I also believe that being an immigrant made my decision of attending to college more
challenging. I immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico when I was sixteen years old. Luckily I
spoke English, but my mom and I did not really understand how the school system worked.
Therefore, when senior year of high school arrived I did not really understand the process
of attending college. I did not know that I had to talk to a school advisor about attaining a
college education or find scholarships to pay for school. I had no knowledge of the types of
tests that I had to take like the SATs, ACTs, or even college assessment exams. However,
after researching this information online and meeting with college advisors, my mom and I
have learned all of these strategies that help students accomplish a higher education.