GETTING INTO COLLEGE

Chicken Soup for the Soul Teens talk, Getting into college book is very interesting. This book helps me get over my fear of applying for college and scholarships and just because school is almost done, for me. Reading the story of Nacie Carson of how her fears of college started at her first year of high school really surprised me because when I was a freshman, I never thought about college, at all. Thinking back to my freshman year, I've never thought about college because after failing my classes, getting my grades up was the only thing I focused on and college never popped up. Nacie Carson talks about how she could of been doing other things besides worrying about college because it was her freshman year but no, she worried about preparing for college, and getting over the fears of not being accepted anywhere. She felt so much pressure because maybe her family worked so hard to get her into a private high school and expected her to go to a great college and live a fabulous life. From reading about Nacie Carson it makes me think more and more about college and how prepared I need to be because time goes by fast and I need to think about what I want to do. Her life story is so different because I've never really had the motivation about getting into college until my senior year this year. Of course my parents would tell me, "be good and pass all your classes, graduate and get into college". Yes they tell me but they've never really pushed me to where I could have been prepared to apply to colleges and scholarships. But regardless of what they haven't done to help me they try their best for me to succeed. So reading about Nacie Carson and the obstacles she went through in her high school years and now that she is in college, she truly believes that college is wonderful and a life changing experience. I think that this book is very helpful for students in high school who are scared getting into college or others out of high school who are thinking about getting into college. Hopefully, the fears that I have right now about college, I will overcome them. I will use this book as a motivation to get over my fears and help me to figure out what my plan is for my life. This book is not boring at all, it helps me a lot and teaches me how to be more confident and prepared.