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I have gotten so much out of my college experience, and I am not done yet. I have learned the value of prioitizing my time. I have also learned how to step up to my college professors and let them know my feelings towards my grades and the grades I feel like I should recieve. That experience has helped me be more confident in who I am and the work that I can achieve. I know myself and I know that through my beginning years of college I have grown-up. I value the time that I have aquired because it has allowed me to become the strong woman I am and has helped me to become confident in the career path that I have chosen to walk down. It is an experience that I have a hard time describing, but it is one of the best experiences of my life.

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Going to college to further educate myself was the best thing I have ever done in my life. For me there is more to the college experience then books, studying, and home work, it’s the people you meet, work you do and friends you make along the way. Some of my best friends I made where at college, Colin who I met in my film class turned out to be my newest best friend. We both have much the same interests in film and art, we can have great conversations about our classes, teachers and what we are working on in class, he moved to another state for college but we still keep in touch. My professor Tony who taught several of my film classes has helped me tremendously, giving me advice, counseling me, and even getting me a job, and without him I would have not decided to continue my education to get my bachelors of arts in animation. Being educated enhances your character, making you a much more cultured human being. We all can learn something about ourselves when we go to school, our strengths, our weaknesses, and our passions.

I have gotten many things out of going to college. I now have the access to getting a career that I love and better pay to support my family. I am getting married in two years and my classes help expand my beleifs so that I can be more open to things that would benefit me. I have been in college for a year and a half now and I wouldn't take back one day. Every day is new and more experiences turn me into the person I want to be. Without college, I would be working a dead end job and still living with my parents. I have the key to success because of college and I will use that key every chance I get!

I am a nursing major and i didn't really need to attend a university i could have went to a community college at home. It would have been much cheaper but I wanted the full college experience of staying on campus, living in the dorms, and being away from home. I can truely say that going away to college has made me a more independent person. I've learn how to mange my money. I've gain time mangement skills and I'v became a more responsible person. It's been valuable to attend college because of all those things and to further my education so i can enter into the field that i'm studying.

I honestly dont know where to begin. there is so much i have leared in this one semester. i feel that the experience so far has been a magnificant on. Im away from home but yet i feel at home. I know that the next semester will be a good one because ive learned how to deal with what initially unknown. Northern illinois University has literally changed my life and i feel that is valuable for that alone.

I have became more open-minded and more responsible. i also developed better studying habits. it has been valuable to attend because if you want to be somebody in this world that we live in, you will need a college degree.

So far my college experience is great! I disliked high school. College is extrememly better and more fun that high school. My college is the perfect size for me and all of the staff and teachers are friendly and helpful. The campus is well maintained and always clean. I am proud to attend my college.

My college experince has been one that i would dream about, the transition from highschool to college wasnt as hard as i thought. I believe me being the outgoing "go getter" type of person i am, has made my first couple of months here at Green river cummunity college that much better from me. The lessons i've learned in class have been ones that keep me thinking even after class is over, now that has to be a good class if you ask me! continueing my education after highschool was always something that was up in the air for me. I didnt think that i even wanted to go? But now that I'm here im savoring every last minute of it because i feel really blessed to be here!

I believe I've received so many rewarding experiences from college. Before I actually walked through the doors of my residence hall I thought college was only a dream and something I'd never be able to say I accomplished. Even as I unpacked and met the first of my college friends I was still in shock. Now, I am here and I pinch myself to make sure I'm not still dreaming. Overall, the the most rewarding aspect of it all is to be able to study alongside others that know what it's like to fight hard to achieve your deams and be able to live them. Without any of these experiences I wouldn't be the adult I am today. Before attending NIU I was scared and didn't want my mother to leave. Now, she has to beg me to come home for my birthday. Attending college was the best decision I have ever made and I would be willing to risk everything I have to keep this dream of mine alive.