Choosing to Go to College

Write a personal reflection (250 words) about what you were doing before you decided to go to college and why you made that decision.

Task:

Write a draft that describes:

• What you were doing (work, family responsibilities, gap year, travel, hobbies, job, etc.) before deciding to attend college
• The reasons, influences, and feelings that led you to choose college (goals, role models, career plans, practical needs, or a change in perspective).

Grading:

• Commas: Use commas in lists, after introductory phrases, with nonessential clauses, and before coordinating conjunctions joining independent clauses.
• Apostrophes: Use apostrophes for contractions (e.g., didn’t) and possessives (e.g., my sister’s advice); do not use apostrophes for plurals.
• Capitalization: Capitalize the first word of each sentence, proper nouns, names of programs or campuses, months/days, and the pronoun “I.”
• Sentence endings: End each sentence with the correct punctuation (period, question mark, or exclamation point).
• Dialogue & quotes (optional): Use quotation marks for spoken words and use commas to separate dialogue tags (e.g., “I’ll try,” they said.).
• Grammar: Look for comma splices and run-on sentences; fix them by adding punctuation, conjunctions, or splitting sentences.