Texas A & M University-College Station Top Questions

My college experience has offered me the opportunity to explore career choices, mature as an individual, grow as a young man, and develop a social conscience. I have grown from being a scared 18 year old away from home to a self-sufficient adult who is capable of making decisions based on evaluating the consequences and looking at the future effects of those decisions. I have gained priceless insight into the things that are important to me in my life, and I have discovered those values and standards that I will always hold myself up to. I have learned that being an adult also means that I must look beyond the needs and desires of just myself and look also at the needs of those around me as well as my community. While my college experience has certainly allowed me to focus on my future career, it has also allowed me the opportunity to experience the diversity of cultures in my world, learn tolerance of people who differ from me, and to make lifelong friendships with people who will continue to be both my support and champions throughout my life - as I will to them.

Rusty was a handsome, two year old sheperd mix when he was given to me as my Christmas present. Now, seven years later, I am more than 200 miles away from him, at Texas A&M University. Though I miss him and my two other dogs dearly, being at this university has been the greatest experience of my life. I have learned that in order to achieve my goal of becoming a veterinarian, I will have to work diligently and purposefully. I have always had the compassion and desire necessary to care for animals, but I have learned that I also need discipline and determination. Only with outstanding academics, community service, and work experience will I meet the expectations of the institution. Realizing the difficulty of my dream in high school, I chose to Texas A&M University to challenge and help me achieve excellence. Each class I take is a step closer and closer to my future, and being able to take them here at A&M has given me the confidence to continue pursuing my education despite any obstacle that may try to hinder me.

So far, I have gotten to meet many new people of different backgrounds and gainedmore knowledge. My college experience has been wonderful because I know that it will pay off when I finish my education. It has been valuable to attend because I know that I am capable of going through the necessary years of schooling to receive the degree that I am willing to put in so much effort for and work so hard for. I am a hard worker and I strive for success. I have potential and I am determined to use my knowledge and experience to benefit others and myself. I take my education very seriously because I know that it will take me far in life. I am taking advantage of the education that I can get because I know that by doing so, I will have a bright future with endless opportunities and many doors will open up for me after I finish my education.

Throughout my experience at A&M, I have formed so many new friendships that will last for the rest of my life. I have also learned an incredible amount of information that will help me when I move on to Graduate School. Attending TAMU has increased by ability to listen and understand, connect with people, help out others and it has also improved my self-seteem. I think being here at Texas A&M has helped me mature and be a better person overall. I have always heard that college is and will be the best experience of your life. I truly agree and I'm not even finished with it yet.

From my college experience so far I have learned to balance many different aspects of life that I have never had to experience before. I have to now balance difficult classes, my involvement in my sorority, my friends, church life, family, and of course exercise on a much more constricted schedule than ever before. I have also learned to be more independent and not rely on others to get things done as well as studying hard to make excellent grades.

My college experience so far has not only stimulated my intellectual growth but has encouraged social growth as well. The classes are intellectually challenging and interesting, with professors who are experts in their fields of study and outside resources that help those who're having difficulty. The campus atmosphere is open, friendly and inviting with a huge sense of community. I have no only learned practical information in classes but have also expanded my comfort level and have made life long lasting friendships. My college experience is adequately preparing me for graduate school and life after.

It is hard to say what I’ve learned when so many new skills and lessons have entered my life as a result of Texas A&M. Starting off with the coursework, I have to be honest and say that it is ridiculously hard for me. High school was a joke; college is the real deal. I have learned so much more than I did throughout all of my previous high school science classes. Lesson learned. I found that my new church was just as helpful, thought-provoking, and satisfying as my previous church, with twice the energy, which I certainly was not expecting. Lesson learned. I found that I could adjust surprisingly quickly to the many new surroundings in College station, and I found that I loved it. Lesson learned. After a while, it became apparent that I needed to make my goals more specific. It is a valuable life lesson to always be able to set goals and fulfill them. This is one of the things that I can really value from my experience, although this skill is not yet fully acquired. It’s a lesson in progress.

This university has helped me to have a flexible schedule, besides that there is good communication with teachers which helped me to get good grades.

For the last five months or so that I've attended Texas A&M, I feel like I've learned something each and every day. I have not only experienced newness in the classroom and around campus, but have also encountered an entirely new self. The night before I moved in here, the last night in my warm, familiar bed at home, I was so scared I could hardly think straight. Now just over a semester later, the Aggies have taught me to be strong. The future used to be a huge, frightening darkness looming in front of me, but now I understand that I will be well-prepared to take on whatever comes along in my life, not only because of the great education I am receiving, but because I now have the confidence to know I can do anything.

The short answer is: it has been an incredible learning experience for me. I completed my first two years of college at the University of North Texas which has a much more liberal atmosphere; it's mostly music and theater majors. Texas A&M is very conservative and largely hard science based. The fact that I have been exposed to so many different view points is priceless to me. I feel that I am now better equipped to look at all sides of whatever situation may come my way. This is a very important ability for me to attain because I plan on being a non-profit family counselor, a career where I will come in contact with people of all ideologies and backgrounds. Also, just in general I feel that everyone should have some level of understanding of cultures and perspectives that they are not terribly familiar with. If everyone stuck to this simple rule of societal knowledge, then society would have a lot less problems.