Aurora University Top Questions

In my college experience so far I have gained a variety of things including better people skills, enhancing my general learning by taking different classes, and a feel for time management. When I got to college I was a very quiet student/person in general and having to meet new people or be an outcast basically made me talk more and it has helped my life in lots of ways being able to talk to people I don't know. While you are attending a 4-year college or any to be broad you have to complete certain general education classes, sometimes I hate them but I realize in the long run they help you in life. Finally, being away from home for the first time allows you to do things on your own, but it also makes you learn how to manage your time more efficiently by studying, practicing, and working all the time.

One thing I have gained from my college education is not something that can be taught in classrooms or in textbooks. I grew up in a small town almost two hours outside of Chicago. While I loved where i grew up everything was the same. No one ever thought outside of the box we all dressed the same, talked the same and were interested in the same things. There was no room to be different of express yourself. Since being at Aurora University my eyes have been opened to many new things. One thing is racial diversity; I have had the privilege to meet so many people from different backgrounds. They have introduced me to many new things such as food, music, dancing, and clothing. Going away to college had allowed me to experience and appreciate many new cultures and ways of life. I have also learned tolerance. Being able to live with people who are so exceedingly different could have been a challenge but I took it as a learning experience and embraced everyone’s differences.

After graduating high school I often felt like college was going to be to difficult for me, and many times I doubted myself even going. Many times I wanted to find a job and not work towards any further education. But through the encouragement of my parents I signed up for classes at Palm Beach State College, and slowly began working towards my degree while working part time. There were many times during the past two years that I have felt like giving up but looking back I could not be more proud of myself for pushing through. I now I have the confidence and ambition to keep working hard towards becoming a teacher, something that I lacked my senior year of high school. I owe the success that I have had to my parents, they saw more in me than I ever saw and they pushed me until I believed it for myself. I am so excited to continue furthering my education.

So far I have gotten the materials I will need to a career in the athletic trainining field and information to help me become successful. I have also the best group of friends I could as for.

What I have gotten out of my college experience is that I learned a lot about myself. I was afraid that I would not like being away from home and living with another student.; however, my roommate and I have become good friends. I feel like I have a family on my floor. Also, through lacrosse I feel like I made a strong group of friends that I will have for a long time. I have enjoyed some real world experience. I found out that I can live on my own. I am glad that I went away from home and chose to live in a dorm. It was also valuable to attend Aurora because it is such a small environment, which was good for me because i have never really been away from my family before. This small environment really helped out with this transition.

My college experience has taught me that you are never too old to learn. As a woman returning to college at the age of 48 it has been a truly enightening experience. There are many new ideas and processes out there pertaining to construction that I would never have known about had I not decided to go back and earn my degree. The computer skills alone will be of great use to me when I return to the work force, I now know how to set up spreadsheets in Excel to track production rates, costs, material streams, and anything else that affects the bottom line of any construction project. I have acquired new skills in the estimating and management processes, I have also learned about many new materials that make the construction process more efficient, are healthier for the environment and some can even increase production because they are easier to work with. This is all knowledge that directly relates to skills I will need to move up into management in the construction industry. Going back to college has definitely been a positive experience and a wise decision for my life.

Ever since I was a little girl I had this dream about going to Loyola Medical School and after I graduated High School I began to fulfill that dream by attending college. After gotten through my first year of college I have experienced a lot. I have devolped a better experience living with another person and continue to meet new people on a reglar basis. I have been given some more freedom from living in my house with my parents and it has been an amazing experience. My values have increased since I atteneded college. I have valued the little things in life a lot more now than ever by how I am responsible for all my actions. College at Aurora University has opened my eyes to the real world. In High School my parents were there to give me everything I ever needed and now that I am in college I have to work to meet those needs. My parents are still there for me if I need them, but are letting me make my own decisions and make my own mistakes.

The most important thing that I have gotten out of my college experiences is my personal growth. Coming into college I was ready to live on my own, manage my own time and get to meet new friends but I was never ready to understand the "Adult" world as it was shown to me. I was guided not just by the professors and coaches that have been able to provide me with resources but my friends and the people I have met along the way that have been able to motivate me, keep me motivated and show me that I do have a purpose not only in life but that to them I have a strong purpose of why it is that I am studying business. With goals like being able to bring ethics back to business as well as being the resource for others, I realized that I did not have these goals coming into college but have developed them throughout what I have seen and with the friends that motivate me, I am ready to keep moving towards these goals.

In college I have really met a lot of nice people. The best thing is that i have been able to become more out goin and talk to anyone. I am not afraid to get up in front of people like i use to be. Also i have been giving my brain a work out, I have be learning things sense day one of getting here.

I have gained much more than I expected out of my college experience. I expected an education, but instead I gained valuable life skills. I gained leadership skills, time management, determination, and appreciation. I have completed a L.E.A.D. program, which taught me how to become a more effective leader. Being a part of the Women's Soccer team here has helped me better manage my time and become more determined on and off the field. The best thing I have gained though is a sense of appreciation for things in my life. I have become more appreciative of the opportunity to attend school, instead of being upset that I have homework. I appreciate all the opportunities I recieve to grow as a person and a student. I feel attending AU has helped me become a better person because I now strive to better myself, but also look to help those that are not as fortunate. I know I will graduate with much more than a degree and I wouldn't change my school choice for anything.

