Marquette University Top Questions

I have gotten a since of belonging at college. I have decided to serve the lord while in college and couldnt ask for a better life.

I have found myself in my college experience. In the short time I have attended Marquette University, I have been blessed with numerous opportunities that have changed my life. From volunteering, to traveling the country with the women's volleyball team, I could not ask for a better freshman experience. My education is one of the most important values I posess, and Marquette provides an excellent learning environment where I am able to grow through class and experience. I have made life long friends, received a supurb education, and had experiences of a lifetime at Marquette, and I am only a freshman. I can not wait to see what the future holds, and knowing Marquette, the future is looking bright.

I learned to be independent. I learned to get along with a roommate. I learned to self-motivate. I learned how to be a better writer. I learned how to read and interpret brain signals. I learned differential equations. I held my first professional job. I prepared for applying to an internship or job. I built a network. I am at Marquette University. I am a biomedical engineering major. I am becoming a better me.

During the whole process, from beginning applications to first day of classes, it was a great experience. I have learned a lot about myself and what I enjoy doing. The admissions counsellors helped me to find something I truly love to do, and for that I am grateful.

From my college experience, I grown so much as a person. I have learned how to deal with people I would not normally be exposed to, forced to live with, or wanted to be around. I have learned the importance of friends and a shoulder to cry on when everything seems overwhelming. I have learned I am just like my mother in more ways than I would like to admit. I have learned the crucial and horrible truth of procrastination. I have learned how to live safely in a large city a long way from home. I have learned responsibility in everything I do. I have learned maturity. I have learned to always have 2 sets of sheets, a large laundry basket, and 2 pairs of shower shoes. I have learned how I best study and learn. I have learned that I am not, in fact, capable of getting along with everyone. I have learned the importance of communication. I have learned to take action and do things for myself, things that make me happy. I have learned to be myself in every thing that I do. I have grown to a person that I am proud to be.

I have found out a lot about who I am as a person, and what I have to offer the world. Marquette has given me a real understanding of my weaknesses and failures, and how to overcome them. I have developed a great system of friends and connections at Marquette, and learned to be self-reliant and dependable.

Just last month, I lost my father to complications due to leukemia. It has been a tragic past few weeks, but returning to Marquette has helped me to realize exactly why I attended the university in the first place. I have come to recognize a sense of self that I have developed while in school, something of which I have lacked up until this point in my life. I have questioned life and its meaning ever since I attended Marquette last year, and these questions were fueled by the support of my professors and the teachings in their lectures. It is through these questions that I have grown, not only intellectually, but also emotionally and spiritually. Marquette has taught me how to think, not what to think, and I have found solace in that philosophy. Through my anger, frustration, and utter sorrow, I have been encouraged to question the meaning of life. And, to be able to take the education that I have received in all of my courses to ponder these questions, that is what I truly value most out of my education thus far, and I would not have recieved this education anywhere else other than at Marquette.

My college experience has taught me that there are no predictable experiences. I went to college thinking that it would be so much harder than high school; harder, busier, frightening, and I find that it is very much like the life I knew before. The difference isn't the academics or the people; it's the mindset of the person attending. If you have the mind of a scholar, you will find yourself in a scholarly environment. If you have the mind of a jock, you will find yourself in that environment. Whatever your mind conceptualizes 'college' as, is what it will be for you. Going to college showed me that no one can tell you what life is going to be like. It is different for everyone, based on so many things that we can measure in statistics and demographics, but the biggest one is the immeasureable influence of how you percieve your reality. You can't predict what your life is going to be like, but you can always make it better for yourself by going into it with an open mind and a solid idea of what you want out of it.

I have learned a lot about myself while attending Marquette University. I truly believe college to be a “self journey” and a chance to really find yourself. Thus far, I’ve done just that. I’ve managed to be successful both in the classroom and while interning. I’ve also, recently, discovered that there is so much more to life than grades/jobs. Being happy should be my number one goal. If I’m not happy, than why do I put myself through the stress of working 20 hours a week and maintaining a 3.7 GPA? Marquette is helping me pursue my professional goals while also finding myself and having fun. This has made it extremely valuable to attend. I, unlike some of my friends in other majors, actually enjoy attending class. And I realized the importance of attending college, for the first time, this fall when I applied for an internship in the city. For it was at this time that I applied my classroom skills in the workplace and landed an incredible job. It was a great feeling and could not have been accomplished without the guidance of Marquette University and my professors.

Marquette fosters an environment where I have been able to discover my passion for teaching and work within the Milwaukee community for service learning. For service learning, I have tutored at local middle school, participated in Junior Achievement, and worked with refugees at the International Learning Center. All of these experiences have affirmed my desire to teach and increased my interest in urban education. This year I am engaged in service learning with Dorothy Social Justice Living Learning community. My service at the International Learning Center is part of the course description for Philosophy of Human Nature, a core course that I take with other members of our floor who participate in service learning at several non-profits in Milwaukee. Through my this class and service learning, I have learned the importance of dialogue and humanization within education. These ideas mainly stem from Paulo's Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which has transformed how a few the world and my role in it in relation to others. Dialogue and upholding the dignity of others is a central part of how I few my roles as a member of society and a future educator.