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My family is the main reason why I wanted to head to CI, to embrace their struggles  and make them proud! 

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My family and the AVID program played a really big part in me wanting to go to college. They were my support system

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My family and their love for me is what keeps me motivated to accomplish my goals

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I came to CI because I wanted to stay close to my family but also have the opportunity to integrate myself into a college campus!

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I came to CI because my parents never had the chance to go since they had me so young, I also want to be a role model to my younger siblings.

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I am my reason for coming to CI, my incredible coworker convinced me to go back to school and focus on myself so that is what I am here to do. <3

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Family/Beach/Small School

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I chose CI because of my family. I wanted to be close to home, but also spend a lot of time on campus and CI was the perfect school to do that!

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I decided to enroll in Cal Sate Channel Islands because I wanted the opportunity to further my education and grow as a person. I chose Channel Islands because I believe the faculty and staff deeply care about their students and campus. I’m looking forward to the next couple of years and can’t wait to see what opportunities are available.

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I came to CI because of its location. I thought it would be nice to go to college near the ocean.

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I chose CI because I loved the campus and because I knew I wanted to stay nearby so I could continue volunteering and working in my community. 

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I chose to come to CI because it was closer to home and most accessible to me as a mom! I did not want to let me becoming a mom stop me from pursuing a higher education and I want my son to be able to say that if I did it, he can too.

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Channel Islands is the only college that wanted me and my family has pushed me into going to college :,)

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I came to CI to stay close to my family, friends, and church but to also be able to be on a college campus every week and have that experience. I also came for the pre-nursing program so that in the next couple years I will hopefully be able to join the amazing nursing program.

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I chose CI because of my family. It was close to home. My family always motivates me to be a better version of myself and accomplish all goals.

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the location and small classroom sizes is why I chose CI!

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I came to CSUCI to be able to give my daughter a better life and make her proud.

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I came to CI because it is close to my hometown and family. I also loved the environment and everyone is very friendly and welcoming here, which made me feel like I belong. My AVID teacher also motivated me to go to college.

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I came to CI because my family was super supportive and it gave me an opportunity to experience life outside of my hometown.

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I decided to choose CI because of my family and also because it was close to home (Santa Paula)

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My family's support and my desire to pursue a nursing degree at CSUCI :)

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One experience/reason that I came to CI was my love for English. I have a family member that came to this school and they had great things to say, so I thought "Why not pursue my BA here". Another reason is my family. I have always wanted to pursue higher education, and want to be able to say that I reached my goal, and that it was thanks and for my family. 

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One experience/reason that I came to CI was my love for English. I have a family member that came to this school and they had great things to say, so I thought "Why not pursue my BA here". Another reason is my family. I have always wanted to pursue higher education, and want to be able to say that I reached my goal, and that it was thanks and for my family. 

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My family is my reason for choosing CI. I wanted to stay local for them as well as hearing great things about CI and thought it was a good start to further my education.

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I did great in my nursing pre-requisites, so I know that I have the ability to become a great nurse practitioner or physicians assistant. 

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I came to CI because it was financially smarter for me to stay close to home. In general I was driven to pursue a higher education because I am a first gen & that motivated me to be the first in my family to attend college.

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I chose CI to be close to home and finish up my studio arts degree. I go to school for my parents who never had the opportunity to go to college. I also found a passion for ceramics while in community college and decided this was a great place to continue that journey.

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I took a year off before coming to CI due to some things that were happening in my personal life during COVID times. My sister was there to help me heal from those things and overall be a better person, which led me back here :)

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I came to CI because it was far enough from home but close enough to were I can drive home. I also really liked the campus!

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I transferred to CI because it was on the list of schools near me to transfer to for my major. Also, I came here because thought the campus looked nice.

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(I don't have a picture with my mom and dad, so this is the closest thing I have) I came to CI because I wanted to show an example to my nephews.

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I am the reason for coming to CI, I made the decision that I wanted to continue my education here and this was the school I have been wanting to come to since high school but i really didn't put enough work in to achieve that goal but I'm here now and I know my family are all proud of how far I've came!

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I chose CI to show my son that anything is possible, no dream is to small with hard work and dedication he can do anything!

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My bestfriend and I both chose CI together, but I really liked being on campus when we toured. I thought it was perfect and safe. I also liked that it was far from home, but close enough for me to visit whenever I wanted.

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I came to CI because of my family and because it was close to home and because of the small environment.

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I came to CI so I could be close to my family but still be able to experience the college life. I want to make my parents proud by completing my education. CI seems like a wonderful place where I can figure out what I want to do.

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I have a lot of younger siblings who I see as either my kid brother or kid sister. I know they look up to me, so by me going to college shows them that a lot can come out of our crazy family.

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I chose CI since I knew I was going to be challenged to put all my effort into my career. My sister and I share the latter concept and push to do new things when we have the potential to make something beautiful , like this cake.

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I chose CI since I knew I was going to be challenged to put all my effort into my career. My sister and I share the latter concept and push to do new things when we have the potential to make something beautiful , like this cake.

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One reason why I chose to come to ci is the guidance of my teachers in the avid program. They guided me through the basic need to know about college and finances. Another reason is that my family is somewhat struggling economically and I want to help them.

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I came to CI because of the affordability and how close it is to my family. My family is my biggest support system :)

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What brought me to CSUCI was being first generation college student, and furthering my education to support my family

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I came to CI because of my parents!

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I was accepted into the nursing program and that has been a goal of mine for a long time. I also heard that they had a really great nursing program here.

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My family was a big motivation for me to go to college and they pushed me to do my best and follow my dreams. 

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I chose CSUCI since it was a bit far away from home but not too far so that I could in a way be able to grow as an individual.

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I chose to go to CI because it was close to home and I can support my brother. I want to be a great role model for my him and encourage him to go to college.

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My family and my boyfriend at the ones who brought me here. I will be the first to graduate from a University in my family ( I am the 3rd of 4 kids) and hope to be a motivation for my younger sister. My AVID teacher was the one who also encouraged and motivated me to attend CSUCI because I was going to go to a Junior College.