(1) Several different types of students attend college.

        (2) At the top are the magnificent overachievers.

        (3) The ones at the bottom are known as underachieving goof-offs.

    Three-point thesis: Because of my busy work, study, and social activities, I am a student who struggles at college.

        Topic Sentence: One thing that makes me a busy college student is my work schedule.

            Explanation: My work takes up a lot of my valuable time.

            Detail 1: I work as a bagger and a stocker at the Kroger grocery on Walnut Avenue.

            Detail 2: I cannot study at all when I am working there from 3 to 9 pm, Monday through Friday.

            Conclusion: If I didn’t work so much, I would probably be able to do better in college.

        Topic Sentence: Taking four classes at college also keeps me very busy.

            Explanation: I am taking four classes so that I can graduate as soon as possible.

            Detail 1: College Algebra, English Composition, First Year Experience, and American Government give me lots of quizzes, tests, and assignments.

            Detail 2: The only day that I don’t have classes is Friday, so that’s when I catch up on any school projects that I am behind in.

            Conclusion: Taking four college classes and working 30 hours per week keep me very stressed.

        Topic Sentence: The last thing that makes complicates my life as a college student is my social life.

            Explanation: Both my family and my friends give me plenty to do each week.

            Detail 1: I go with my parents to the First Baptist Church every Sunday and Wednesday.

            Detail 2: My best friend Danielle calls or texts me at least three times every day, and we go out on the weekends.

            Conclusion: I love my family and friends, but they do take up quite a bit of the time when I could be studying for college classes.

    B. Final Thought: I bet that lots of other college students are in the same situation.