Metropolitan State University of Denver Top Questions

Scholarship candidate par excellence, am I. My plan is to perpetuate your investment by giving, from my education, back to the community at large. I am studying Business Management and Law. A substantial number of people who need legal services cannot afford them. At the same time a large number of paralegals and attorneys fresh out of college have difficulty establishing themselves in the community for lack of experience. The idea is a simultaneous solution. It is one that my educational pursuits are perfectly positioned for-- incubator for fresh law professionals and low/no cost services for the poor. It is a niche that is not currently or adequately satisfied by what is available in the market. Your investment will help this disabled person to self-sustaining independent income. A former construction supervisor and contractor is no longer able to perform physical labor of that nature. Though no longer seeing well enough to drive a nail or pilot an automobile, a computer enables reading and writing. Mere physical impediments do not have to hamper use of life experience. In fact previous managing experience lends handily to the goals mentioned.

My college experience has helped me mature in so many ways. I have become a better student, daughter, sister, and friend. I have also gained so much more respect for myself. Classes that I have taken such as Psychology and Political Science have taught me to understand the way others feel and think and to be more accepting of people's differences. I have grown to be a more thoughtful and disciplined person as well. The rigorous assignments we are forced to finish teach responsibility and time management and prepare me for tasks I will be faced with in my career and later on in life. I am better able to distinguish the difference between events in my life which are insignificant and the one's which are important to my future and growth as an individual. I no longer worry so much about petty things like partying and leisure time. College, for me, has put life into perspective.

Through my college experience, I have learned that in order to succeed there needs to be organization, hard work and perseverance. These three things I had know before but never knew the true meaning of. I am a first generation in college and did not get much guidance in anything that had to do with college, therefore I entered college with no tools. I learned the hard way that in college you need to be super organized, college requires extemely hard work, always give that extra mile, and no matter how hard the road looks, there is always a way out, always a solution. I have been motivating myself to make these three things, everyday things, for everyday situations. I set a goal and reach it, no matter how hard and how long it takes, I can do it. I can do anything I set my mind to. That is what my college experience has made me believe.

I have gained a new understanding of independence. I have experienced the joy of setting a goal and taking the steps necessary to attain that goal.

My college experience has given me more insight into what the real world is like. My professors teach the students who are there to learn and not those who choose to throw their opportunity away. My education here will give me the tools that I need to be able to work and give back my knowledge to the community.

To better my life and begin a trade in which I can help others.

In life I have maintained a level of self determination to contribute inspirational changes to my community and my country, never letting any one get in my way, not letting them limit my progression to reach my goals. I chose to go to college because I knew that as a citizen of a collective community I would not only be able to contribute to my own achievement, but that I would be able to contribute the education I receive to my community through the work I do and the good I can make. I have become more valuable, because my college has been an experience filled with wealth to be earned, allowing me to use the campus as a more controlled environment to practice knowledge gained in social collaboration, to conduct research, and constructing relationships to benefit my future work and passions. Without college I would have been an inspirational and driven person destined to make changes for social advancements and business. With college thought I have become an asset to myself, armed with an arsenal of knowledge, research, applications for professional situations, and networks of people to help me reach the goals I have established for bettering our world.

My college experience so far has taught me how driven and focused I am to becoming a psychologist. The professors I've encountered since attending Metro State have been extremely helpful and encouraging in helping me realize how passinate i am about psychology. Attending college has also shown me the impact it has on my everyday life. when I'm at school I feel motivated and eager to keep going because while in school I know I'm getting closer and closer to becoming a psychologist.

My college experience has been so valuable to me because I have been able to find myself. You start college in a city your not familliar with, you feel overwhelmed in a big city with all of the hussle and bussle and your away from your friends and family, but getting lost can be the best way to find yourself. You get to define yourself as a new person with new ideas and beliefs and you can adapt and change those things as you learn. I now know who I am and what I am capable of because of my college experience and I get to reevaluate these things everyday. If I would have gone to a big university I think it would have been similar to highschool and I would have only tried to fit in but at Metro there isn't any pressure to be one certain person. I feel excited to change who I am and grow as an individual person, plus I get a beautiful city as a back drop to my self discovery.

When I first started attending college i did not realize the importance of education. I always heard that 'knowledge is power', but did not fully appreciate this as a younger individual. I have grown, gaining life experience and the self discipline to set goals and acheive them. Now, as an older non traditional student, I am excited to continue my educational journey with this new perspective and drive.