Students are notoriously poor due to the phenomenal fees we must pay to be educated and the cost of living – despite the student breaks we are sometimes given. At this time of the year we must choose between being even more frugal or disappointing the ones we love.
So, the first thing you need to know, if you are a returning student, is that it is natural to feel anxiety, for these reasons as well as others. The second thing you need to know is that all of these things can, and will, be worked out. It's like starting a new job; there is a learning curve, a lot of things to get used to, but within a relatively short period of time, everything is second nature. The third important thing to know is that there is help!
Gaining entrance to college is a very complicated undertaking. Too often, though, applicants do not appreciate the intricacies of the task, leaving many things until the last minute. The admissions essay is one of those things.