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Texas Lutheran University has been very valuble in many different ways. Firstly, it defined what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Going in I had an idea of what I wanted to be, but after my time here I know what I want to become (a marine biological researcher). Secondly, TLU provides an atomsphere that makes it easy to communicate and interact with the professors. I feel very close to my academic advisor and that I can truely talk with my professors about anything. I trust them to help me in my future career options. Lastly, TLU has helped me discover some great friends. Through their roommate matching program and social functions I have been able to make some great friendships that will, hopefully, last for a very long time.

This diverse enviroment has helped me to better adapt too many things, people and places. This will be get for my future allowing me to have more experience with difference genders, races and cultures. In the work place i would be well prepared and knowledgeable of the different kinds of people i met. This private Univerisity is very small but powerful because of the high expectation of each student. The instructors at Texas Lutheran University threats each student as if they were their own. They expect the best of all of us. Not only do we have the support system of friends and family but we also have the support system of the faculty. It is valuable because they lessons we learn here are be beneficial to us in the future.

Hello My name is Divonna Channel Mock and what I have gotten out of my college experience is a chance to really experience living. Growing up in a urban area with so much violence and people just standing around really not doing to much of anything, wasn't the life for me. College gave me the opportunity to see drive and determination at its finest. I have told myself for years that I have always been like a city girl, someone who's always on the move looking for new and exciting things out of life, and college it like that for me. College, my family, and friends is what saved me from being just another statistic. For that I owe them the world. College gave me orginality!

College provided me with ample opportunities to grow personally and professionally. Through my interactions with numerous people, I developed my own style of self-expression and identity. My philosophies have been shaped by the unique and wildly-different people I have met. College is one large web of experiences that taught me how to connect to others. Empathy and understanding were usually woven into my encounters, and showed me how to relate to people when I did not think we had anything in common. I have become a stronger, wiser, and kinder human being because of the many lessons I learned over my years in college. Attending a university is an amazing experience that I wish everyone had the opportunity to explore. Everything that I believe in and fight for have been enriched by my personal growth at the university level.

To be honest I have gotten a lot out of my college experience when I first came to college I had no idea what to do or what i was going to come across my high school did not prepare me for college so should I say that I was quite nervous to come. The first few weeks I was just starting to learn about college life and how to handel it. I did not know anyone here so that also made it hard for me but once i met my advisor i knew i had nothing to worry about anymore because he sat me down and told me basically everything that i will come across my freshmen year here at Texas Lutheran University. It was a lot but him and I both knew that i could handel it. To me the reason why it has been valuable to me to attend is because i now know what my future would look like with a college degree and where i could possibly be at in five years. So coming to college was the best decision i have ever made and i am going to stick with it.

I am a thirty-six year old mother of three children. I did not go to college straight out of high school. I have always wanted to go but something always came up. I have always preached to my children the importance of getting a college education so they would be better prepared for the world that awaits them. It was very hard to say this to them, though, without having gone to college myself. With my oldest daughter getting ready to graduate from high school, I finally made the decision to not let things stand in my way and just do it. Although it is extremely hard working forty hours a week, going to school part-time, and being a mother, I am so glad that I did it. I am learning new things that will eventually lead to a career as a Nurse Practitioner so that I may better able to provide for my family. Not only am I gaining knowledge, my professors and fellow students alike are always telling me how proud they are of me. I have never had a very high self esteem, but their words of encourgement gives me a new outlook on life.

Texas Lutheran has broadened the breadth and depth of education. They have opened my eyes to an acceptance and understanding of faith, culture, and diversity in many aspects. This school encourages students to reach out to the community in immense ways through volunteer work and Study Abroad opportunities of all varieties. I have been able to see what capacities I am capable of, and challenge myself beyond what I thought was ever possible. Through faculty and academic support, I have been pushed further than seeking education only through TLU. I was taught how to learn, and that it goes beyond the classroom through any activity I wish to excel in--whether it be through my job, volunteering with the mentally disabled, or even spending quality time with family. The experiences and opportunities I am given at this school are some I will forever cherish. I am blessed to be part of the community at Texas Lutheran University.

Even as a sophomore at Texas Lutheran University I have already been instilled with a sense of confidence when it comes to the knowledge that is required to be successful in the job force. The professors here are very knowledgable about their particular areas of study and the strong majority are excellent at communicating their lessons and real-world experience to the students in their classes. I have always been able to clarify topics covered in class by meeting with the professors themselves and asking questions leading to a stronger knowledge base to be expanded in later more advanced courses. I feel that I have gotten the best value for my time here at TLU due to the focus that the professors here give to academics and the expansion of the students views of the world around them. My studies here not only focus on my major but give me a strong liberal education that helps me touch the surface of other topics prevalent in the world, making me a more effective and productive future employee in the workforce.

Texas Lutheran University offers smaller classes, which allowed me to have more one-on-one interaction with my professors. It is because of those interactions that I found my passion in Accounting and was given an opportunity to intern for one of the largest public accounting firms in the world. Upon my graduation from TLU in May 2010, I received an offer for full-time employment with that accounting firm, and am now a professional in the Accounting world. If it had not been for the attention and interest in my development by my professors, I would never have considered a career in Accounting and would not be in the place I am now. Though it is small, the TLU community is a tight-knit group of people that helped me to develop friendships, understand differing viewpoints and cultures, and learn that religious freedom is a blessing. When I came to TLU, I was a shy girl who could not give a speech in front of a classroom, and now I am a successful business person with nothing but gratitude to my alma mater. Thank you TLU!

