Persistence in College

For this assessment, you will explore your ideas on this topic; read about others’ experiences and views about being a successful student; and use the processes of reading and writing to write an essay where you assert and support your ideas. Assignment: Write an essay on the topic of persistence in college. You must integrate ideas from the two articles you will read along with your own experiences and observations from this semester in developing a thesis and supporting it throughout your essay. Genre: Reflective essay with personal evidence and textual support Audience: Write this essay for an academic audience: your instructor and your classmates Context: Reflecting on your progress at the end of first semester in college Purpose: To explain to your reader what you have done to successfully persist