Colorado State University-Fort Collins Top Questions

It took me a little while to figure out exactly what degree I wanted to graduate with. Luckily, I attended a school that had enough choices to offer and ultimately I became thoroughly satisfied with my choice. Now that I have earned my Bachelors degree, I can proudly say that it took hard work, dedication, time and intelligence to earn that degree and I can't help but say that I am now striving to further my education because I know what is available to me now. My college experience was trying at times, mainly due to my lack of focus on education and placing my focus elsewhere. I proved to myself that I had the ability, not only to complete such an honor, but to dedicate myself to a dream that I ultimately was striving so hard to achieve.

I will receive a degree in a field that I love and be able to provide for my children and myself. I am having fun learning new skills and helping my fellow students when they don't quite grasp the assignment. Our campus is not large, so it is easy to navigate and hard to get lost. The instructors and other staff members are very friendly and helpful. I am grateful for the opportunity and excited about my future!

My college experience has been nothing short of a joy. I am currently a high school senior participating in a concurrent study program at my local community college. By my graduation, I will have completed eight courses for a total of twenty-four college credit hours. Of these, twenty-one will be applied to my undergraduate studies at Texas Tech University in the fall. Although the most obvious benefit of this opportunity is financial, I also partially owe my intended major and career to my college classes. Not only have they challenged my personal values by exposing me to a more liberal point of view, but they have also shown me that it is possible to be passionate about my studies. My junior year I enrolled in Lifespan Growth and Development, a psychology course beginning at conception and continuing on until death. I felt a connection during the early chapters, which led me to apply for universities with a major in Human Development and Family Science. I will pursue this for two years before transferring to a Speech-Language Pathology undergraduate program. After my education is complete, I plan on beginning my career by teaching children with speech impediments.

Ever since I enrolled at the college that I'm currently attending, I have experienced many things that have shaped my life. For example, as a college student, I had to be more responsible. I have to make sure I do any and everything necessary to achieve my goals. I also experienced a change in my work ethic; I am more self-motivated to do better in class than I was in high school. My college experience at IRSC has been great and hopefully it will get better by being awarded this scholarship to go off to UCF. This has been valuable to me because I am the first member of my family to attend college. I came to America from Haiti in the last year of the millennium and graduated at the age of 17. I greatly value the fact of being an actual student and this college has helped me achieve many of my goals. Most importantly, I want to get a good degree to support my family and in order to do that, I will need all the assistance I can get. Thank you for your time and hopefully I will hear from you soon!

So far my college experience has been nothing like I expected. I thought college was going to be a fun and crazy time where I don't do much, but it has turned out to be the most challenging time of my life. I go to class, take notes, then come home at the end of the day and study for the rest of the night. Every now and then I go to work for a few hours just so I can help my parents to pay for my college. So far I have learned how to balance my time in college. You are faced with so much free time, but you have to learn to use that time efficiently. Studying is the top priority in college and that is one of the most important things that college has taught me so far.

August 2009 was the starting points of a new chapter in my life yet a difficult phase in my existence. I had recently separated from my husband and took full responsibility of raising my newborn as well as my two year old. Somehow I still found strength to pursue my dreams and aspirations by returning to school after a seven year absence. I look back on the journey of obstacles to now success. I was placed on academic probation due to the grades that were transferred from the University of South Florida. I am very much empowered by the growth and development that has taken place since last year. I take great pride in my education as well as my motherhood and know that all isn’t lost. As single mother who was afraid of change and loneliness, I was able to conquer my fears and doubts only by the grace of GOD. It is a true blessing to be where I am today not only in my studies but at this point in my life. I am thankful that you’ve given me the time to share with you what was so dearest in my heart.

I have learned so much while attending Brown Mackie College. I am going to become a veterinary technician. I have learned so many thing about the anatomy of the animals, as well there physiology. I never knew that there were so many different parasites in this world that animals are susceptible to, and they all look very similar. So you needed a good instructor to be able to differentiate them. As well there are a lot of diseases that humans can get from animals, and even more that only animals can get. The pharmacology of animal medicine is almost the same as human. You have some drugs that you cannot give to animals, but for the most part the only difference is the dosage. Imaging has probably been one of my favorite classes. You are able to see inside of the animal by x-radiation, sound waves, or Doppler’s, etc… It is a very important part of our job description. Knowing your anatomy as well as your directional terms can really benefit you. We have to as well monitor all animals and know the normal ranges for respiratory rates, heart rates, and body temperatures for several different species.

Throughout my college experience thus far I have received personal growth. I am more out-going meeting new friends, and networking to gain future contacts. I am more comfortable standing in front of a class and giving presentations. Also, I have learned more responsibility and time management between attending school full-time and going to work full-time so that I can pay for my tuition. I know that all my hard work and busy schedule will get the degree that I will need to enter the career of my choice one day soon. Most of all attending school has helped mold me into a well-rounded individual.

Honestly, the simple answer would be self growth. College opens your eyes to new and exciting opotunities you have. Through college I learned more about myself through the good and bad experiences. I have learned more about what my intrestes are and what they arnt.

Personally I have been a skilledlaborer all of my life. What I have gotten outof attending college is a warmsence of relief that this is not the endall beall of my life. I can attend an institution, atnight mostly, sit in a warm, well lit, room with attractive young counterparts to myself and really enjoy the time i am spending improving my life. Not everyone walks away with a smile from class. I have been blessed with the knowlege that learning in a classroom is an easy and effective method of really moving your life foward. Without a degree the path one walks in life is bumpy, hardthat leads to varies deadends which always seem so promising atthe time. None of those promises have ever come close to coming true.I never saw the results of an adult having an education, so i didn't think it was necessary to be suscessful as an adult. I started to work in my given trades and lived on my own. Since then it has been a constant struggle to survive. I live in one of the highest cost of living enviroments in the United StatesTo attened college is a privelage for me.