Thus far college has been a great experience. Being a health science major, carrying about 17 semester hours on average, and playing a varsity sport has taught me many things. Time management is essential when it comes to college. I had to learn how to balance my time between school, sports, and friends, and I had to rank my priorities which is something I know I will have to do when I finally have to face the real world. Learning how to live on my own and making important life decisions is another aspect that has been valuable about college. By living in the dorms, there are always many distactions and disputs between roommates. I have learned how to get pass those distractions and get my work done and I have also learned how to handle different situations when it comes to working with other people whether it be my roommates, other students, or faculty members even though we may not always agree. College is obviously important so that students can learn the information that they will later carry with them in order to be successful in their career field of choice and life in general.

My college experience so far has been a positive experience. I have learned so much, which makes me want to keep going back to learn more. Having teachers who are knowledgeable about numerous topics is inspirational and interesting to listen to. The teachers I have come across are helpful and encouraging, which is something I did not expience in high school. I am inspired everyday to keep working toward my goal and future. The lessons I am learning in college will not just help in my major, but in shaping how I view the world and others around me. Education is so important, and I feel blessed that I have been given the opportunity to go to college.

College is the necessary transition from highschool to the real world that I believe everyone should experience. So far, my college experience has held more than an educational value. College has presented new opportunities and experiences that would not have been offered to me if i had decided not to attend college. I have been exposed to a diverse environment where I have been able to meet people from all over the world. I have met some people that I know I will be friends with for the rest of my life. Overall, my time at college has offered a life changing experience that can not really be put into words.

I have gotten out better discipline and better time management skills. I have learned that these skills are very important because it takes alot of discipline to get up for class and time management skills to be able to juggle chruch, classes, homework and friends. It has been valuble to attend college for me because it has given me a chance to find God, face new challeges, met new people, and prove you can do anything if you have the desire to. It is important to try new thing and face the world as an adult.

The most profound skill that I have developed since I have began attending college is that I got a better understanding of what is known as the humanities. The first realization I came to while studying the humanities is that you need to have your priorities in order. If I did not have my priorities in order, it could have led to many disractions towards my education. By expanding my education in the humainites I also was able to define who I am by taking the time to find out how I interact with my peers and authority figures. Getting an understanding of who I am and what the humaities are allowed me to develop the right kind of attitude towards my school work and how I interact with the world around me. This is why attending college has been valuable to the rest of my life.

After completing my first full semester I feel that I have gained perspective. As an adult student working for a publically traded financial firm, I have a better understand for what my job means to the firm. I have learned a lot about management techniques and accounting practices. Furthermore, I have gained confidence. I feel that I add value to my job due to this better understanding that I have gained. The new found confidence that I bring to my job everyday have been the most valuable take away to this point in my career.

College has been valuable to teach me the skills and lessons in life and it has only been my first semester. Although, I have only been in college for a semester I find that I have learned so much over the past three months. I have learned that I am in charge of my own future and no one is around to baby me anymore. If I want to get an A in a class, I have to buckle down on my own and know when to say "maybe later, I have to study". I feel that I have learned more of my potential as a student and a person in college than I would have if I had not gone on to school and worked toward my dream of becoming a elementary school teacher. Another important value I have learned is time management, in college time management is a must and if it is not planned out right your grades will drop dramatically and you have to work twice as hard to pick them back up. So far, college has been the best and hardest decsion i have been through in my life but, it has been worth everything.

They say college is a life you will never forget and they are right. My college experience so far has been memorable and I am only a sophomore. I have made great friends who I know I will never lose in my life and met personnel that have helped me through my rough patches in school. But the most valuable experience was learning the hard way about earning what you give. I took my first year for granted. I did not take it as seriously as I should have, I passed my all my classes but just passing was not good enough. I was put on academic warning and that had brought me to reality. I had to change if I wanted to be successful. Since then I improved dramatically in my second year. There is no more “just passing” for me, I made a goal to accomplish more than I ever worked for. I have learned to not take my schooling for granted; I have to work hard and earn it.

My college experience has been positive and rewarding. I believe that we are always capable of accepting more and doing well and that things happen at the perfect time during our life's journey. In addition to be a student, I work a full-time job and am raising 11 year old boy/girl twins. This experience will not only benefit me in advancing my career but is a learning experience and teaching moment for my children. I have instilled in them that college is not an option and that it will be a natural course after they graduate high school. We all hold our fate in our pwn hands and attaining my Bachelor's degree has been a goal that eluded me until I decided that I needed to do it now and not put it off any longer. While sometimes it seems to be too much, I quickly adjust my attitude knowing that obtaining my degree is for my benefit and only I can control the outcome. I know that the outcome of this positive experience will be rewarded by the fact that I achieved my ultimate goal and something that cannot be taken away. My education!

I’m a forty-six year old female who decided to return to school after I was laid off work due to a workforce reduction. My college experience is giving me an intellectual perspective on many topics that I’m already familiar with given that I’m well over the age of twenty. Not only am I learning about myself and others in Sociology; through the art appreciation and biology classes, I’ve acquired a love for art including its history and a new appreciation for the human body. In addition, it’s rewarding to know that in a few short years I will be qualified for the career I seek out and if the job market begins to look bleak, I will remain marketable. As well, I’m enthusiastic and eager to learn and I’m grateful that my choice to return to school will be a positive example for my daughter.