It’s peacefully dark until my alarm abruptly wakes me at 6:30am. I lay listening to music generate through my hallow dorm room walls. I peer through the window squinting at sunlight shining off the morning dew. Then it dawns on me that it’s not only a new morning, but I am a new freshman in college! Through my tired eyes, I suddenly realize I need to get ready for my first day. Coming from a public high school, I will never forget attending my first private Christian university class. I quickly scanned the smaller class size and listened to my professor openly pray before the lecture started. This experience was different because it made me feel as though I were important and not just another face. From my first day on, I anticipated each class, every chapel service, every paper, and the late nights studying that my efforts and educational goals were important and that I mattered. It has been valuable for me to attend college because it gave me the opportunity to earn my Associate Degree. My unique college experience helped me to become a better person and believe that I can accomplish my goals.

My college experience is changing every day. When I first started here at TLU my goal was to get in and get out. I am a non traditional student. I am 28 and a divorced single mother of two. I felt that I did not have time for self discovery and liberal education as much as the young students around me do. I have quickly discovered that I was wrong. I am in my sophmore year now and I have already changed my major, something that I did not think I would have the time to enjoy doing when I first started. I have also learned that TLU is a caring community. TLU is not a school designed to get your money as long as you will offer it. They are a school involved from the beginning in making you a success. From the professors to the tutors and even to the students, TLU is a place where anyone can thrive if you give TLU a chance. I am very thankful for my blessing of being able to start over and better myself and my childrens future. My children look up to me just for being here.

I have grown in multiple ways such as Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually. Since being enrollled at TLU i have become a better Student, a better friend, and most importantly a better man. TLU has shown me that everyone is different and every indivdual is important to us as a whole.

I am about to sign up for l'ecole culinaire school in germantown tn. I am so excited but it is expensive and i was looking for some money assitance because i am single and i have two children and have no job and its very hard for me..

During my past couple of years attending college, felt a little lost, as if I didn't know what my vocation or my future would hold or bring to me. I then found my calling in the Dramatic Media department with film, and instantly fell in love. I felt accepted, and was encouraged to do the best that I could. Even though I have battled with personal external issues outside of the university experience; TLU and its staff have always made me feel as if I could pull through anything and accomplish my goals at the university. During my attendance as well, I was able to go study abroad at the University of Strathclyde; which was a life changing event for me. I don't think that I would have been mentally prepared for it with out the help of a great advisor on campus; and I believe that the staff again helped me out a lot. College has been the pushing factor for my life to figure out and pin point what I want to do with my life I don't think that I would have been able to realize that goal with out it.

I always felt underappreciated in high school, and like nobody noticed me. That all changed when I went TLU. Since it is a small university I have had great relations with the faculty, and peers, and I have made friendships that will last a lifetime. I also participate in many extra curricular activites which I probably wouldn't be able to do at a large school because of time constraints with having to get to different places. I have also gotten, so far, an awesome education because since TLU is a liberal arts institution, they require several different classes for your degree, and I feel like I have learned so much more than what I learned in high school. It has been valuable for me to attend TLU because I will be guarenteed a job after I graduate, and I will have plenty of connections do to the people I work with and study under. TLU is an amazing place and I wouldn't trade this experience for anything. Go Bulldogs!

Don't be scared to apply to any school because of the ticket price. There are scholarships, both internal and external, FAFSA, work study and several other ways you can pay for college without attaining a vast amount of debt when you graduate. So set your goals high and exceed them even higher.

If I could speak to myself during my senior year in high school I would have several tips to give to my self so that I could have made my transition easier. The first thing that I would tell myself would be to take advantage of the Bulldog Bulletin and the visit days that I would attend to try and find myself a roommate and not leave myself to fate on who I would room with. I would also advise myself on how to approach leaving certain people behind in my life and how cutting off of all communication can adversly effect other people. Finally I would tell myself to just relax that its uncomfortable for everyone at first being thrust into a new unknown environment with no parental influence and it will all subside once you find your rythym.

If I only knew then what I know now. How many times have I heard that! Now I know the true meaning. If I could go back, I would try to tell my young, stubborn self how good I had it. I should have studied ALOT more through high school. I should have went straight on the college while I was still living at home with my parents. The longer you wait, the harder it is to get back into a rythym of studying. It is also harder to pay for it when you are out on your own, with your own bills. I thought I should put college off, that I had plenty of time to get that done. If I would have buckled down & started right after graduation, I would long be done, & having a better life for myself now. I wish I would have had a crystal ball to show myself my future without a college degree. It would have been a good iniative to get myself in gear.

If i was giving myself advice in my senior year for my college career preparation i would start off by saying study hard senior year and don' slack off because college gets harder from there. Senior year isn't one big party and neither is college. You will have to study twice as hard and gain twice the amount of knowledge. Another thing, when geting through the first year don't stress it doesn't help. If you are working on a project or a hard assignment and you get overwhelmed find something to relax and releave that stress. Take a break and breathe. Staying up Late doesn't help, in college ypu really have to be organized and prepare. If you dont prepare and you procrastinate then you are forced to stay up and have late night hours and thats the main cause of college weight gain, sickness and bad grades. You gain no knowledge by cramming and staying up late, dont procratinate, prepare. That first day of class listen and read the expectations of the class, so when that final comes you will already know what to expect from the professor. Work hard but enjoy the experience.

If I were to go back in time and talk to myself as a high school senior, I would tell myself this: take the pre-college time seriously! I would tell myself to seriously think and consider what I want to do with my life. Research, talk to people and take some type of quiz or survey to find a career that would best fit me and my character as well as personality is the advice I would give. Then, I would encourage myself to look into different colleges and universities to see which would offer the education and also experience that would benefit me for my future career. This conversation with myself would have changed the last few years for me entirely and my path from high school, through college to present day would be an incredibly different one. Now, all I can do is move on with life and use my past experiences to build on to what I now know and use it for the betterment of my future. Simple, basic advice but what an extreme difference it makes when one actually listens and uses it.