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The experiance I got got from college was that I have to manage my time. Everyday I have to study and read constantly. My college experiance has been great and I feel that I am learning a lot and notwasting time. I want to learn as much stuff that I don't know.

In my so far brief college experience, I have learned college is a completely different ball game from high school. Full time student means literally just that. So many times in the last four months, I have pulled all-nighters praying that next day's test will be a victory on my part. Teachers see my face three hours a week in addition to the amount of time I spend in their office hours and at the end of the day, they still do not know my name or recognize my face. They do not care if I pass or fail. I am just one student, and they get paid anyway. I have also learned that college will create an immense financial burden after graduation. Personally, I will be over $80,000 in debt when I receive that diploma. I have learned that family means more to me than I ever thought. After high school, I was psyched to leave home. Being away makes one really appreciate what they used to have, not to say I would ever move back home, but it is nice to know it still exists for me. College really opened my eyes to things unseen.

Going into a career in fine arts, it would be easy to say I'll just skip university all together and jump straight into a career. After all, how can you teach art? But that would have been a huge mistake. In the three semesters I've spent at UT, I've learned more than I could have possibly learned working in community theatres. In my first semester, I gained confidence in my artistic and analytic abilities and began to feel as though I had a true future in theatrical design. In my second semester, I started my portfolio and resume. And now, in my third semester at UT, I've taken a class on draping and patterning women's clothing that has opened my eyes to all kinds of design options that are available to me as I consider different aspects of a character including age, body type, and personality. In the end, I know I'm going to be extremely happy with my decision to attend university and my career will be better for it.

That is quite possibly the easiest question one could ask someone like myself. I have gotten the most important attribute that could ever be extracted from college; the gift of knowledge. From the different places to visit, the invigorating atmosphere, and a refreshing breath of social diversity, I have cultured myself. I come from a conservative small town with minimal ambition, so I enjoy the opportunity to meet people, which I know in my heart will hold the future of America in their hands. Some say ignorance is bliss, but that is an ignorant statement in itself. Live for the future of mankind.

Success is not just a word, money in your pocket, or what you have accomplished. Success is the passionate following of one's beliefs in order to impact and help the world. At the University Of Texas at Austin, success is not merely merit based scores, Gpa's, or degrees. Success at UT is the use of your education to create, lead, innovate, and help the world today which is in a state of low welfare, and rapid changes. The University of Texas is in no way limited to just an academic institution, the university hosts and helps to harbor many different groups of all different genders and races that want to share success not with themselves, but with the world. Whether it may be small steps to help save flood victims in Pakistan, or biking to Alaska to raise awareness for cancer, the university has helped to broaden my perspectives of the term success in the world of today. The value of education, innovation and leadership the University is teaching me, has taught me to believe that one voice can start a revolution of unity and change that the world of today is in drastic need of.

An important value in my life is being in control, being in the driver’s seat and taking charge. I am very goal-oriented person. I decided to attend Kaplan College to take charge of my life so that I can obtain a career that will help me be successful and help me give back to family for all they have given me. I have found much enjoyment from learning the curriculum and applying my knowledge through class assingments and interacting with my peers. Attending college has been valuable because I feel I am on the right path to accomplishing my goals because I know that with an education anything is possible. I have limitless possibilities. Education has opened the door to my future. I feel that I am in the driver seat of my life.

I have discovered new things about myself and I am now sure of the direction I want my life to take after meeting the people and having the experiences I had in college. I entered as a hopeful film student who rarely exercised and didn't know the first thing about nutrition. Now I am getting my teaching certification in Biology, majoring in Youth and Community Studies, and the co-leader of an athletic student organization. In addition, I am taking the first steps to creating a social service nonprofit, with the goal of empowering people through movement, education, and holistic wellness. I am thrilled and excited about these things, and I would not be on this path today had I not taken the time to explore in college. I have two more years before I can graduate with my teaching certificate, and finding funding for them is a little bit of an obstacle. However, I truly believe the journey has been worth it - I am grateful to have found the place where I belong now, and every day I wake up thinking about how to make the future brighter.

This is the third year I've been at UT. I have taken seventeen courses related to biology and biochemistry, or approximately 1,800 class hours, and 680 hours in a research lab. To be entirely honest, I have learned more in those 680 hours spent doing research than in my entire academic career. You can sit in a lecture three times a week, no matter how captivating, and read a thousand-page textbook, or you can cover the exact same concepts in a lab, where chemicals and DNA sequencing and fluorescence microscopy and larvae aren't just ideas but things you manipulate everyday, things with data and dollar signs and time attached to them, things you need to understand before you can work with them. That's how I learn.I don't really know how to express the feeling I get when I'm in the lab or the passion I feel for science in general. The closest thing I can say is this: research isn't a job. It's what I want to do--and am well on the way to doing--every moment of my waking hours for the rest of my life.

I never knew how much I relied on everyone, especially my family. My college experience most definitely allowed me to start growing up, to take matters into my own hands. It has showed me that not all people are exactly the same. We don't all come from a similar family with similar traditions. It has shown me that we can challenge everything. We can start forming our own thoughts.

I have learned some new life skills. I now have better time management and am more independent. I was able to try so many new things, and found where my passion truly lies. I had thought I wanted to go into translation, but I took some business classes and loved it. I now plan to open my own used bookstore. I was not sure if I really wanted to go to college, but it has provided great experiences.