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My college experience has helped me to grow as an individual in many ways. Being a part of a varsity sport has developed both my leadership and interpesonal skills. UConn has helped me to mature as an individual and has prepared me for a bright future in the corporate world.

My college experience has helped me learn about more techniques for making art and valuable skills for life. In the school of fine arts, they teach a wide variety of medium for creating art like scuplture, painting, drawing, and mixed media. This semester I am learning about water color and pen and ink, which I always thought were beautiful but never knew much about using. Illustration class is also helpful because it assigns projects and deadlines like you are being given a job from a client. It teaches you to be aware of a client's needs and modify your design if the client suggests something different. College has also helped me learn how to be more independent. Living on campus has given me experience with meeting new people and becoming involved in the cpmaus community. I am a shy person and it took me a while to become comfortable living with roomates I have never met and making new friends. Uconn has a wide variety of clubs and joining clubs has helped me become more social. Now I am a secretary of the Japanese Animation Society and I help organize events for the club and campus to enjoy.

Out of my college experience I have gained an awareness of important political issues that I had been oblivious. This is valuable to me because I feel that now that I know about what is going on in the world I have a responsiblility to make a diffrence anyway that I know how.

UConn is a great school for developing relationships and a beer gut. Professors are a mixed bag but generally highly qualified. For In-State Tuition, its a great value.

So far, since I have been in college I have realized what is most important and that is my education. I have learned that it is extremely important to finish school and get the best possible career out of it. College has also helped me make new friendships that will be with me for a lifetime. Overall, my college experience has been a blast and I would not trade it for anything.

I have gotten the value of time management and responsibility from my college experience. It is valuable to attend for it provides you to expand your knowledge but also tests yourself if you are a responsible adult.

I am a pre-music education student and am applying for the school of education this January (which has a 100 percent placement). This school has also made it easy to do the things I'd like to do along with the classes in my major. For example, taking 3 semesters of Spanish and now working towards a French minor and planning to study abroad in the summer. I was also able to take summer classes at different schools and had no problems trying to transfer credit. It has been a pleasure so far getting my major done. The classes are challenging but not ridiculous and the people (students and facutly) are good to be around. The University of Connecticut is a great college. I couldn't imagine being somewhere else.

At the University of Connecticut, I have grown so much--both academically and personally. My writing and studying skills have improved immensely and I have learned so much about the world and how it works. In addition, I have been put into contact with so many people that I never would have met had I not come to UConn, and that has been perhaps the most valuable part of my experience. I am from Texas, which is a completely different world from New England, and I was not aware of just how different before I came here. This was a challenge in the beginning, because I felt that I was very different from everyone else here and felt uncomfortable around them. However, I eventually realized that they were the same as me and that there was nothing to be afraid of. After getting to know them, I have made many friends for life who I surely would never have come across had it not been for my time at the University of Connecticut. For this growth, both academic and personal, I am extremely indebted and grateful.

I figured out who I was by learning so much through the curriculum, my peers, and the whole college experience. By being independent and fighting my own way through papers and projects; by being in a completely new environment and finding I had to take risks and extend myself; by learning to juggle school, jobs, internships and friendships on my own - I found myself. Without the indendence and responsibility attributed to college life, I wouldn't be the individual, capable person I am today. Now that I know what I am and what matters to me, I know what I have to do next to be what I want to be.

My college experience hasn't been such a straight path. In the beginning of my college career I was sure of my major and my future career. I had discussed international business with my parents and a few fellow peers who had selected the same major and it seemed the best suited for me. It would be a stale career in business with the luxury of travel, like I've always wanted. However, as I got deeper into my college career I made new friends and discovered that business was not the path for me. My passion had always been art. While attending college and taking these art courses that were required, it ignited a flame in me that had been dimmed by the prospect of making lots of money in the business field. After having extensive converstaions with amazing people that I was lucky to have as professors, I have never been more sure of myslef and my future. I accredit all of this to my college experience.