Long Term Goals For College

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One of my most notable long-term goals was to get back on my feet after the death of my father. It was the worst time in my life and I was at an all time low, academically, socially and emotionally.

To this day, I am still dealing with my emotional problems. But I can say that I am doing much better academically and emotionally. Come the end of my junior year, I knew I had to change for the better.

For the past two years, I’d been doing a college readiness program called upward bound. Each summer, I resided at the university of Dayton and took classes. I treated this program just as I would treat school. I wanted nothing more but to succeed and receive good grades. During the summer, I made sure that I performed to the best of my ability.

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