Personal Narrative: The Schuler Scholar Program

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Schuler Scholar Program
Even before joining the Schuler Scholar Program, it was already an expectation for me to go to college. Coming from a low income family with parents who never got a chance to finish their studying, my siblings and I were expected to go to college. My mother would tell us that since we have the opportunities that she never had, there is no reason why we shouldn’t be able to go to college. Growing up my mother was always very strict on my studies. I started studying vocabulary words, spelling, math and how to read at the age of two. My mother used some of my sibling old homework and give me some problems from the assignments. During elementary school, teachers would always tell us that we are too young to think about college. …show more content…

However, since I managed to get in, they also started berating their own kids, asking them why they aren’t like me and why aren’t they as dedicated to school as I am. This caused some tension between me and my cousins but I just ignored it and continued to focus on school, I had to focus even more now that I was in Schuler. This lasted for a while and eventually they got over it and left the subject alone, although my family still compare my cousins to me. My family is still very proud of me and always remind me how fortunate I am. Now, they are always ask me how school is and how’s Schuler. They also ask me how the application process is like and how to get started. Before, they would only tell me that I have to go to college, but now they are trying to understand how it is done and are much more involved in my school life. Schuler not only helped me to understand the college process, but now I can help my family so that they can also help their own …show more content…

They usually take Scholars to plays, musicals, museums, travel abroad and visit to college campuses. These trips have exposed to many things that I would have ever experienced. I would have never been able to go to any of these events because I would never be able to afford it, but Schuler wants students to be able to experience events that they would normally never have the chance to. During spring break, I went to Connecticut and Massachusetts to visit ten colleges. This experience has helped me think and reflect about what I would want in a college and it has also exposed me to colleges that I would want to apply to. I would have never heard about these colleges if it wasn’t for Schuler. Schuler has also exposed me to theater, which I ever knew I would be interested in. However, since I can’t act, at all, I decided to join the technical theater club in my school, therefore I was in the theater and did not need to be an actor. I was able to meet new people in this club who I now consider friends. This club has also taught me about teamwork, something that I can never really learn in

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