For this assignment, write a paragraph describing your own reasons for being in college. You might want to look first at the following list of common reasons students give for going to school. If you have different reasons for being in college that are not listed here, add them to the list. Then select your three most important reasons for being in school and generate specific supporting details for each reason. Make your paragraph truly personal; do not fall back on vague generalities. Reasons students go to college: To have some fun before getting a job To prepare for a specific career To please their families To educate and enrich themselves To be with friends who are going to college To take advantage of an opportunity they didn’t have before To find a husband or wife To see if college has anything to offer them To do more with their lives than they’ve done so far To earn the status that they feel comes with a college degree To get a new start in life Other:_____________________________________________________