will apply for the scholarships and grants for my college.

What college am I attending?

I am going to attend the University of Houston, it is a public university. They provided more than 300 undergraduate and graduate academic programs, on campus and online. Their undergraduates choose from 120 majors and minors. At the graduate level, they offer 139 masters, 54 doctoral, and three professional degree programs. The cost of the University of Houston is 9,000 a year for in-state students and 18,300 a year for out-state students. Most of students got their scholarships and grants. They provided the financial aid forms as FAFSA format. They also have many different kinds of sports, such as badminton, diving, fencing, golf etc.

I choose this college because this college is kind near my house and I am a resident of Texas, so if I go to this college, it would only cost 9000 dollars. This college has some really nice area, such as library, they got many space for students to study there. They have billion of books in the library. They also have a gym in the campus, we had been there once. The gym have many different programs, they even have a very big swimming poor. I think library and gym are most two places that interested me the most. I was considering go out of state for the college, but the cost is very expensive, I don’t think I can offer it.

In order to be accepted in this college, I think I need a SAT Critical Reading score between: 470 – 580, and a SAT Math score between: 510 – 620. This college doesn’t require recommend letters from our teachers, well, that makes me interested, and we don’t have to do all of that to get in this college. The required SAT score not as high as I thought. I think it’s not very difficult to get in this college. The University of Houston is actually a very beautiful college, they have a big campus. Last time, when we went to there to visit, I was shocked, because that was the first that I had a chance to visit a college. I can’t image how big the campus of a college can be in the United States.

I think I am going to major in business management, I don’t know if I am going to change it next year, but right now, I think I am interest in business management, I also want to get some degree for this major. Maybe, I will get a master’s degree. I’ve heard that they have some good programs for business management, their library have many different professional librarian that can help us with our major. I think it will be hard when the first semester starts in the college, because we are not getting used to it. I heard that the professor will not give you any chance to change your grades, once you didn’t turn in any assignment, a zero will occur in your grade book and never change. I knew that I am kind lazy, if I get into college, I must change this.

Well, I believe if I study the business management, then I will be an accounting or an administrator for a company. I always want to have a big company that selling clothes. I will try to make our trade more internationally. We will have many different language translators also. In order to be an administrator, I think I have to study other subjects too, such as leadership, administer, etc. I think I will make my dream from base things slowly move to the top, where I want to go. Also, business management was provide lots of necessary jobs for people, such as accounting, I think this job make some money, but an administrator would be slightly difficult, because you have to work really hard.