{"id":788,"date":"2017-08-15T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T13:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-relations\/?page_id=788"},"modified":"2017-11-07T03:25:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T07:25:54","slug":"angel-tirado","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/angel-tirado\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel Tirado ’13"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What led you to Middlesex County College?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

I was not a willing participant when I first enrolled at MCC. My sisters forced me to go. Somehow they got me to orientation and I stuck around. It was not the most enthusiastic beginning, yet I felt encouraged by MCC\u2019s offer of admission. Dismayed by my past grades in high school, I had characterized myself as \u2018delinquent.\u2019 I had concluded that college was just a wistful thought. When MCC gave me a second chance at my future, I began to see myself succeeding. That very first semester I made the dean\u2019s list and I never looked back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What challenges and opportunities has MCC afforded you?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Many students are unsure when it comes to college expectations. I was not ready for higher education after high school and I did have several challenges to overcome once I arrived at Middlesex. For example, I was concerned that I had never even taken the SAT\u2019s. Yet I saw that MCC offered me a gateway to success. I credit my academic preparation at MCC in allowing me to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree from Rutgers\u2019 University. Yet I am still not finished learning. When the 2017 fall semester begins in September, I will be a proud member of the incoming class at Rutgers\u2019 School of Law-Newark<\/strong>, where I will be a candidate for a Juris Doctor. Quite a trajectory for someone who thought no school would ever accept him as a student!<\/p>\n

How has MCC help you establish educational success?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s the support programs at MCC that encourage students to continue with their studies. I believe I may have dropped out because I struggled with math courses and the assistance I received kept me going. Working up to the first college level math course was an arduous process. Math tutoring, along with computer-assisted learning (ALEKS) are the reasons I stayed at MCC. Without these tools, I would have never made it out of those initial courses.<\/strong> I became so proficient in math that I mastered Pre-Calculus, which I never thought possible. MCC gave me the tools to succeed!<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

I am grateful for my academic success at MCC. Because of the groundwork the College laid, I can further my education even more. Despite discouragement in high school, MCC provides the opportunity to try again at education.<\/strong> It doesn\u2019t matter what happened in the past\u2014MCC concentrates on the present and the future to ensure each student finds their place in the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What led you to Middlesex County College? I was not a willing participant when I first enrolled at MCC. My sisters forced me to go. Somehow they got me to orientation and I stuck around. It was not the most enthusiastic beginning, yet I felt encouraged by MCC\u2019s offer of admission. Dismayed by my past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010,"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/788\/revisions\/1010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mccdemosite1.devsiteurl.com\/alumni-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}