Write An Essay About Moving To College

My mother, Stacy Schmidt, is a strong, beautiful and intelligent woman, whom I admire and aspire to be like one day. Growing up, she moved to many different places, in and out of the United States because her father was in the Air Force. Because of this, she had to make many new friends and adapt quickly. When she graduated from high school, her family was living in Colorado so she decided to stay at home and attend Pikes Peak Community College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Schmidt was eager to start college which led her to begin a college class the day after graduation! Since leaving Pikes Peak Community College she attended University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, University of Northern Colorado, Arizona State University, and finally

Northern Arizona University to complete her masters degree. Stacy Schmidt worked hard to get her degree in elementary education and loved college, but she was faced with my new challenges along the way.
Schmidt had a hard time deciding on a major in college saying, “You can do anything, it’s overwhelming.” She is glad however that she took time to really reflect on all the choices she had and choose a major that was perfect for her. She also struggled with getting used to the large class sizes at most colleges. She described it as, “You are sitting in a large room, almost like an auditorium sized space, and it feels like you are surrounded by millions of other people.” However, after many years of sitting in those large rooms, she grew to enjoy the company of many people and felt comfort in the large number. Because of her struggles, Stacy Schmidt was able to grow and change without even realizing it, which contributed to her coming of age.
Stacy Schmidt’s college experience was certainly not focused around her struggles and she enjoyed focusing on the positive aspect of her college experience rather than the negative.

Besides, the negative part of college was so small and minor that what she remembers most are the great times. When asked what she remembered most, Schmidt said, “Friends. You form long lasting friendships and get really close.” She has met up with her friends from college on several occasions and is still on a texting basis with most of them. “The hard part is that they don’t all live close. I would spend much more time with them if they lived by me.” Her friends helped her learn that you should have fun in college and not just focus on the studying part. You are in college for many years, make the best of it and have a great time. Friends are definitely needed throughout college, who else would stay up late studying with you or be your party buddy? Speaking of parties, Schmidt went to many parties during her first few years of college. However, it did not have the huge negative impact that you normally see in movies. Schmidt actually met her now husband, Eric Schmidt, at one of these parties! Having friends, and later a husband, helped her to come of age because they forced her to be exposed to new situations, like marriage, that she had never been in

before.
Having friends by her side helped Schmidt to forget the struggles of college and look at the many positives that college gave her.