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what i have gained out of my college experience is something i will be able to take and cherish in my life for years to come. which is the ability to thrive, no matter what obstacles we face, together, tucson can thrive.

The college experience had aided me in finding my true self. In high school I excelled academically and socially. However, once I entered a new environment (college), I found myself feeling lost and unable to enjoy that I finally made it to the big leagues. It took one semester, but I realized that I was being challenged in life. As time progressed, I learned to manage time effectively and excel in exams and general classroom lectures. I opened myself up to the environment and made friends in my classes. It has been truly valuable to attend college because it has taught me to challenge myself and reminded me of the person that I am.

My college experience has reinforced the idea in my mind that even when there is little hope about the future, there is so much to be thankful for in the present. Although I sometimes wonder if I would have been happier attending another university, I know that I am fortunate enough to be receiving an education where all the tools I need to reach my career goals are available to me. Therefore, my college experience has revealed to me all that I should be grateful for, because I have an opportunity that not everyone is fortunate enough to have. The value of attending college to me is the amount of self growth and maturation it has facilitated in me. College has helped me to learn who I am and what I truly care about in life, and that has caused a huge appreciation for all that I have, including my family, my education, and the support I have through many facets of the university system.

The only passion I have ever experienced in life is for learning. I feel alive sharing ideas and allowing my knowledge to grow. I feel connected to the bigger picture. I feel the presence of opportunities that could never be obtained without the knowledge I gain from embracing and immersing myself in every wonderful facet of life. At my university, I am flooded by diversity: people and things that I would never begin to know or understand otherwise; rooms filled with sticky, wonderful thoughts and ideas, bouncing from head to head, inspiring, motivating, altering. Inspiring me to move outside my box, to accept and to analyze; motivating me to get up and try new things; altering my perspective of people, the world and my understanding of both. College is the biggest challenge I have ever faced. It presents the world to me. It makes me long to be a part of it, to know it, to understand it. But most of all, it makes me face myself. College instills in me the greatest sense of self-discovery that can ever be reached: to learn is to be everything that I ever wanted or ever could want.

My college experience has molded me into a mature, focused, openminded adult that is going to help me become the successful surgeon I have been dreaming of since I was a little girl. I have been attending Phoenix College for the past two years where I have gained an incredible amount of knowledge towards medicine and my other required courses. Being in college and not being able to receive any financial aid I was forced to work two jobs to pay for my classes and books. This has taught me to be disiplined with my school work, because I am working so hard to pay for them so there is no room for mistakes in my academics. College has been so valuable to me because i have met so many professors that enjoy teaching so I use them to my advantage and learn as much as possible. I have also met alot of students in my classes that are willing to help in any way possible. I look forward to continuing my studies so I can be the first one in my family of four to recieve an associates degree in science and continue to recieve my bachelors in physiology.

I have received much from my college experience. I have gotten a group of motivated, extremely supportive, wonderful friends who I intend to stay in touch with for years to come. I have become a much more independent person and see myself as being able to attend graduate school and do bigger things when the time comes. I have met many engaging, interesting, and enthusiastic professors and graduate students who encourage and support any and all students who are likewise engaged and motivated in the classroom.

I have lived in one place for all my life. I have stayed with the same people kindergarten through my senior year in high school. I was never really exposed to many situations, and I stayed within a bubble, and never really broke out. Then I moved. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. I had to go to a place where I knew ten people out of 38,000 students. Mind you that my University now is half the population of the town where I grew up. It put me in a completly new situation. I had to learn and adapt. College made me grow up. I could no longer hold my parent's hands and ask for help. Although it was a frightening experience, I have learned a great deal. I can pay my own bills, I have learned how to budget, I have learned how to get to classes on time, and Iearned how to go grocery shopping. These are simple skills, but important, and without attending college I would not have learned these skills. I have gotten a new perspective on life, and learned how to live in a different world.

I've learned a lot from college in ways I've never expected. I was going to go to college just to take classes and get my degree. But since being in college I've made a lot of friends and reconnected with some old friends. I also joined some clubs and got really involved with my college even more and even talked to people whom I normally won't talk to. College is a bit more life-like than high school. In college you have classes with people who want to take that class and it makes the class more fun with everyone participating. I found it easier to take a class when you know the people in it then when you're taking it by yourself. The college teachers are the best teachers I have ever had. Even if I don't really know what the class is about or if I don't really need it I will take it because a teacher I like is teaching it. I think college is valuable to attend because college is a place of building yourself up and making social connections that will help you in life.

I love my school because of the thriving student body. Everyone here is proud to be a Wildcat, which makes me proud to attend this school. I have joined the Future Teacher's Club in order to get involved in the university and to learn more about the teaching profession. I alwo work for a tutoring company, in which I tutor elementary students after school. My classes are valuable to furthering my education. I plan to major in Early Childhood Education, and I feel like I am becoming prepared to be an educator from my experience here at The University of Arizona.

Out of most of my time here at the University of Arizona, I believe I have attained more knowlage than I had before. This is what school or college is about and thats why we go to it because we gain and obtain knowlage that we may be able to use in the future. Also another good thing about college experience is that you get new friends and get to be around people that you can enjoy time with instead of just going to work everyday and seeing the same people all the time. These are the two of the best things that I have gotten out of my college experience and I'm extremely greatful that I got to attend something this cool in my life.