Why I Chose San Francisco State University

I am toward my end of the semester at San Francisco State University. The question that people are asking me is why I chose to go to SFSU. I always wanted to go there since my senior year at Pinole Valley High School. My brother spend a semester at SFSU. I felt that it was my destiny to go there and do what he couldn’t do and also that Stonetown Galleria was nearby. My lame excuse why I wanted to go there but there are a lot of opportunities that the college had. It was the first college to have a school for Ethnic Studies. I wanted to go there for a Journalism degree because I was a photographer in high school. That all change once I go into SFSU.

I couldn’t go there after high school because my parents could not afford to pay for to tuition. I ended up going to Contra Costa College where my downfall began.

I studied at CCC for four years. What happen was that the classes that I took were awful. I was not getting the tutoring services that I needed. Even the counseling office was not willing to see me. I was getting D’s in the Math classes and the instructor was not willing to help me out. That when I decided to transfer to Diablo Valley College to seek a better education and tutoring service.

I spend five years over there but I found the services that CCC could not offer me. The counseling department was willing to help me out. My dream in getting into SFSU was still good. It just took me longer to transfer out of there because I couldn’t find an excellent instructor who was willing to help their students.

I apply to San Francisco State three times. The first time I got deny because I was still missing the classes that I needed. The second time I got accepted to start in Spring 2009 but I felt I was not ready. The third time was the charm because I would get in by Fall 2009. I was ready to go there and start my wonderful journey.

I never lost hope in getting into San Francisco State University.