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What I have gotten out of college experience is how important it is to go to college and how much you can succeed in life with college under your belt. For me it has been valuable to attend college because it is going to help me to get further in my career, meet my goals and open many more options of what i can do in the career field that I choose. I have realized that without college i cannot get anyhwere and be succesful as i would like to be. Not only am I learning as i go through college but it makes me see how much of the information learned in college is used out in the real worl.d. College leads me to succes and it takes patience and time , the only person stands between me and succes is myself. I am striving for success so i will be patient and take my time to reach my goal.

College is something i been hearing since middle school, now being a college student has more value to it. College is not easy, it's preparing me for what i want to do with my life, it's feeding me the skills for my future. Being a college student means giving it 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} every day in every class. College has made me mature and start taking action in so many responsabilities. I make many sacrifices to be in college, not seeing my family as much is the hardes, but that just makes me want to push harder to accomplish something in life.

Since I have been in college now for a school I truly know what it is to be a college student. Back when I was in high school, I had a lot of friends and well I guess you can say that I would rely on them to get me through the day but when on the first day of college I knew that college was not all about friends but I had gone from talking to just about everybody at my high school to talking to very few. Attending college is very valuable because since we are in a recession I have come to the conclusion you will not be able to do anything in this world without a college degree and not only that you will also have to major into something where there will always be a job. For example, criminal justice and nursing majors will always have a job because crime will never stop and people won't stop getting sick.

I have gotten the experience to see that I really miss highschool and I sometimes wish I could go back, But I realize now that its okay to grow up. I want to be a successfull human being when Im older and I never want to look back thinking I should have stayed in college. Im staying in school and becoming a successfull buisness man.

College has helped me grow from a child into a women. I've had a really hard life, I've always had obstacles to face even as a child. College gave me something to look forward to it grounded me and helped me find my passion for learning and costume history. I would love to continue learning about something I love and be a role model for other low income hispanic girls trying to make it. I want to show my little sister that no matter what you going through you can make it if you just work hard and believe in yourself. College has helped me change for the better and it's opened my eyes to a different and better world out there. College is important to me, and I've grown to love this University and all the professors that work here. College has taken me closer to making my dream a reality! I value my college education and I wish I will be able to continue it!

The one thing Im getting out of my college experience is that I have a chance to provide my son with a better life, not only that i am going to be able to get out of money bond that im in. Attending school has change my out look on life it has made me change in many was. Was like if i want more in life i have to do more to get it i have to set goals and stick to them i have to mange my time an money wishly. It has mad me more detrame to finsh school knowing that i will have a better life not only for me but for my son. The reason it is so valuable for me to attend school is that i will have more education. more education for the job martket.

I have always been overprotected, I have learned so much the hard way. People lie and you can't trust any one. I learned that people die from actually drinking. I thought people only got drunk in movies. You learn what qulities to look for in people. Educationaly, I have learned that college is much more demanding than high school, and that profesors are not going to let you get away with much. You have to go out and find what you are looking for because you will not get things handed to you just like that. I have learned so much more in two years of college than in my twelve years of pre-college schooling.

One of the most important experience in collage is learning, but learning goes beyond the classroom. When you wake up in the morning to go to school, whitout anyone there to tell you what to do. When you ask for help to your friends or profesors. Learning in collage is no just learn about your mayor. You end up larning about life itself. However, how much you learn is determinated by how much effort you pur into your collage expirirence.

Learn how to multi task! I would also tell myself to learn how to manage my time because it is important especially when you are taking 18 credit hours. Keep your grades up and fill out all the scholarships you possibly can because money usually gets a little low. I would also reccomend getting used to eating ramen noodles for dinner! As I mentioned the most important thing I would tell myself is too keep my grade up because it is really importnant especially if you want to live a really sucessfull life. REACH FOR YOUR DREAM AND DONT BE SCARED TO FAIL. You can be a doctor or a lawyer or whatever it may be as long as you keep your head in the books. Education is key to success.

I would tell myself to branch out, not be shy, and make a lot of friends. I wouldn't let my past self make the same mistakes and lose a great friend. I would tell myself to explore the campus and the town. I would prepare my past self to study hard and apply to more scholarships and encourage my past self to learn more about the opportunities available to me, so that I can study abroad and not struggle financially. I would tell myself to get a job sooner, rather than later, to prepare myself financially. I would tell my past self to take things easy and not stress out, because college will be the best years of my life.